When Commas Actually Matter

Baby Boomers Aren't Going To Destroy The Economy As They Age, BBC Anchor Omits A Somewhat Crucial Pause In His Opener, It's Perfectly Legal To Physically Restrain And Seclude Children In Public Schools, Volkswagen Once Tried To Kill A Journalist Because Of This Car, Do Blind People Experience Déjà Vu?, Splashes Of Colorful Liquid That Look Like Sculptures The Daily Digg Tuesday, June 24, 2014 THE GRAY TSUNAMI ISN'T COMING Baby Boomers Aren't Going To Destroy The Economy As They Age theamericanscholar.org Long-held predictions of economic chaos as baby boomers grow old are based on formulas that are just plain wrong. WHEN COMMAS ACTUALLY MATTER BBC Anchor Omits A Somewhat Crucial Pause In His Opener digg.com Typically commas are one of the more overused punctuation marks. Every once in a while, though, they serve a pretty useful purpose. NO EMERGENCY SITUATION NECESSARY It's Perfectly Legal To Physically Restrain And Seclude Children In Public Schools propublica.org In public schools across the country, it's perfectly legal to take students who act out and isolate them in confined spaces against their will or even physically pin them down. A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Volkswagen Once Tried To Kill A Journalist Because Of This Car jalopnik.com As far as I can tell, this incident where a Brazilian auto journalist was open-fired upon while taking some spy shots is the only time a carmaker has actually employed potentially deadly force against a journalist. FEEL GLITCHES IN THE MATRIX ALL THE TIME Do Blind People Experience Déjà Vu? digg.com Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, answers the question. SUSPENDED ANIMATION Splashes Of Colorful Liquid That Look Like Sculptures thisiscolossal.com The photos were shot at a speed of 1/3,500th of a second, taking special care to disguise the origin of each burst making images appear almost digital in nature. Read more on Digg.com → WITH GOD AS HIS WITNESS Pastor Terry Makelin walks in front of the alter before he leads a church service at the site of the St. John's Lutheran Church, in Pilger, Neb. Pilger was hit by a tornado, on June 16, that killed two people and caused widespread damage. Credit: AP Photo: The Omaha World-Herald/Sarah Hoffman Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Inside The Pleasure Machine

What You Missed This Weekend, This Chart Tells You If You're Underpaid, It's Summer, Who's Got Time To Stay Inside And Clean?, Even Though 'GOT' Is Over, At Least You Have This Guy's Excellent Impressions, The Military Now Has X-Ray Guns, How Amusement Parks Hijack Your Brain The Daily Digg Monday, June 23, 2014 DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com This weekend we learned that the pope made a lot of dangerous enemies, the Polish Foreign Minister thinks the U.S. is a selfish lover, and whiskey's about to get a lot more expensive. HR'S GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS This Chart Tells You If You're Underpaid vox.com Reddit user Dan Lin has created one (very long) chart that shows 820 U.S. occupations and how much they pay. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED It's Summer, Who's Got Time To Stay Inside And Clean? homejoy.com Let's face it, you've got better things to do. Let Homejoy put in the elbow grease for you. And to sweeten the deal, Homejoy is giving you 67% off of your first booking — so you get a clean house without getting cleaned out. FROM GRAY WORM TO KARL TANNER Even Though 'GOT' Is Over, At Least You Have This Guy's Excellent Impressions digg.com Anyone can do a convincing Hodor. What's really impressive is Steve Love's spot-on take on all your favorite "Game of Thrones" characters (and some of the ones you forgot existed). GOOD FOR CAVITY SEARCHES The Military Now Has X-Ray Guns defenseone.com Superman had X-ray vision. Now, so does the United States military, in the form of an X-ray gun that can see through fabric, rubber and aluminum to find drugs, money, explosive liquids and even people. THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE How Amusement Parks Hijack Your Brain bostonglobe.com They're perfectly engineered to push psychological buttons you didn't even know you had. Here's how. Read more on Digg.com → ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Competitors race during the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to organizers 180 teams were set to compete with more than 100,000 people expected to attend the 26th annual festival. Credit: AP: The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Pool Magic, A Rude Owl And A Band That Loses To Gravity

Attempt At World's Longest Car Jump Doesn't Go According To Plan, Every On-Screen Death In 'Game Of Thrones,' Season 4, How To Get Rid Of That Pocket Bulge, This Middle School Rock Recital Was Going Badly, And Then It Got Worse... And Then It Got A Little Better, When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool, How To Remove An Owl From Your House With A Swiffer The Daily Digg Sunday, June 22, 2014 THANK GOD FOR ROLL CAGES Attempt At World's Longest Car Jump Doesn't Go According To Plan digg.com Guerlain Chicherit was attempting to beat the record for the world's longest car jump when things went very wrong. Chicherit fortunately survived the incident. NO CHARACTERS LEFT FOR SEASON 5 Every On-Screen Death In 'Game Of Thrones,' Season 4 digg.com And so another season ends, bringing the on-screen body count to 5,348. Enjoy the carnage. WALLETS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Get Rid Of That Pocket Bulge bellroy.com Pocket bulge is an unattractive symptom of an overcrowded wallet. Slim your wallet down with Bellroy. IF YOU WANT TO DESTROYYY MY KEYBOARD This Middle School Rock Recital Was Going Badly, And Then It Got Worse... And Then It Got A Little Better digg.com Well, we all have to start somewhere. AHH! AHHHHHHHHH! When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool digg.com Now imagine that thing where you close one eye and pretend to smoosh people actually worked on slow-walking pedestrians. THE OWL WHISPERER How To Remove An Owl From Your House With A Swiffer digg.com "Don't give me that look. Please don't give me that look." Read more on Digg.com → 'YOU'RE MISSING THE VAGICIAN' Every kid wishes they were older, and that's fine. But don't lie to your mom about getting your first period. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Most Awkward Thing You'll See Today

Every On-Screen Death In 'Game Of Thrones,' Season 4, The Kiss That Changed Video Games, Get A Box Of Joy For Your Bundle Of Joy, What We Learned This Week, The Man Behind The Web's Most Controversial Video Site, This Middle School Rock Recital Was Going Badly, And Then It Got Worse... And Then It Got A Little Better The Daily Digg Friday, June 20, 2014 NO CHARACTERS LEFT FOR SEASON 5 Every On-Screen Death In 'Game Of Thrones,' Season 4 digg.com And so another season ends, bringing the on-screen body count to 5,334. We'd feel guilty about finding murder so entertaining but we're still riding that Joffrey-is-finally-dead high. THE HAPPIEST ACCIDENT The Kiss That Changed Video Games newyorker.com During The Sims's protracted development, the team had debated whether to permit same-sex relationships in the game. If this digital petri dish was to accurately model all aspects of human life, from work to play and love, it was natural that it would facilitate gay relationships. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Get A Box Of Joy For Your Bundle Of Joy bluum.com Want to get the best things for your baby but have no idea where to begin? Bluum is a great start. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned why our headphones are always tangled, what a wrongful stint in prison is worth and how to cut a cake properly. THE REAL STAR OF WORLDSTARHIPHOP The Man Behind The Web's Most Controversial Video Site gawker.com Lee O'Denat is a Queens-raised kid turned Internet entrepreneur who built a media empire off shock and awe, the man who understands that maybe, deep down, all people really want is to be entertained, and whether that pleasure comes by watching two kids fight or some girl shake her ass — well, that's your choice, not his. Because it is your choice. Right? MOST AWKWARD THING YOU'LL SEE TODAY This Middle School Rock Recital Was Going Badly, And Then It Got Worse... And Then It Got A Little Better digg.com Well, we all have to start somewhere. Read more on Digg.com → WHAT PURE JOY LOOKS LIKE A soccer fan, with his face painted to represent his country's flag and wearing a T-shirt with an image of Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez, cheers as he watches a live broadcast of the World Cup match between England and Uruguay in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay. Credit: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Mystery Untangled

How A Seemingly Impossible Game Is Possible, Every Character From 'Orange Is The New Black' As They Appear On 'Law And Order', When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool, Physicists Finally Explain Why Your Earphones Are Always Tangled, The Board Game Of The Alpha Nerds, We Still Don't Know How Strong Gravity Is The Daily Digg Thursday, June 19, 2014 THE INFINITE WORLDS OF 'NO MAN'S SKY' How A Seemingly Impossible Game Is Possible kotaku.com If there's one comment louder than all the praise that "No Man's Sky" has been getting, it's got to be something along the lines of, "Wow, how is that even possible?" LAW AND ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Every Character From 'Orange Is The New Black' As They Appear On 'Law And Order' autostraddle.com Once upon a time, there was a magical world called New York City in the '90s. To supplement their income, or just to boost their careers, many actors took bit roles on a glorious long-running television show called "Law and Order." And now all those actors are on "Orange Is The New Black." AHH! AHHHHHHHHH! When God Invites You Over To Use His Swimming Pool digg.com Now imagine that thing where you close one eye and pretend to smoosh people actually worked on slow-walking pedestrians. THIS IS WHY SCIENCE EXISTS Physicists Finally Explain Why Your Earphones Are Always Tangled blogs.discovermagazine.com There are few day-to-day events that send me into a rage as quickly as a pair of tangled earphones. As soon as I put them down, they somehow thread themselves into an unholy mess. And don't even think about putting them into your pocket or bag. So how do headphones (and other stringy objects) get so knotted in such a short time? 'RISK' IS FOR BETAS The Board Game Of The Alpha Nerds grantland.com Before "Risk," before "Dungeons & Dragons," before "Magic: The Gathering," there was "Diplomacy." One writer enters international competition to play the world-conquering game that redefines what it means to be a geek (and a person). NO ONE KNOWS THE ORIGINAL G We Still Don't Know How Strong Gravity Is arstechnica.com There's little agreement among measures of Newton's G. Read more on Digg.com → THE BEAUTIFUL GAME A child holds a soccer ball during pick up game of barefoot soccer, in a muddy field in Natal, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Natal is one of the host cities for the World Cup soccer tournament. Credit: AP Photo/Petr David Josek Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014