Brandon Scott Gorrell
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Is It “Pop” Or “Soda”? These Maps Show How Differently Americans Speak Across The US
North Carolina State University graduate student Joshua Katz recently created a series of 22 U.S. dialect maps that illustrate the differences between regional US dialects.
Today On Thought Catalog: It’s Tao Lin Day
Good morning Thought Catalog community! Today is Tao Lin Day on TC.
“What Makes You Dominant And Me Submissive?” FOX Host Megyn Kelly Shuts Down Male Colleagues On-Air
Crazy to see a bit of a progressive agenda coming out of the FOX ether, but host Megan Kelly emerges victorious in this surprising segment in which she executes a point-by-point take-down of blogger Erick Erickson’s recent piece that argued that “stay-at-home mom” is the “natural” role for women in families and “breadwinner” is the natural role for men.
Twitter-Wide Texting Experiment Destroys Relationships, Also Is V. Funny
Yesterday Fielder asked his followers to text their significant others with “I haven’t been fully honest with you,” then wait one hour before texting them anything. Here’s what’s happened thus far.
‘Game Of Thrones’ Women, Ranked By Hotness (This Time With GIFs)
Presented, again, without comment, but this time with GIFs.
Watch These Two Men Experience Labor Contractions With Their Wives Coaching Them On
Here are their American counterparts, but unlike the Dutch video, their wives — who’ve had children — are right there along with them.
Eat Your Cereal Ryan Gosling! That’s A Bad Ryan Gosling!
A new collection memes of Ryan Gosling refusing to eat his cereal, from writer/director Ryan McHenry.
Oldie But Goodie: Guy Goes Around Around Asking When People Chose To Be Straight
Dug this one up from 2008 today. Remains an both an excellent example of the power of logic on true closed-mindedness and another reason we can restore our faith in humanity.
Here’s A Different Take On TIME Magazine’s Cover About Millenials
Here’s a remixed version of TIME’s most recent attempt to sell copies of their magazine. What do y’all think?
The Graduation Commencement Speech You Wish You Got: DFW’s Famous Talk Set To Video
Here’s David Foster Wallace’s still-relevant 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech, now with added oomph. Listen up, recent grads!
‘Game Of Thrones’ Women, By Hotness
Olenna Redwyne, Mirri Maz Duur, Quaithe, Catelyn Stark, Jhiqui…