On May 7th, 2023 with 61 comments
The Today show's food reporter delivers a strange report on a viral AI-generated ad "for an imaginary pizza place called 'Pepperoni Hug Spot'."
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On January 8th, 2022 with 60 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Yes, it's true. 83-year-old Tommy Chong and and 75-year-old Cheech Marin have reunited to create NFTs — a...
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On October 8th, 2017 with 78 comments
In 1979 the followers of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs founded a satirical religion called the Church of the Subgenius. (Slackware Linux reportedly drew its name from the...
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On February 18th, 2017 with 67 comments
It's one of the longest-running comics on the internet. (Slashdot is approaching its 20th anniversary, and in its first year ran two stories about Pokey.) ...
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On May 21st, 2016 with 92 comments
An anonymous reader writes: A fake event announcement on Facebook has now launched "a long string of viral jokes featuring fake concert events for music acts...
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On December 10th, 2014 with 100 comments
An anonymous reader writes "A scientific study by Maggie Simpson, Edna Krabappel, and Kim Jong Fun has been accepted by two journals. Of course, none of these...
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On October 1st, 2014 with 92 comments
An anonymous reader writes: A pleasant event was planned for the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. A ceremony at Tiananmen...
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On November 7th, 2013 with 16 comments
sciencehabit writes "Science Magazine has posted the 12 finalist videos from its annual Dance Your PhD contest. The contest asks scientists from around the...
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On August 5th, 2013 with 135 comments
fangmcgee writes "The end may not be nigh, but with vicious storms, severe flooding, and rising temperatures becoming the new normal, the apocalypse might be...
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On July 24th, 2013 with 218 comments
NF6X writes "CBS station KPIX reports that somebody has been installing counterfeit traffic signs on California bay area freeways, warning motorists of...
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On January 4th, 2013 with 338 comments
An anonymous reader writes
"An irritated father of a 23-year-old gamer hired 'In-game assassins' to attempt to make his son quit playing video games and have...
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On December 14th, 2012 with 384 comments
EdIII writes "The White House petition to secure funding for building the Death Star has garnered over 25,000 signatures, which means the White House must...
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On November 16th, 2012 with 409 comments
another random user writes with bad news from the BBC for anybody who enjoys a hamburger now and again:
"Meat-eaters 'easily cheat, lie, forget promises and...
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On September 26th, 2012 with 343 comments
fermion writes with news of Windows computers being forcefully liberated: "The campaign headquarters of Michael Grimm, a U.S. House of Representatives member...
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On September 19th, 2012 with 176 comments
An anonymous reader writes in with a story about the power of bacon."Travel can be expensive. One man is using a unique way to pay for a trip as a challenge....
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On August 14th, 2012 with 218 comments
ryzvonusef tips this quote from TechCrunch about a tit-for-tat exchange between Google+ and the creator of The Oatmeal webcomic:
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On July 25th, 2012 with 168 comments
theodp writes "No, Steve Ballmer doesn't swap spit with contestants in a hot tub. Nor does he present a rose to each contestant he wishes to keep at the end of...
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On June 1st, 2012 with 188 comments
eldavojohn writes "The title of this hard-hitting piece of journalism reads 'Powerful 'Flame' cyberweapon tied to popular Angry Birds game,' and opens with,...
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On April 25th, 2012 with 165 comments
mikejuk writes with this excerpt from I Programmer: "A movie that features science and technology is always welcome, but is it not often we have one that...
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On April 18th, 2012 with 434 comments
New submitter blindbat writes "John E. Brennon 'said he was fed up with being harassed by airport security stripped to his birthday suit while in an airport...
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On August 26th, 2011 with 1 comments
An anonymous reader writes "It's normal to expect costumed weirdness at science fiction conventions, but these pictures of Darth Vader directing stormtroopers...
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On June 29th, 2011 with 55 comments
gregg writes "Monty Python members have reunited to voice a 3D animated film based on the memoirs of the late Graham Chapman. A Liar's Autobiography will...
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On June 22nd, 2011 with 160 comments
nudnik72 writes "Weird Al's latest album, Alpocalypse, was released today, but might not have if his fans hadn't taken his cause to twitter Al says. Yankovic...
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On June 10th, 2011 with 81 comments
jfruhlinger writes "If you've used Facebook or Twitter, you're almost certainly familiar with 'bimbots' — accounts that have profile pics of attractive...
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On June 1st, 2011 with 233 comments
An anonymous reader writes "In the latest column from scientist, humor columnist, and stand-up comedian Adam Ruben, he examines his own umbilicus and considers...
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On May 9th, 2011 with 116 comments
snydeq writes "Carcasses, garter belts, anthrax — there is no end to nasty when it comes to working in IT, as the fourth installment of InfoWorld's Dirty...
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On January 7th, 2011 with 13 comments
An anonymous reader writes "A man in possession of the world's greatest license plate has lost his battle with the Virginia DMV, who ridiculously claim it...
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On December 19th, 2010 with 312 comments
reidhellyer writes "From California Litigation Attorney Blog: 'While many victims of the so-called "Nigerian e-mail scam" would be too embarrassed to trumpet...
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On September 20th, 2010 with 696 comments
Lev13than writes "In a direct retort to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have announced competing rallies on October 30th....
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On September 10th, 2010 with 4 comments
ram.loss writes "According to Reuters, the police at the German town of Aschaffenburg got a report of a possible scam, but it turned out to be a pensioner...
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