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A disconcerting episode of After Skool (previously) talks about the seemingly ubiquitous existence of the “Bystander Effect” in the age of social media. This effect posits that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim while in the presence of others. Modern society takes this one step further...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Bystander Effect Impedes Good Samaritans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable blind three-legged little goat named Tripod Joey who lives at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm (previously) in Comber, Ontario went for a cruise around the farm in a bright red remote control jeep. Tripod seemed to enjoy the comfort of his new ride. Tripod Joey is a blind, 3...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Blind Three-Legged Rescued Goat Goes for a Ride Around the Farm in a Red Remote Control Jeep first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With their online feud long behind them, actor Ryan Reynolds narrated a humorous commercial for Hugh Jackman‘s Laughing Man Coffee. The ad shows Jackman begrudgingly waking up and throwing the alarm clock across the room. In a cranky mood, the Wolverine actor then proceeded to yell at some kids outside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds Narrates Hugh Jackman’s Cranky Morning Routine Before a Cup of Laughing Man Coffee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Lobster (@redlobster) on Sep 15, 2020 at 6:00am PDT Red Lobster has teamed up with PepsiCo to create a custom collaborative margarita for their in-house menu. This “DEW-Garita” is made up of a secret recipe, but certainly features the distinctive...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Red Lobster Teams Up With PepsiCo to Create a Secret Recipe For a Bright Green Mountain Dew Margarita first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tailjar (@tailjar) on Nov 20, 2019 at 5:05pm PST Jasper St Aubyn West, aka Tailjar, an Australian artist who draws all sorts of fun cartoon monsters that he adds into real-world scenes, has hilariously inserted similar monsters into works of fine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Creepy Illustrated Monsters Cleverly Inserted into Classic Works of Fine Art and Old Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Brandon Acker, who previously made a wonderful explainer video about the ancient Arabic Oud, performed a magnificent rendition of “Canario” by G.G. Kapsberger on a gorgeous Theorbo. Brandon Acker performing the early 17th century piece “Canario” by G.G. Kapsberger Acker also put together a short explainer video about the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magnificent Rendition of the 17th Century ‘Canario’ by G.G. Kapsberger Performed on a Theorbo Lute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very vocal Malamute named Tihla engaged in a frustratingly circular conversation with a talking toy hamster. Despite Tilha’s pleas to exit the conversation, she found herself getting drawn back in again and again. The disconcerted dog finally walked away when she realized that there was no way she would...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Very Vocal Malamute Engages In a Circular Conversation With a Stubborn Talking Toy Hamster first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ???? ??? ????? (@kurokazu0714) on Aug 24, 2020 at 11:29pm PDT Award-winning artisan Kuroda Kazuhiko of Wagashidokoro Kisshoan in Shonan, Japan, creates amazingly detailed Washagi sweets, which are made of mochi, red bean paste, and other ingredients that are easy to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorably Detailed Japanese Wagashi Sweets That Look Like Delicate Little Birds, Bunnies and Pufferfish first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rescued 5 month old piglet named Regan who lives at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm in Comber, Ontario very easily climbed onto the back of a big, beautiful, and accommodating dog named Ellie and promptly went to sleep. Ellie’s warm fur provided the perfect bed for the tiny pig and a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny Rescued Piglet Goes to Sleep on the Warm Furry Back of a Very Accommodating Dog Every Night first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Highly skilled skydivers at Skydive Spaceland Houston in Rosharon, Texas created an absolutely stunning nighttime light show using strung LEDs and fireworks that appeared to shoot out of their feet. Once the plane reached over 14,000 feet, the divers lept out into the night, setting the sky ablaze with their...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Skydivers Create a Stunning Light Show Wearing LEDs and Pyrotechnics Shooting Out of Their Feet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Max the very friendly Moluccan cockatoo who likes to cluck like a chicken very thoughtfully helped his human unpack a box of wooden blocks by tossing them across the room. His human was very appreciative of help despite the fact that she was actually trying to get the blocks back...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Cockatoo Helps His Human Unpack a Box of Wooden Blocks by Tossing Them Across the Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the first trailer for the highly awaited second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, our hero Din Djarin receives orders from an unseen Armorer, who tasks him with reuniting “The Child” (Baby Yoda) with his own kind amongst an “an order of sorcerers called Jedi”. A disbelieving Djarin...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Mandalorian’ Is Ordered to Deliver ‘The Child’ to Jedi Sorcerers in the Second Season of the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A determined pedestrian in Ukraine had no intention of letting a man in an orange convertible sports car that was inconsiderately blocking the crosswalk hamper his efforts to cross the street. Instead, he kept walking, right through the car and out the other side where he could continue unimpeded. Needless...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Determined Pedestrian Doesn’t Let Inconsiderate Car in the Crosswalk Prevent Him From Crossing the Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hannah Bullen-Ryner Art (@hannahbullenrynerart) on Sep 7, 2020 at 3:38pm PDT Land artist Hannah Bullen-Ryner creates absolutely beautiful birds that are composed of the flowers, leaves, and twigs that she finds on the ground. Each delicate feathered portrait is inspired by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Birds Composed From Flowers and Leaves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? (@etn.co_mam) on Sep 8, 2020 at 11:43pm PDT Japanese artist etn.co_mam, who carves adorable Disney and Pixar characters out of food very cleverly turned a couple of fried eggs over rice into the timeless beloved character of Winnie-the-Pooh. (translated) Winnie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Winnie-the-Pooh Made Out of Eggs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by kc green (@kcgreenn) on Sep 14, 2020 at 7:53am PDT Pop culture toy and collectibles company Entertainment Earth (previously) is pre-selling a vinyl figure made by Funko of the incredibly popular (and incredibly apt) meme of a hat wearing dog who...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘This is Fine’ Vinyl Figure Based on the Meme of a Dog Who’s OK With His World Burning Down Around Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable Moluccan cockatoo named Max, who previously screamed like a teenage girl when he met his friend at the pet store, sat in his front yard and repeatedly clucked and bokked like a chicken at the oncoming traffic in the street. Max is the original Moluccan Cluckatoo with his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cockatoo Clucks Like a Chicken at Traffic in the Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fine Art Simpsons (@fine_art_simpsons) on Sep 7, 2020 at 6:25am PDT Fine Art Simpsons is a amusing Instagram account that combines colorful characters from The Simpsons with iconic pieces of fine art from across many centuries and genres. The existence of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Mashups of ‘The Simpsons’ With Fine Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of Indian ringneck parakeet brothers named Fabio and Gabriel, who appear to very much enjoy each other’s company, chased each other around the outside of their cage while engaging in a very loving, very squeaky conversation. The two kissed each other, although at one point it looked like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Chatty Parakeet Brothers Engage in an Adorably Squeaky Conversation With Each Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously) came across his beloved dog Olive staring intently at the screen of a laptop computer and decided to have a look at what she was doing. It turns out, Olive had signed up for an online dating service, but under slightly false pretenses. Runner up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Calls Out His Dogs for Stretching the Truth About Themselves on Their Dating Profiles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online gardening retailer Plow & Hearth is selling sets of creepy attachable appendages that can turn an innocent Halloween pumpkin into a menacing giant spider. These flexible appendages are made of foam covered wire that pierces right through the tough shell where it anchors to stay in place. This 6-piece...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Creepy Spider Appendages For Halloween Pumpkins first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ran (@konel_bread) on May 4, 2020 at 7:17am PDT Japanese baker Ran of Konel Bread, who makes beautiful loaves of bread that have amazing illustrated designs, has created an adorably amusing baked series of bodybuilding bears. Ran skillfully creates these buff...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Buff Bodybuilding Bears Made Out of Bread first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vitaly of Positive Couple, who previously built a really unique soft-sided beechwood desk that features denim on the front with incredibly intricate aluminum inlays on top, created an unusual table made of oak and shaped it like a watch. The “face” of this watch table features 68 gold watches inlaid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unusual Wristwatch Shaped Oak Table Featuring 68 Gold Watches Encased in Epoxy on Its Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??@??????? (@lito_leafart) on Jul 13, 2020 at 5:56am PDT Japanese paper cutting artist lito_leafart creates wonderfully detailed vignettes that are cut into leaves. The stories told in these scenes can be humorous, fanciful, thoughtful, and even personal. The artist states that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Detailed Vignettes Cut Into Leaves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canadian artist Heather Buchanan creates wonderfully amusing illustrated greeting cards that feature all sorts of pop culture references and a whole lot of puns. Buchanan states that she loves making people smile and hopes to inspire others. think it’s really cool when we all just work to inspire and delight...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Pop Culture Greeting Cards first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? (@etn.co_mam) on Aug 4, 2020 at 1:36am PDT Japanese artist etn.co_mam, who previously carved several kiwis into spitting images of the one-eyed Mike Wazowski from Toy Story, has continued this adorable series using all sorts of food to replicate Mike...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Disney and Pixar Characters Made Out Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Taxi” is a short piece by actress, filmmaker, and choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall that goes inside a New York City cab to find an antsy passenger (Or Meir Schraiber) who, like many other New Yorkers at one time or another, wonders if it would be faster if he just got out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Antsy NYC Taxi Passenger Escapes the Confines of the Vehicle to Reach His Destination by Foot Instead first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The original Apple+ documentary series Tiny World takes a cinematic look at the smallest creatures on earth and how they tackle each and every day amongst a world full of giants. Actor Paul Rudd of Ant Man, who quite aptly narrates the series, documents what these lilliputian animals do to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Tiny World’, An Apple+ Series About Earth’s Smallest Creatures Narrated by ‘Ant Man’ Actor Paul Rudd first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Iranian musician Poolad Torkamanrad of Seshanbeha Santoor performed an absolutely hypnotic, minimalist cover of the iconic intro to the classic Metallica song “One” on a traditional hammered dulcimer known as a santoor. Here’s the original version of the song. via The Awesomer Related PostsA Hypnotic Music Video That Mirrors the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hypnotic Santoor Cover of the Intro to Metallica’s ‘One’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The horrific wildfires that are burning up and down the coast of California have the caused skies over San Francisco to turn into eerily shades of red and orange. With this in mind, resident Terry Tsai added the Hans Zimmer soundtrack from Blade Runner: 2049 to drone footage of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drone Footage of Orange San Francisco Skies Caused by Wildfires Set to the ‘Blade Runner: 2049’ Soundtrack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the incredibly powerful 3D animated short “Selfish” by Chen, PoChien, a sushi chef notices a unique group of customers at the counter and sets about preparing a special meal of plastic rubbish that they’ve all become accustomed to. When the meal is served, it’s revealed that this group is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sushi Chef Prepares a Special Meal in a 3D Animated Short With a Powerful Message About Plastic Waste first appeared on Laughing Squid.

House of Peach Blossoms sells and publicizes the work of rural Chinese embroiderers who create stunning, double-sided hand-embroidered silk wares using a traditional technique that goes back many centuries. Among the items beings sold through the House of Peach Blossoms Etsy shop are round fans with intricate nature-inspired designs that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Traditional Double Sided Hand Embroidered Chinese Silk Fans With Nature Inspired Designs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Blue Square Dinosaur has created a wonderfully unique pattern for yarn artists to crochet their own version of “Nail the Hammerhead Shark”. According to Nail’s creators, this hammerhead is a bit cranky but can be cheered up by a playful squid who likes to tickle him. Meet Nail, the mega...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique ‘Nail the Hammerhead Shark’ Crochet Pattern first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swiss artist Simon Berger creates absolutely gorgeous portraits with just a hammer and a pane of laminated safety glass. He strikes strategic blows upon the delicate surface to capture the subject’s face, profile, or shape with incredible precision. This specific art has taken Berger a great deal of time to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Uses a Hammer to Meticulously Create Gorgeous Shattered Glass Portraits first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????????????? (@satosatoyoumouclub) on Jun 29, 2020 at 7:05am PDT Japanese materials artist Satomi Fujita of Satosato creates remarkably realistic recreations of cat heads and tails that are crafted from a painstakingly needle-felted wool process. Each of these miniatures is then placed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Realistic Felted Wool Cat Heads and Tails in Frames first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed, who previously created a series of handmade traditional Azerbaijani rugs that look digitally distorted, has continued to use this specific textile medium in order to comment on events of the day. One such piece, called “Doubts?”, is a rug that looks like it’s melting off the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Textile Artist Creates a Highly Symbolic Traditional Azerbaijani Rug That Looks Like It’s Melting first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The fabulous online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has added three new flavors to their wonderful line of unusually flavored candy canes. The first is a very trendy shiitake mushroom flavored candy cane. Shiitake Mushroom Candy Canes may seem odd at first, but they’re sprouting up all over the place. How...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Archie McPhee Introduces New Candy Canes That Are Flavored Like Shiitake Mushroom, Pho and Ketchup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While at Parc National d’Andasibe Mantadia in Madagascar, wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured detailed macro footage of individual insect larvae that had a coat of debris that acts as effective camouflage against predators of any kind. This debris-carrying bug larva has evolved the perfect camouflage defense to deter attacks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Detailed Macro Footage of a Perfectly Camouflaged Debris-Carrying Insect Larva first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Propmakers Jaimie and Jay of Wicked Makers, both of whom are big fans of Halloween, shared how to make a wonderfully spooky candy slide that keeps you and the trick-or-treaters who come to your door a safe six feet apart. It’s a simple DIY build of PVC pipes that you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Spooky DIY Halloween Candy Slide That Keeps Six Feet Between You and Trick-or-Treaters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alison McNeice of the Featherheads Bird Rescue in Hobart, Tasmania, created an amusing chicken enrichment exercise wheel. This merry-go-round of sorts featured hanging cucumbers and ears of corn that rotated in an endless circle, which kept the birds motivated to keep moving in pursuit. Here is a chicken exercise wheel...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Chicken Enrichment Exercise Wheel Made of Hanging Cucumbers and Corn That Rotate in a Circle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a brilliant report for Vox, filmmaker Sindha Agha takes a look at the incredibly nebulous concept of time as it existed in the past and how the pandemic has distorted time to such an extent that it’s become unrecognizable in a way that we aren’t able to process. Agha...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Nebulous Concept of Time Became Impossibly Distorted During the Worldwide Pandemic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Florida resident Crafty captured amusing footage of a turtle she named Harold giving an alligator named Tabitha an underwater “high-five” as they passed each other in the lake outside of Crafty’s house. Harold gets high fives from all his friends. As it turns out, these two vastly different reptiles appear...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Turtle Gives Alligator an Underwater High Five As They Pass Each Other in a Florida Lake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather peckish pet raccoon named BuriBuri sat upright like a human in the corner of the couch and rubbed his little paws happily when his human approached with a yummy treat of green grapes in a jar. The adorable domesticated Procyon lotor quickly polished off the contents and then...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Raccoon Sits Like a Human and Eat Grapes From a Jar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Burl, the creative luthier of Burls Art who’s known for his incredibly unusual musical creations, used a giant 50 pound block of pink Himalayan salt in order to turn it into a guitar. He cut the block down to size, sanded it, and set it in epoxy to hold the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Uniquely Delicate Electric Guitar Built Out of a 50 Pound Block of Pink Himalayan Salt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City street artist Adam Kiyoshi Fujita, aka Adam Fu, talked to Art Insider about his beautifully illuminating urban murals that look like they are glowing with neon, but instead are made with a clever technique using spray paint. Fujita has embraced this style as a metaphor for “keeping...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Illuminating ‘Neon’ Signs With Spray Paint first appeared on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco Bay Area artist Andres Amador shared with the Wired series Obsessed the way he creates gorgeous fractal sand paintings on beaches along the coast of Northern California. Amador talked about how he designs the patterns, how he waits for the right conditions to work on such a large...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Artist Andres Amador Creates Stunning Fractal Sand Paintings Along the Northern California Coast first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a leavening episode of the Yan Liang series Beauty of Science (previously) shows the remarkable process in which four common strains of mold bloom. This super macro footage captures the unexpected and quite mesmerizing beauty of this otherwise distasteful subject. The film records the growth of four types of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Unlikely Beauty of Blooming Strains of Mold Captured in Super Macro Timelapse Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Squirrel asking for water…. pic.twitter.com/JNldkB0aWU — Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 16, 2020 A heartbreaking video captured by Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda shows a tiny squirrel scampering around the legs of an unsuspecting couple in an attempt to get their attention. The squirrel then got up on hind...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Squirrel Begs to Drink From a Man’s Bottle of Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Several adorable Nigerian dwarf goats at Andy’s Acres in Carlton, Minnesota had a wonderful time going for a ride on a homemade merry-go-round that proprietor Andy Lee built for them in the yard of their farm. I think the kids like their merry go round! Related PostsRings of Saturn, A...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nigerian Dwarf Goats Ride on a Merry-Go-Round first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ukrainian woodworker Max Bogdan of Radon Lab carved an absolutely remarkable likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the The Terminator into a briar pipe that he wanted to give to the legendary actor for his 73rd birthday. Unfortunately, Bogdan was unable to get in touch with the former Governor of California...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woodworker Carves a Remarkable ‘Terminator’ Briar Pipe to Give to Arnold Schwarzenegger for His Birthday first appeared on Laughing Squid.