If you can run an entire marathon while wearing an inflatable T-Rex costume, you can do anything—including propose to the woman of your dreams! After the London Marathon on April 22, 2018, one Cretaceous Period apex predator took the leap and got down on one knee!
H/T - Mashable, Twitter, @BBCGetInspired
Fast food is defined as "food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is sold in restaurants and snack bars as a quick meal or to be taken out."
Burgers dominate the fast food market globally, followed by chicken and sandwiches. In the United States, Mexican fast food also holds a large part of the market.
A billion dollar a year business in the United States alone, not everything is sunshine and rainbows in fast food.
Reddit user n0tter asked:
"Fast Food workers, what menu item should everyone avoid from where you work?"
"Worked CircleK for 3 years—coffee is surprisingly good and machines were well maintained, but the cappuccino/iced coffee machine was disgusting and impossible to clean despite best efforts (lots of tiny parts where powdered drink mix could sit and rot)."
"My location was next to a university and we had a regular who was an engineering professor, once he came in and watched while I was trying to clean the cappuccino machine, and said he should use it in class as an example of poor design."
~ pugteeth
"At Little Caesar's, normal crust is made in store. Make our own dough and everything."
"But if you order a thin crust, you get a premade crust that may have been sitting in an open cardboard box for days to weeks."
~ stryst
"I used to work at a froyo shop. If you see a topping and think, 'I’ve never thought of that being a topping for froyo', you probably aren’t alone."
"Things like Fruity Pebbles were just put back out every morning getting older and older because no one ate them."
~ Minaowl
"I worked at Chuck E Cheese years ago, and while the pizza was good & safe (it's pretty tough to screw up pizza), the salad bar would be a pass."
"Adults and kids would just toss the tongs and spoons all over the salad bar, letting the handles fall into the food, getting all the different vegetables and dressings mixed together."
"All this at one of the grossest places on Earth where they are putting their hands all over video games, the ball pit, pizza, and around again."
"At the end of the night, then we would flip all of the salad bar vegetables over into fresh containers and top them off for the next day. They did get thrown out every few days."
"If employees ever made ourselves a salad we would make it from the ingredients in the fridge that were not yet out on the Bacteria Bar."
~ Inevitable_Tone3021
"I worked at Chipotle in 2019. At that time, everything was fresh, and I always trusted it."
"Right after opening, the meat is usually left over from the night before, but it was still good, and I personally didn’t think that was a bad policy as it reduced food waste."
"We would clean the restaurant top to the bottom, corner to corner, every single night."
"Post Covid, I wouldn’t eat anything from there. Nothing is ever clean anymore and I know from others who still work there that their standards have significantly declined."
"Absolutely disgusting for increased prices, decreased quality, and smaller portions."
~ grandma-core
"At Dunkin, I’d say everything is fine except frozen drinks made with the old Island Oasis machine.
"My store now has a Vitamix blender, but the old Island Oasis machine was never cleaned well enough."
~ survivorgreys
"The ice machine. They don’t get cleaned as often as you’d hope."
~ ddrive1234567
"If you have peanut allergies, don't get drinks from Sonic. They do not care about cross contamination AT ALL."
~ LunaMothThinking
"So, in the late 90s I worked at a particular Burger King. The shake machine was legitimately broken for about two years."
"The store manager kept the restaurant and the kitchen very clean. One day someone saw a single roach. And she freaked out."
"Had the exterminator company come out, they figured out that they had nested in the shake machine motor insulation. Just to remind you, it had not been used in about two years."
"They rolled it outside, put a line of some sort of gel around the outside of the machine on the ground, opened the covers on the sides and sprayed something out of a can. A lot of it."
"I saw thousands of roaches drop out of this machine and scurry away, but they hit the line of gel went about another foot and all died."
"They never used the shake machine again anyway, but it was insane."
~ thatdudefromthattime
"I was once got waved off from buying a shake at a BK drive thru by an employee. It was a really small BK and late at night. I pull up to the drive thru and order and add a shake."
"The guys like 'listen man, you do not want a shake from here, I can sell you one, but I’m telling you, you don’t want it'. Say no more my good man and thank you."
~ Maxwell_Perkins088
"I do pest control. I pay a little extra for a bottled drink instead of the fountain."
~ goodbyeson
"They don't have them anymore, but when I worked at Arbys the Arby-Q was the one thing I would never eat. That sauce would sometimes be 2 months old—I'm not kidding."
"Whenever I handed an order to a customer who ordered one I would say 'here you go!' not 'enjoy your food!'."
~ too_many_shoes14
"Don’t get iced tea from Taco Bell. The inside of the canister at my Taco Bell would always have a thick, tissue-y brown film all around it."
"My Taco Bell was actually cleaner than your average Taco Bell, but it was really easy to get away with not cleaning that thing, or otherwise just forget to."
~ iMakeTacos
"I worked at Jimmy John’s for almost 7 years and they are obsessive about keeping things clean, to the point they go through a 8ish page packet of cleaning lists each day and all food items are super fresh and labeled to be used within 24-72 hours."
"The only thing I would not eat from there is the bacon because it comes cold, and it’s just kind of unpleasant."
~ garbashians
"Starbucks barista here, do not get any iced oleato drinks. It just doesn't work, and olive oil in coffee was already a big stretch."
"The hot latte is actually not too bad and tastes a little bit like Cheerios but the oil almost instantly separates from the rest of the drink when it's iced, which is no bueno."
~ Starmilkman
"I used to work at a Papa John's, and it's not a health reason to avoid things, but generally: avoid going overboard on toppings."
"There's a chart for how much of each topping gets used based on how many toppings are on the pizza, and it gets smaller as the number of toppings go up."
"Once you hit 3 toppings, you're basically paying $1 more to get half of each topping just to get the extra topping. A triple pepperoni pizza has less pepperoni on it than a double, for instance."
~ subnautus
What's something you'd recommend skipping from a fast food menu?
Actor Colin Farrell got emotional opening up for the first time about his 21-year-old son James, who has been diagnosed with Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that is characterized by delayed development, lack of speech, and problems with speech and balance.
Farrell, 48, told People magazine in an exclusive interview that when James was first born, he seemed like a "chill baby" who didn't coo or make any vocal noises at all.
By the time James was 18 months old and hadn't hit developmental benchmarks like crawling, being able to stand, or staying in a sitting position on his own, Colin thought something was off.
James was initially diagnosed as having cerebral palsy, a common misdiagnosis given the similar symptoms shared with Angelman syndrome.
A year later, he was properly diagnosed with Angelman syndrome by a pediatric neurologist who spent more time with James and noticed he exhibited a characteristic of the disorder medically known as “inappropriate outbreaks of laughter.”
Frequent seizures are also common with Angelman syndrome. Farrell said that James suffered many seizures at a younger age that resulted in ambulance rides, but hadn't suffered any since his last episode ten or eleven years ago.
Farrell, who fathered James with American model Kim Bordenave in 2003, also shares a second son, 14-year-old Henry, with his ex Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, a Polish actor.
The In Bruges actor decided to share his family story in the hopes of raising awareness through his new Colin Farrell Foundation, an organization dedicated to James that helps provide support to families and children with intellectual disabilities.
“Once your child turns 21, they’re kind of on their own,” he told the media outlet, referring to the cut-off age in the US when special assistance programs and services are no longer offered to families and children with additional needs.
He explained:
“All the safeguards that are put in place, special ed classes, that all goes away, so you’re left with a young adult who should be an integrated part of our modern society and more often than not is left behind.”
Farrell was inspired to launch his foundation after having the unsettling realization that he and Bordenave would not be around forever to take care of James as his general life expectancy is not compromised by his condition.
“It’s a terrifying thought that I’d miss the last 40 years or 50 years of his life because I won’t be there to shepherd and to protect,” Colin said, adding that his hope for James would be “a life of connection” and that once his parents are gone, James will “be somewhere he feels like he belongs, where he feels safe.”
One particular moment that got Farrell emotional was when he recalled witnessing James' first steps two weeks before his fourth birthday.
It was a memory Farrell said was an "overwhelmingly beautiful" moment. The actor and his family had been previously warned that those with Angelman's syndrome are unlikely to walk.
"I’ll never forget just the face of determination on him as he walked toward me. He took, like, six steps, and I burst into tears,” he said, adding:
"I’m proud of him every day because I just think he’s magic."
Farrell expressed gratitude for having a successful career affording him a live-in caregiver, who has taken care of James for 18 years so Farrell can "move freely and work" when father and son aren't engaging in regular activities like watching movies, playing ball, swimming, and grabbing In-N-Out Burgers together.
"It's been great for James as it gives him that autonomy he knows I'm here. He goes to the beach, he goes to Universal Studios. He has a good life. He's a happy young man," observed Farrell.
He noted how James as an adult works harder than anyone he knows, including himself, because his son is very determined.
“It’ll take James 90 seconds to take a T-shirt off,” he said. “But he takes a T-shirt off; you sit it out with him.”
“If anything, he also gifts me with the ability to look at the human being and the human body and life as a marvel, because I see how much he struggles with things that I’d never have given a second thought to, that many of us take for granted."
However, when it comes to the future, Farrell has a deep concern about James being left on his own.
“My fear would be, God forbid, if and when something happens to James’s mother or me, James would be 30 or 40, and then he’d have to go in somewhere,” Colin said.
“Into some kind of institute or some kind of residential care at 30 or 40, and there’d be nobody there to call over and take him out and have lunch and all that.”
When asked what he is most grateful for, Farrell, who was known for his party boy past, borrowed from fellow actor Jamie Lee Curtis' answer of sobriety.
“James was about 2 when I got clean, when I got sober, and he was a big, big part of me putting the bottle down, a big part of it," he said.
“Because I was in no condition to be a friend, never mind the father of a child with such exacting needs.”
“If it wasn't for my sobriety, I wouldn't be able to be there for James and enjoy in the marvels of his life and support him in the way that I feel that I can."
You can watch the full interview with People here.
- YouTubeyoutu.be
Farrell said that for years he had endeavored “to do something in the realm of providing greater opportunities for families who have a child with special needs, to receive the support that they deserve, basically, the assistance in all areas of life, whether it's education, intervention, therapeutics, or social environments that their child can feel like they belong within” so that families and children with special needs can "find a world of meaning and a life of connection for their children."
According to the Colin Farrell Foundation's website, the organization "is committed to transforming the lives of individuals and families living with intellectual disability through advocacy, education, awareness, and innovative programs."
"People living with intellectual disability are facing multiple crises that have deleterious effects on their health and well-being."
You can help the Colin Farrell Foundation's mission to raise awareness "of the challenges and crises people living with intellectual disability face each and every day" by making a contribution here.
Actor Jenna Ortega had an out-of-body experience when she first saw Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice on the set of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to director Tim Burton's 1988 classic horror comedy film Beetlejuice.
Ortega stars in the second installment of the franchise as Astrid Deetz, the daughter of Lydia Deetz played by Winona Ryder, who is reprising her role from the first movie.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Ortega recalled her initial response to seeing Keaton resurrecting his bio-exorcist ghost character from 36 years ago.
"I remember feeling my soul leave my body for a second," said Ortega.
She continued:
“And then in between takes, he’s sitting down and drinking his tea."
Ortega added:
"Every time I walked onto that set, I wanted to remember it for the rest of my life."
Fans can't wait to revisit their favorite characters and see Ortega joining the Beetlejuice family.
The 21-year-old Latinx actor from La Quinta, California emerged onto the Hollywood scene in various projects, including the TV series Jane the Virgin, and movies like Iron Man 3 and Insidious: Chapter 2.
Ortega found mainstream success playing Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series Wednesday. Her performance won her critical acclaim including a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, making her the second youngest to be nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category.
In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which plays on the summoning chant for the wacky specter akin to Bloody Mary, the Deetz family returns to Winter River following the death of a major character from the first film and Beetlejuice is accidentally summoned by Lydia's rebellious teenage daughter Astrid, resulting in an unexpected reunion and plenty of otherworldly mayhem that is sure to delight and terrify fans of the franchise.
You can watch a trailer here.
- YouTubeyoutu.be
Reuniting with Keaton and Ryder in the second film is Schitt's Creek star Catherine O'Hara, who reprises her role as the kooky artist Delia Deetz.
O'Hara had some choice words in response to those complaining about sequels and the lack of originality in Hollywood.
In April, she defended Beetlejuice Beetlejuice after online trolls bemoaned a follow-up to the classic 80s fantasy movie during an appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
"If people don’t like it, then f'k them," said the 70-year-old icon.
Rounding out the cast is Justin Theroux as Rory, Lydia's husband and Astrid's father, and Willem Dafoe as ghost detective Wolf Jackson.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be released in US theaters on September 6, 2024.
The Olympics are always full of unforgettable moments, but they're usually about sports.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics? Well, for better or worse it's pretty hard to think of a moment that will have a more lasting imprint on everyone's memory than pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati knocking the bar down with his... well, the pole in his pants, if you will.
Naturally, he became an overnight viral sensation on the always horny internet, and Ammirati finally addressed his newfound fame in a hilarious TikTok this week.
@anthonyammirati Je sais pas trop si je dois le prendre bien ou pas du coup 😂 #olympics #paris2024
In it, Ammirati eats his breakfast while staring despondently into the middle distance while mournful music from SpongeBob plays.
Onscreen text over the video reads:
"POV: You create more buzz for your package than for your performances."
In a caption, Ammirati hilariously wrote:
"I'm not too sure if I should be taking this well or not, ya know?😂"
It's good that Ammirati can have a sense of humor about it, because he was understandably very disappointed when his mishap occurred, calling it "a big disappointment" afterwards.
He's definitely not the only one laughing about it now, however.
The comments on Ammirati's TikTok immediately filled up with jokes and double entendres from newfound pole vaulting fans.
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You know how the old saying goes: There's no such thing as bad publicity!
Far-right podcaster Ben Shapiro's attempt to mock Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz by comparing him to a beloved comic did not go over the way he hoped it would.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Shapiro said:
“Weird move for Kamala to select Marxist Don Rickles, but here we are.”
You can see his post below.
Rickles, who died in 2017 at the age of 90, was highly regarded for his insult comedy and for his many talk show appearances, particularly on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Late Show with David Letterman. He also starred in the sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey and was the star of The Don Rickles Show, a variety series in which he was able to use his persona to great comedic effect.
Rickles also made his mark on film, starring in Kelly's Heroes and having a prominent supporting role in Martin Scorsese's Casino. While Rickles had a very long and fruitful career, younger fans might recognize him as the voice of the surly Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Storyfranchise, a role that further elevated his profile and kickstarted a slew of associated merchandise.
Shapiro's remark sure sounded like a compliment—and people were quick to mock him for it.
Shapiro's post came mere hours after Walz made headlines for making a couch joke about former President Donald Trump's own VP pick, J.D. Vance at a rally with Harris in Philadelphia
Social media has been flooded with jokes and memes suggesting that Vance once engaged in a sexual act with couch cushions. The viral claim that Vance wrote about having sex with a couch in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, is untrue.
On July 15, the day Vance was confirmed as Trump’s running mate, X user @rickrudescalves claimed that Vance might be the first vice-presidential pick to have admitted in a New York Times bestseller to "f***ing an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions (Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, pp. 179-181)." Vance never describes anything of the sort in his book.
But the rumor has propagated online nonetheless, and Walz made a brief joking reference to the rumor while declaring his enthusiasm to debate Vance.
Walz quipped:
"J.D. Vance literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda. Like all regular people I grew up with in the Heartland, J.D. studied at Yale, had his career funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, and then wrote a bestseller trashing that community. C'mon! That's not what middle America is."
"And I've gotta tell you, I can't wait to debate the guy."
The rally attendees erupted into cheers and both Walz and Harris took a moment to bask in the crowd's reaction before he went in for the kill:
"That is, if he’s willing to get off his couch and show up. You see what I did there?"
Walz is also responsible for a new angle of attack against Republicans, referring to them as "weird people on the other side" and referencing their nationwide assaults on public education and saying they "want to take books away" and "want to be in your exam room."
Democrats appear to have gained a messaging advantage since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race and endorsed Harris to be his successor, as well as a polling advantage, with VP Harris now leading Trump by more than 2 points in 538's polling average.
