Tuesday March 24: Daily Links
NEWS STORIES
Yale Is Offering Their Happiness Course For Free Online
Yale has a massively popular course on Happiness that they are now offering for free online. The course starts by offering students insights from psychology and neuroscience about what drives happiness. In its second half, the course challenges students in behavior change exercises to help rewire the brain. So parents of Yale students, remember when you’re looking at those loan payments what that course load looked like.
Read more at cnn.com.
Today’s The Great American Take Out
Help out the restaurant industry today by ordering in from a local joint. Just wipe everything down with Clorox wipes before you eat any of it.
Here's a great opportunity to get out and support your favorite restaurants and restaurant workers! They need some love these days. #GreatAmericanTakeout pic.twitter.com/nfyZWGu95k
— The Good Kitchen (@eatTGK) March 24, 2020
Mormons Blow Off Social Distancing
Social distancing is not for the Mormons. That’s for Goyim. Not that they use the word Goyim but they must have some word.
Co Funke still can’t get past magic underwear.
Read more at tmz.com.
Texas’s “Brave” Lieutenant Governor Has Super Cringy Advice For Senior Citizens
Hey, Olds! Get out there and spend money until you get denied access to a ventilator. YOUR country needs YOU!
Via Digg.
Tx Lt Gov Dan Patrick says grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy for their grandchildren pic.twitter.com/wC3Ngvtsbj
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 24, 2020
SPORTS
NCAA Re-Run Brings Back Up Christian Laetner Hate
CBS re-aired the NCAA finals game between Duke and Kentucky and it’s given a whole new generation of Wildcats fans a hate for Christian Laetner. This is the last thing he needs right now.
https://twitter.com/i/events/1242181145870995457
Andrew Luck Reads Books To Kids Online
Ever doubt for second that Andrew Luck is a good due ? Well how about reading books to little kids? And the kids loved it.
Then Andrew got hurt and has to take the rest of the year off.
Read more at foxnews.com.
ENTERTAINMENT
Daniel Craig Isn’t Leaving Anything To His Kids
Daniel Craig, who has an estimated $145 million fortune, won’t be giving his children hand-outs, saying his philosophy is to “get rid of it or give it away before you go”, he also said “I don’t want to leave great sums to the next generation. I think inheritance is quite distasteful.” So his kids will be getting shit … jack shit.
Read more at independent.co.uk.
NY Post Not Happy With Woody Allen’s Memoir
Hey Woody. Yo Woodman. Look at me. We want to read a book about your movies. Not your crazy family.
Delight us. Make us laugh. Drop the daughter shit. It’s creepy.
Read more at pagesix.com.
The Ringer Ranks The 50 Best Office Episodes
The Ringer is ranking US Office episodes and they think they got the top 50. For some reason the Schrute Farms episode is nowhere to be seen.
Read more at theringer.com.
Helena Christensen Looking Great In Self Isolation
Helena Christensen hasn’t lost a step in all these years. Her and Elizabeth Hurley should do a Zoom meeting together.
Via Instagram
Deadpool Wants Us All To Flatten The Curve
Listen to Ryan Reynolds. Also, drink Aviation Gin. Sanitize yourself in it.
Via Twitter
Another important message from an important celebrity. Let’s spread the word not the virus. I happily nominate, @stevenpage @Sethrogen and @TerryR49776917 #PlankTheCurve #StayAtHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/IRJNI9Y6G9
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 23, 2020
Marvel Nerds Are Debating Over Which Movie Is The Worst
There are two Marvel movies that many people look at as bottom of the MCU barrel, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World. Iron Man 3 was trending because fans of the movie were enraged that anyone thought it could be worse than the Thor movie. The answer is simple: They’re all filler.
Read more at newsweek.com.
Thor 2 is trending.
Discussion of the worst #MCU movies.
We're *never* all going to agree, you realize that, right?Here's my bottom three:
Thor: Ragnarok
Iron Man 3
Captain MarvelAnd all those that want to tell me how wrong I am, save your breath. You won't change my mind. pic.twitter.com/3bxDwaCSoC
— David Taylor II™ (@DT2ComicsChat) March 23, 2020
GOING VIRAL
Dudes On The Corner Try and Get To The Bottom Of This Corona Thing
This is the closest thing you’ll get to new episodes of The Wire for a very long time.
Via Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FZ1n7Bz20/
Seeing a Rhino Up Close
Nothing cooler than seeing a Rhino. Nothing worse than seeing a Rhino too close. That sucks.
Hey Rhinos, six foot berth. Be cool.
Via digg.
Zoom Meeting Goes Terribly Wrong
Some people may be put off by this, others, the voyeurs, couldn’t find any more pleasing.
Via digg.
Staying At Home Is The Sitcom We All Need Right Now
Netflix is giving this woman a $30 million deal as we speak.
Via digg.com.
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