Wednesday April 22: Daily Links
WEDNESDAY 4.22
NEWS STORIES
De Blasio Wants a Ticker Tape Parade For Health Workers
Well Bill, we know you are trying to be nice but what about your Pandemic ticker tape parade doesn’t work? Millions of people coming together….
…to celebrate social distancing.
Read more at radio.com.
The New White Flight is All the Rage
The Wall Street Journal has dubbed it “Escape from New York City.” NYC is no longer for anything but the rough and tumble street folks.
A lot of great apartments should be open soon.
Read more at wsj.com.
Are You One of The Old Folks Who Never Gave Up Their Hotmail Account?!
A hotmail account is dead give away you ain’t no Zoomer. Twitter blew up with those defending their old email accounts despite the fact that they’re living in the past.
AOL users, don’t think you’re safe from this conversation.
if you’re under 30 and your email address isn’t a gmail account you’re a serial killer
— skoog (@Skoog) April 21, 2020
The Best Way To Get Sexual Gratification During the COVID Crisis Is…
Health experts are saying that masturbation is the best way for sexual gratification during the corona virus crisis. Sex toy sales have also seen spikes between 30-100% since quarantines have gone into effect. Now we know the real reason why people have been hoarding toilet paper.
Read more at chicagotribune.com.
NYC Snitch Line Flooded With Dick Pics And Hitler Memes
The tip line that was set up in New York City for people to snitch on others not social distancing has been shut down after it got bombarded with dick picks, Hitler memes, and people giving the finger. Thankfully for the people monitoring the line, Lemon Party isn’t popular anymore.
Read more at nypost.com.
SPORTS
Olympian Finds a Clever Way to Dry Swim in her Kitchen during Quarantine
Russian Olympic swimmer Julia Evimova has the core strength of a superhero and is pretty ingenious to boot with her dry swimming kitchen counter workout.
Also, she inadvertently created a new Porn Hub search…
Via digg.com.
Might try this later…
Russian Olympic swimmer Julia Evimova can’t go to the pool due to #COVID19. So she practices swimming on the kitchen table at home with someone holding her feet! pic.twitter.com/qRV6TyrCmL
— Patrick Corrigan (@PatrickCorrigan) April 17, 2020
Lamar Jackson Will Be On The Cover Of Madden
Lamar Jackson will be on the cover of this years Madden which may be the closest any of us get to football this year.
Read more at sbnation.com.
ENTERTAINMENT
Roy Wood Jr Celebrates ‘Comedians to be in the Breaking Bad Universe’
It’s puzzling that a Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul world would have brought in more stand ups than a Modern Family or Big Bang Theory hit sitcom.
DeRosa is ready for a Better Call Joe spin off.
Via Twitter.
Add another one to the ‘Comedians to be in the Breaking Bad Universe’ trivia question. An honor to be a part of @BetterCallSaul this season. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/6EQDDkYRlN
— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) April 21, 2020
Maya Hawke: My Parents Generation Really F*cked Us’
The daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke is upset because she and other zoomers are ‘supposed to be having fun, and doing drugs and partying.’ Instead, she claims, they are ‘trying to outlive our planet’. Hawke also said that her parents generation had it easier because they were getting ‘high, and driving ‘cool, gas-guzzling cars’, ‘having no wars, and no plagues and no pandemics. She concluded her rant by saying that Gen Xers ‘really f*cked us’. 9/11, The War In Iraq, The Great Recession – ah, the good old days!
https://pagesix.com/2020/04/21/maya-hawke-my-parents-generation-really-f-ked-us/
Celebs Getting “Corona-Shamed” On the Regs
For the first time since Robin Leach first burst into TV, The Rich and Famous are being seen who they truly are.
Assholes
Read more at theguardian.com.
HBO Max Releases Trailer For New Looney Toons Episodes
We need comfort now more than and what’s more comforting than a modern spin on some cartoon slapstick violence humor.
Let’s be honest. This isn’t for a new generation. It’s for the “adults” who are eating cereal for dinner tonight.
Read more at gizmodo.com.
Adrianne Curry: Winning America’s Top Model Was A Sh*t Show For Me
Adrianne Curry said that being the first winner of America’s Top Model became a ‘shitshow’ for her. She said there was never a sponsorship deal with Revlon, and her agency Wilhelmina paid more attention to 3rd place winner Elyse Sewell after they had failing out with Tyra Banks. Curry also said that she did a Playboy spread specifically to piss off Tyra and ‘to give Top Model the finger’. Look for America’s Top Model Catfight on pay per view any day now.
Read more at toofab.com.
Babyface: MJ Asked Me To Hook Him Up With Halle Berry
While appearing on Instagram Live, Grammy Award-winning producer Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds said that he got a call from Michael Jackson asking him to fix him up with Halle Berry. Edmonds did reach out to the actress but didn’t reveal how things turned out. Reps for Edmonds denied reports that Jackson and Berry spend most of their date arguing over who has the best defense attorney.
Read more at pagesix.com.
You Can Win A Chance To Watch The Friends Reunion
The Friends cast is reuniting for the launch of HBO Max and they’re offering a chance for a person and five of their friends to sit in the audience of the taping. If this isn’t a reason to break social distancing guidelines, then what is?
Read more at tmz.com.
GOING VIRAL
TiK Tok Video Shows What Happens When You Return Cosmetics
Unfortunately there’s no Joe Exotic truck full of old meat equivalent for beauty products.
Read it on buzzfeed.com.
@biancaann5 How returns are handled at the best beauty store ever? (I love my Ulta fam) ##ultabeauty ##workdistractions ##fyp ##checkthisout ##foryoupage
Baby Has Its First Cheese Sauce
It’s all down hill from here kid.
Via Digg.
@mommylifebelike I gave my baby cheese dip for the first time. ##reaction ##funny ##baby ##food ##fyp ##foryoupage ##cheese ##oldmemories ##chip ##cute ##cheesedip ##yummy ##tryit
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