#social-media-reactions

#social-media-reactions

Video game culture tends to cater toward cis-het bros, many of whom post whiny complaints on social media when their games feature LGBTQ inclusion or use homophobic language in their gameplay. (Remember the gamer who offered a "But I'm from London" explanation to excuse the slur he dropped?) But lately, many video games - and not even ones with overt queer and trans inclusion - are showing more colors of the rainbow in their pixels and polygons.

Candace Owens/YouTube On Tuesday, Candace Owens marveled at the fact that the ice on her trees was not melting with the temperature at 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Back online after internet blackout. I grew up in Connecticut and have truly never seen an ice like this ever. The temperature is 30 degrees but the ice on our trees tops is not melting at all, Owens posted on X. Never seen anything like this. Anybody else?

If you had a severe case of the Sunday Scaries last weekend, you are not alone. It's a sentiment many have been sharing online. Ready or not, with it comes an influx of unread emails, meeting invites, and responsibilities-smugly pushed to the New Year in the last weeks of December-now coming back to haunt us all. Indeed, the first Monday of the year is the Monday-est Monday of all.

While browsing Costco's displays of delicious chocolate cakes and pecan pies, American shoppers have come to realize that not all Costco bakery selections are created equal. The international items shoppers want to try in the U.S. include different flavors of coffee cake, French butter madeleines, mini crodots, marble bread, and mini walnut pies - items that have proven to be tricky to track down in the States. "I wish Costco USA would try to rotate their pastries and cakes with their international sites. So we can try different things. I mean they already have the in-house expertise," suggested one Redditor.

In a face-to-camera recording, the Drag Race host tries to say: "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" but things don't exactly go according to plan. "So, how you gonna love somebody else... wait how'd it go? How you... you CAN'T love yourself," he begins. "Hmm, yeah. I got this, I got this," he continues, before rattling off the phrase in full. "There it is!" he says, triumphantly, before laughing in his typically infectious style.

While new mom Challis Bell was having her vitals checked, nurses at Advocate Christ Medical Center dressed her newborn son, Ace, in a onesie that read, "Mommy, will you marry Daddy?" In a video shared on Instagram, a nurse carries Ace over to his mother. Bell, still dazed from labor, squints to read the words printed on his outfit. "What? What does that say? she asks.

Maybe you know Theo Von - he's a comedian and podcast host, known for his viral interviews with celebrities such as Ed Sheeran, Pete Davidson, and Donald Trump. Well, this weekend, he went viral for an interview on ESPN's College GameDay. ESPN reporter Jess Sims was ending a segment with Theo, who was a guest picker on the program. Jess said, "The guys are ready for your second round of picks so go ahead. Right up there."

From the Boston Herald: The call comes as some districts across the Bay State have suspended teachers for making social media posts that appear to celebrate Kirk's death, including one educator who allegedly commented, just a reminder, we're NOT offering sympathy. MTA President Max Page and Vice President Deb McCarthy are urging districts and public colleges and universities to be partners with unions in the fight to defend educators from bullying and harassment.

"She's become a star. It's that face. It's that brain. It's those lips, the way they move. They move like she's a machine gun," Trump said. "She's a great person, actually. But she's - I don't think anybody has ever had a better press secretary than Karoline. She's been amazing."

The Fiat Panda measures just 19.6 inches (50cm) wide, allowing it to fit into tight parking spaces, yet functions like any normal automobile.

The man, who was identified only as a drunken Montana resident, attempted to impress girls by climbing Wyoming's famous elk antler arches, much to dismaying amusement.