According to the philosopher and writer Johan Huizinga, toys are vital for human development, because by playing, the child models their future activities in adulthood, and besides, the game itself, no matter what, is our life in miniature. Therefore, it is necessary and vitally important to play, at literally any age.
Professional feedback is one thing, but there is a special breed of person who thinks that they have some special knowledge about you that they just have to share. For your benefit, of course. At best, it’s annoying, at worst it’s so wildly off-base that you have to wonder what fantasy world they inhabit.
When you decide to get a tattoo, choosing the right artist is nearly as important as picking the design and spot. I mean, if someone is to ink you they better have the experience and skill required to produce something nothing short of amazing, right? After all, this is going to be on your body forever. Well, experience, yes, but skill? Not necessarily.
A list of creative liberties that make the world of film such an escapist pleasure.
The 12-year-old's hobby and his keen interest in car models led him to launch a Kickstarter where he's already surpassed his initial goal of $20,000 as the campaign currently has collected $43,467 with 10 days still to go.
Studies have shown that the likelihood of finding a fully identical doppelganger is 1 to 1 trillion. Now, this is based on the assumption that all eight facial features actually match, but the less features match, the more likely you’re gonna find your doppelganger, despite them being a more distant one.
Accusing your most valuable employee of cheating is probably not the best way to make them feel appreciated at work...
The new TikTok trend has people sharing how puberty changed them using two photos only, and these are too cool for school.
Last year we wrote about Tom Lenk, a famous actor, best known for his role as Andrew Wells on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and about his witty side. Since then the 41-year-old actor became even more creative when recreating fashionable outfits of fellow celebrities.
Times are a-changing and nowadays it is easy to take our ability to vote for granted. However, it's really not that long ago since our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had to go through some serious abuse to win that right.
It’s funny how most of us imagine a classroom to be the place where all the serious business happens.
Not too long ago people started using the term Generation Snowflake referring to young people who are too sensitive and get offended by anything. The term reflects how fragile people are, often thinking that they are unique and feel entitled to special treatment.
The ‘How it started vs. how it ended’ meme is still going strong, but this time, it’s got a fresh new spin on things.
People stuck at home during quarantine are letting their creativity loose. The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art lovers to post photos of themselves recreating their favorite masterpieces from home and the response has been massive.
We are what we eat. But how do our diets actually reflect us? To find out, photographer Gregg Segal has traveled around the world to shoot a photo series of kids from different cultures surrounded by the stuff they stuff themselves with. Over the course of 3 years, the professional photographer has visited 9 countries (the USA, India, Malaysia, Germany, France, Italy, Senegal, the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil), documenting his findings in a book called Daily Bread: What Kids Eat Around the World. "I focused on kids because eating habits start young and if you don't get used to a healthy diet when you're 9 or 10, it's going to be a lot harder when you're older," Gregg told Bored Panda.
When Ellen DeGeneres made a joke about how quarantine is like jail, she made her fans angry. One woman to call Ellen out said that the celebrity should try working her daughter’s fast food job without any protective equipment.
If diplomacy doesn’t get your roommate to change their bad habits, a few not-so-subtle pranks might make them reconsider their behavior.
Over the years Disney has been bringing back our favorite our favorite classics with their resurgence of live-action remakes, but they aren't the only ones - meet Ksenia Perova, the 21-year-old cosplayer from Russia. Perova has been doing cosplay since 2014, and with her unique features combined with her artistry she has built up a giant following, 40.3k on Instagram to be exact.
With age comes wisdom. And while many people in their twenties are terrified of entering the next phase of life, being in your thirties can actually be a wonderful journey full of growth and learning. Just ask TikToker Sidney Raz!
One person making everyone smile is a former Royal Marine from Weymouth, England, who walks his dogs dressed up in fancy costumes.
I thought it would be interesting to draw the well-known sins in a modern interpretation. So I drew this and posted it on my Instagram. What sin do you like?
Kintsugi: This traditional Japanese repair method celebrates each artifact’s unique history by emphasizing its fractures and breaks instead of hiding or disguising them. It often makes the repaired piece even more beautiful than the original, revitalizing it with new life.
People are used to seeing the world one way and don’t really spend much time thinking about the universe, weird coincidences or relations between random objects. However, when they do, people especially tend to have curious thoughts in the shower, where they can come to mind-blowing realizations even if they are quite obvious, or they come up with the most random questions that they have to find the answer to or else they won’t be able to sleep at night.
Granddaughter surprises her 71-year-old grandmother on her birthday by recreating photos from her youth, bringing us all back to the '80s. The internet falls head over heels for the duo.
Most times, you hear people complain about their CEOs, bosses, superiors, what have you, but it’s not that often you hear it the other way around.
With so many people shopping online these days, the expectation vs reality meme doesn’t surprise anyone anymore. Most popular ecommerce sites, like Aliexpress and Etsy, are notorious for selling goods that look a far cry from the airbrushed pictures they advertise them with. In fact, online shopping fails have gained popularity in their own right, with many social media accounts and content creators sharing their own no-good orders for everyone’s entertainment.
The holiday lights twinkle, the music plays, the anticipation of holidays, and then… the loneliness. 1 in 4 adults worldwide report feeling fairly or very lonely. It’s worse among those between 15-30 years of age.
Embracing yourself and coming to terms with your appearance can take years. But some people are born with genes that make them stand out even more than us regular folks. Because of this, getting through the day can be a lot harder. That's why it's so awesome to see those who aren't hiding and are confident in their skin.
Social media is an inseparable part of our modern society; we can hardly imagine our lives without it anymore. But the way we actually live our reality and what we put out to the world to see can be slightly, or drastically, different. There are two kinds of people on social media—those who have a glam, pitch-perfect life, and those who like to keep it real. With Geraldine West, you get the best of both worlds. The German influencer pokes fun at flawless and cliché Instagram photos and reveals what they would look like if social media was honest.
Millennials are choosing pets over kids for a ton of reasons, from cost (an average of $3085 a year to raise a dog, $12-14,000 for a child) to freedom, basic companionship and not having to wipe their butts.
Funny, witty, or slightly disturbing, memes are a snappy, instantaneous way of interacting with each other and sharing what’s relatable.
People of Reddit have been sharing their “they didn't realize I spoke their language” stories in which they heard loads of things about them. Mostly negative, sometimes neutral and positive.
What do you do if you’re a freelance photographer and dancer duo caught in the middle of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown with an extensive fancy dress wardrobe at your disposal? Have some fun, of course!
Hair is really important to many people. It may not seem so, but your whole vibe can change with just a hairstyle or color. However, not many people know how to take care of their hair or what fits them. That's when hairdressers come in to save the day.
Our feline overlords are meowing non-stop that it’s about time that they were in the spotlight again.
No matter what we do or how we feel about it, time keeps marching forward.
It goes without saying that a resume and an interview often say little about a candidate.
Francesca shares some sneaky psychology tricks on her TikTok account that you might be itching to try out after hearing them.
Doctor Ryan Marino recently took to Twitter to share his experience of coming face-to-face with one of the people who genuinely believes that the virus is a hoax.
Roses are red and violets are blue. While we can argue on the subtleties of this popular line measuring colors and our botanical knowledge, we can more or less come to the agreement that it’s indeed true. Or not far from what people consider to be true.
Share your worst haircuts!
You know how the old saying goes - a rough road leads up to the stars. Well, these filmmakers that you are going to read about sure know a thing or two about how this saying plays out in real life.
If an actor is playing a role, does it really matter if they're the same gender as their character?
I have been living in the Southern Chinese city of Shenzhen for exactly ten years now. This magnificent country has experienced untold amounts of change: industrialization, urbanization, technology, the construction of mega-cities, and more.
Welcome to the wonderland of facial hair of all shapes, styles, and sizes, from giant beards to Salvador Dali-worthy mustaches.
After she and her ex-boyfriend ended things badly, he told her no one would believe her anyway and “nobody cares how he treats women,” so she’s free to talk about it online.
Most of us are stumped about what to do for fun while we’re under a lockdown and stuck in our homes. We’ve rewatched the Harry Potter movies. We’ve reread all the books for the 12th time. We’ve “cleaned” our kitchens and even given exercise a go (Summer bodies, here we come!). So, what are the next exciting things to do at home?
I am always curious to explore the possibilities of modern technologies: I previously had so much fun using an artificial intelligence app to see what the kids of celebrities and iconic fictional couples would have looked like, turned famous people from the '80s and '90s into children, and brought celebrities who passed away to life again.
