New Epic Beard Designs By Mr. Incredibeard Do you remember the impressively successful San Francisco-based beardo named Mr. Incredibeard? We wrote about him before when the guy’s photos of crazy beard styles first went viral. But he’s been busy, and Mr. Incredibeard’s (aka Isaiah Webb) Instagram and website is filled to the brim with new wacky beard designs and ideas that will make you smile and chuckle. More info: incredibeardco....
Norway Has The World’s First Bike Escalator Scandinavians are known for their eco-friendly take on transportation, as they’re among the most active bicyclists in the world. And Trondheim is the capital of Norwegian bicycling, so it comes with no surprise that it is the first city to adopt a peculiar and helpful device for cyclists in hilly surroundings – a bike-lift called Tampre. The 130-meter-long Tampre prototype, technically similar to a ski lift, was built back in 1993, and has pushed more than 200....
One-Legged Cancer Survivor Makes Brilliant Costumes Every Year Josh Sundquist uses his humor to overcome the social awkwardness that comes from being an amputee. He was 9 when he was diagnosed with cancer; doctors gave him a 50% chance of survival and he lost a leg despite chemotherapy. However, Sundquist was cancer-free by 13 and a ski racer by 16. Now, he’s a motivational speaker… and he makes some funny Halloween costumes!...
One Must Love Goa For The Beaches, Food, Party, And The Portuguese Touch One must love Goa for the fact that it is one of the most vibrant, colorful, lively, beautiful, and interesting places on Earth. It is a small state with its own identity and lures thousands of visitors every year. One of the most sizzling spots on the planet and surely the best shoreline destination in India, Goa is a grand little state settled in the south-western corner of the nation....
People Are Sharing Cheat Codes That Make Modern Life Smoother And Here Are 35 Of The Best Suggestions If something can make your life easier and simpler, isn’t it better to know about it than to stay in the dark? The term “cheat code” can make these small hacks feel wrong, as if avoiding the long, hard route is somehow immoral. But if that doubt creeps in, let it go....
People In This Online Thread Share The Most Horrible Experiences They Had In Someone’s House, Here Are The Most Awful 20 Whenever I have a visitor, I make sure that my house is presentable because it represents me. If my house is clean, that says that I live a clean lifestyle. If my house is dirty, that can mean I’m dirty. If my house is messy, then that can imply that I’m a messy person....
People Online Are Confessing Things They’d Never Be Able To Tell Close Friends Or Family (20 Confessions) Sometimes people are not able to share secrets with their close ones either in the fear of hurting them or because they are embarrassed to admit something they did. However, bottling things up can lead to other problems, and sharing your secrets with a therapist or a complete stranger can help you unburden your mind....
People Revealed 25 Baby Names That “Immediately Make You Lose All Respect For The Parents” In This Online Thread Do you really want to name your baby Caitlyn? That’s SO boring and SO 1980s! You should go for Caetlin, or even better, Kaightlynne instead! It’s more funky and extra, ya know? Okay, I’ll stop satirizing before I get too carried away. But on a serious note, what’s with all the weird baby names these days?...
People Who Grew Up In Poor Households Describe 20 Struggles That Rich People Might Not Understand The lifestyle of a kid who grows up in a low-income family is quite different from those who are highly privileged. ‘Buying kids clothes that are big so that they last a few years’ or ‘the feeling of true hunger’ are some things that rich people might not understand because they hardly ever face those struggles....
Photo Series Proves That New Yorkers Will Read Books Absolutely Anywhere While I have yet to master the art of reading while walking, I have read in many quirky places. So have these New Yorkers, as depicted in these photographs by Lawrence Schwartzwald. You can see people of all walks of life immersed in printed word. Be it magazines, newspapers or books, they’re all reading. Considering the intimate ties between reading and general enlightenment, as well as general fears that people are falling out of love with print, this series is a welcome sign for many....
Photographer Almost Makes A Living Taking Photos Of Squirrels In His Backyard Squirrels are the fluffiest of nature’s creations. And taking their pictures is Geert Weggen’s great passion. The squirrels seem to be having a good time, too, exploring their environment and doing unsquirrely things such as flying in an umbrella or cutting a log. These brown little critters are a perfect alternative for a photographer who finds himself suddenly lacking cats!...
Photographer Finds Beauty In Everyday Life Around The World, And These Street Photos Prove It (20 Pics) Street photography has a unique way of turning ordinary moments into something quietly powerful, and photographer Ashraful Arefin does this with remarkable sensitivity. Traveling through different parts of the world, he captures fleeting expressions, light-filled streets, and everyday scenes that might otherwise go unnoticed. His photos don’t rely on spectacle or drama, but on the simple beauty of real life as it unfolds....
Photographer Puts Pics Side By Side For Funny Results This is photo manipulation at its most basic: Stephen McMennamy’s #combophoto project takes two pictures and aligns them as two halves that give a quirky whole. It relies more on photography than editing skills. Plus, it lets McMennamy indulge in his love for construction machinery. “It’s really just from looking around and seeing what things are out in the world might make for an interesting fit or what would make for a nice contrast once combined,” McMennamy told PetaPixel....
Photographer Shows Homeless In A Literally New Light To Remind Us They’re Also Human Anyone can and everyone will take black-and-white portraits of the homeless. But Aaron Draper wants to bring color into their portraits with his Underexposed series. Inspired by the works on Steinbeck, ithas a simple premise: to take beautiful, well lit portraits of the homeless. So instead of misery enhanced by a lack of color, you get hopeful people, possessing dignity and detail, looking straight at the camera, powerful despite their social standing....
Popsicles Made Of 100 Polluted Water Sources Reveal An Alarming Truth These popsicles might look like the sort of thing you’d expect to find being served from a quirky organic artisanal food truck, but one bite could leave you very ill indeed, because they’re actually made from sewage found in the polluted waters of Taiwan. They were made by three design students for the Polluted Water Popsicles project, which aims to raise awareness about rising water pollution due to rapid economic growth and urbanization....
Powerful Series Of Disney Princesses Meeting Real-Life Problems Like Drugs, Alcohol, Rape We’ve become used to seeing Disney princesses as symbols of purity, beauty, and feel-good emotions. But what if they ever got into the real world with all of its violence, drugs, sex trafficking and all the other horrible stuff we see on the daily news? That’s what a Philadelphia-based photographer Shannon Dermody set up to explore in her latest photo series featuring Disney princesses dealing with drugs, alcohol, domestic violence, rape, sex trafficking and all the darkest aspects of our reality....
Realistic Portraits Ironed And Folded From Tulle Fabric British artist Benjamin Shine creates large stunning portraits from a rather unusual material – tulle. The artist carefully irons and folds the fabric, pleating it into amazing pictures, ranging from portraits of iconic stars to beautiful abstractions. The works are entirely single-coloured, but Shine’s precise technique helps him create multiple layers and shades that turn his tulles into vivid portraits with rich texture and depth....
Russian Artist Illustrates What Girls Think About, And It’ll Make You Laugh Anastasia ‘Stushona’ Ivanova is a Russian artist who portrays her daily struggles of being a woman. Her humorous comics shows these small little things that every woman faces at some point in her life. Stushona has a background in illustration but has been drawing comics for only 8 months now. “The character is my alter ego,” she told Bored Panda....
Second-Hand Magic: 25 Weird And Wonderful Thrifting Finds Going thrifting is a skill for some and finding hidden treasures can be an exciting aspect of this hobby. These photos of the most strange and spectacular second-hand store finds were shared on the Secondhand finds weird and wonderful things Facebook page. Ranging from bizarre to beautiful, these pre-loved items were amazing discoveries, according to theirproud new owners. #1 I was SO excited to find these rad planet glasses at the Salvation Army in Corona California, for $5....
Slavic Women In Vivid Portraits By Yakovlev & Aleeva The Slavic culture has been around for hundreds of years and during that time, Slavs came up with their own sense of beauty which was recently captured perfectly by the Russian art studio Yakovlev & Aleeva. The Y & A have produced a series of portraits that incorporate extremely vibrant colors into beautiful portraits, filled with articles from Slavic folklore. Stunning Russian models are dressed in stylized versions of traditional clothing which blends seamlessly into the color and culture-rich backgrounds....
