Bath salts seem to be taking a serious public image hit lately. Like, for example, it’s an up-and-coming drug, that makes you go nutso and start ripping a man’s face off. That’s the kind of thing most industries don’t want said about their product. But there’s a more important question that no one seems to be asking: What the hell are bath salts? Perhaps there’s an entire subculture out there with bathtub owners I just don’t know about, because I have a shower. If you were busy tweeting a nude picture of Kim Kardashian this week, odds are you missed it.
Beer always wins
China may not take human rights very seriously, but it doesn’t mess around when it comes to beer. This week, the city of Qingdao realized they were overbooked one weekend in August, hosting both an international beer festival and an Izod IndyCar Series race. Proving that no one cares about IndyCar racing, the city chose suds over speed, forcing the race to be cancelled. The best news is that anyone who had plans to fly to China for the race will still be able to drink beer as planned, now they don’t have to worry about watching cars.
Report says kids are still a bad investment
A new report from the Department of Agriculture says that the cost of raising a child now costs $235,000, not including college. (Clearly, children are livestock if the USDA tracks them.) That’s a lot of money, perhaps more than most new parents realize. Fortunately, there’s a new alternative. An iCub robot named DeeChee, owned by researchers in the U.K., is a robot baby. Researchers taught it its first words verbally, making it all the more humanoid. Wouldn’t you rather have a robot child that will grow up, take care of you when you get old, and have a mute button?
Cheese is extra
Taco Bell’s not the only one combining two foods in an attempt to make something better, Burger King is getting in on the action with its new bacon sundae. It’s exactly what it sounds like, an ice cream sundae with bacon on it. Somehow making things that are horrible for you even more horrible. Take that, New York!