Take it from Snee: How to respond (or not) to the #icebucketchallenge

Seeing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg do it on his own site kind of screamed "Tom from Myspace."
Seeing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg do it on his own site kind of screamed “Tom from Myspace.”

Look, I get it. Of all the reasons we use social media, it’s not to see the same damn thing over and over again. Today, we’re getting tired of people dumping ice water on themselves. Yesterday, it was everyone’s stupid baby pictures. Back in November, everyone’s terrible facial hair. Last year, Grumpy Cat. The year before, duck face.

Trust me, I understand when viral sh*t gets old and you’d rather see who’s evil for frowning on gay marriage today. Like every other day.

And unlike the other listed annoyances, there’s no way to really block any of that because everyone’s posting their own videos for once instead of just sharing the same viral video.

So — just like when you can’t remove yourself from a group text — you can’t remove yourself from the trend and will have to react. Let’s examine the way that can go when you have a wall full of #icebucketchallenge videos.  Continue reading Take it from Snee: How to respond (or not) to the #icebucketchallenge

North Korea unveils their snark bomb program, too

When asked about North Korea's comments, Sec. Kerry said he hadn't heard that because he was "listening to a book on tape about Kim Jong Un's mom and her predilection to wearing Army boots."
When asked about North Korea’s comments, Sec. Kerry said he hadn’t heard them because he was “listening to a book on tape about Kim Jong Un’s mom and her predilection to wearing Army boots.”

Perhaps emboldened by the U.S. government’s failure to respond to Egypt’s acerbic attack yesterday, North Korea has revealed their own program to develop a snark bomb.

A spokesperson from the North Korean defense commission referred to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as a “wolf” with a “hideous lantern jaw.”

Sort of like with their Dong missiles, the North Koreans have the right — if borrowed — idea (Kerry’s chin), but their execution has fizzled out and crashed mere miles from their own shore.

In battle for habitat, it’s nudist vs. nature

Passage Key, Florida is a federally protected habitat for several species of rare birds, but now an invasive species is threatening them: nudists.

Boobies and peckers have flocked to the fairly remote key because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can’t patrol it very often. And because of that as many as 200 nudists at a time make their nests on the beach, scaring off the local wildlife.

We’re assuming that the number of bird watchers has also increased.