Friday 1/6/23
Celebrate:
Apple Tree Day
Bean Day
Cuddle Up Day (hmmm after all the beans...no thanks)
Epiphany
National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
National Shortbread Day
National Smith Day
National Take a Poet to Lunch Day
National Technology Day
World Day for War Orphans
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People online are talking about "uncommon things that should become normalized." Here are a few of the better suggestions:
1. Eating out alone. Some are self-conscious about it, but treat yourself.
2. Adult slumber parties. Staying over, or renting a house with your friends.
3. Changing careers in midlife. Burnout is real.
4. Affection between men (or between different sexes) that's purely platonic.
5. Good bosses that help you grow and learn.
6. Genuine interactions between people that are not interrupted by phones.
7. A four-day workweek. If we keep pushing for it, maybe it'll happen.
8. "Dressing to impress" for things like flying, dining out, and job interviews.
9. Splitting the check on dates.
10. Taking your own food to a party or an outing . . . especially for allergies and food intolerances.
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General Motors has dethroned Toyota to reclaim the title of the United States top-selling automaker after delivering 2.2 million vehicles in 2022.
Easing supply chain issues allowed GM to increase sales by 40%, including by 75% for Cadillacs and 101% for its commercial vehicles.
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There's no cure for the common cold. There's no cure for the coronavirus. But there MIGHT be a cure for the flu . . . and it involves pressing a potato against your foot. This is not science . . . it's TikTok.
A video is going viral online, where a woman shares a flu "remedy."
You take a potato, cut it in half, and then slice off two pieces. You press the potato slices against the bottom of your feet . . . put socks over them to keep them in place . . . and remove them in the morning.
There will be an indentation on your feet, which she says is "normal." And the potato slices will be a "disgustingly dark" color, because "the toxins are removed." She insists you'll feel much better.
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BuzzFeed polled its readers. Here are 11 things that were trending in 2013, and how we feel about them in 2023 . . .
1. Honey Boo Boo. 49% aren't fans anymore, or never were . . . 42% don't care . . . and 9% still love her. That show ran for four seasons from 2012 to 2014. Her real name is Alana Thompson, and she'll be 18 this August.
2. The song "What Does the Fox Say?" It was the top-trending YouTube video that year . . . 22% say they still love it.
3. The "Cronut". It debuted at a bakery in New York ten years ago. 39% say they still love cronuts. Only 11% hate them.
4. Goats screaming like humans. 41% said they still love those videos.
5. Vine. It debuted in 2013 and shut down in 2017. 50% wish it was back.
6. Adult onesies. That's the year they really became a thing. 33% still love them . . . 46% think they're dumb . . . and 21% don't care.
7. Walter White hats. The "Breaking Bad" finale aired in 2013. Only 10% of us wish the black hat he wore would come back in fashion.
8. Froyo. A lot of people abandoned ice cream in 2013 and went for frozen yogurt instead. 70% of us still love it.
9. Twerking. 55% think it's LAME now, and another 26% don't have an opinion. Only 19% think it's still cool in 2023.
10. Kale. It became a viral "superfood" ten years ago. Before that, Pizza Hut was supposedly the biggest buyer and decorated their salad bars with it. 34% of us still like kale . . . 35% hate it . . . and everyone else is indifferent.
11. The word "swag". It's been around a lot longer than ten years, but it got trendy in 2013. Only 16% said they still like that term.
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A recent poll asked more than 20,000 people if they slept with stuffed animals, and 27% said YES, and they're proud of it. 13% said they sometimes sleep with plush animals. And another 2% said they DO, but they're ashamed of it.
So in all, 42% of people sleep with stuffed animals, at least occasionally.
When asked how many PILLOWS they slept with, 44% of people said two . . . 29% said three or more . . . and 27% said one or zero.
When asked if their PETS slept with them, 44% of people said YES. The rest either don't have pets or don't allow them on the bed.
They didn't ask how many people regularly sleep with other humans . . . but honestly, it doesn't sound like a lot of us would even have room for that.
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Still got your 2022 calendar? Just save it . . . and use it again in 2033. All the days of the week will line up, just some of the holidays won't.
But you pack rats..find an old calendar from 2017, it'll work again this year for 2023.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The hundreds of Jonestown cult members who killed themselves in 1978 didn't actually drink poisoned Kool-Aid. They drank poisoned Flavor Aid, which is a cheap knock-off of Kool-Aid.
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