6/17/25 - Swearing, Krypto, and Annabelle
- bribriny
- 12 hours ago
- 5 min read
Thursday 6/17/25
Celebrate:
Get to Know Your Customers Day
National DOLE Whip Day
National Peach Ice Cream Day
National Tattoo Day
World Day for International Justice
World Emoji Day - The currently most visited emoji meaning pages amongst Emojipedia users.
❤️
Heavy Black Heart
✅
White Heavy Check Mark
✨
Sparkles
🔥
Fire
😭
Loudly Crying Face
⭐
White Medium Star
😂
Face with Tears of Joy
👀
Eyes
Heart Hands
😊
Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes
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Wrong Way Corrigan Day - commemorates the day in 1938 when Douglas Corrigan made a transatlantic flight. He was denied a transatlantic flight, but did it anyway. As he disembarked from the plane he said, "Just got in from New York. Where am I?" He claimed his flight had been an accident and he had gotten lost after his compass failed to work.
Yello Pigs Day - celebrating the number 17
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Everyone can agree that one of the best parts about the new "Superman" movie is Krypto, Superman's foster dog.
And it's probably no coincidence that since the movie came out, there's been an increase in Google searches about pet adoption. The phrase "adopt a dog near me" has increased by 513%
There was also a 163% increase in, quote, "rescue dog adoption near me". And a 299% increase in "adopt a Schnauzer". Krypto is a mutt, but he shares some resemblance to a Schnauzer.
He was created with CGI, but was modeled after director James Gunn's own rescue dog Ozu.
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You know those "Annabelle" horror movies are based on an ALLEGED true story, right? Except the real Annabelle isn't a creepy-looking porcelain doll . . . it's a Raggedy Ann.
A supposedly HAUNTED Raggedy Ann. A supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann who may have KILLED A GUY.
Annabelle has been on a tour that included a three-day stop in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. After Day Three on Sunday, a 54-year-old man named Dan Rivera died unexpectedly.
Dan was the paranormal investigator who was accompanying Annabelle on her tour.
Annabelle is owned by the New England Society for Psychic Research, and they paid tribute to Dan on Monday. But they did NOT blame the doll for his death.
Annabelle was the second movie in the Conjuring universe.
The Conjuring: Last Rites is scheduled to be released on September 5, 2025. (so a little publicity isn't bad right?)
Guess this will turn into a movie in say 2035.
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The eBay auction for the Fyre Festival name and IP ended yesterday, and Billy McFarland was obviously disappointed with the take.
It only went for $245,300. McFarland was touting it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to, quote, "launch festivals, do merch collabs, do insane pop-ups, run livestreams, or build a media brand." (if you remember the original was a fiasco)
Billy still owes more than $20 million in restitution to the original Fyre Festival investors, plus millions in back taxes.
Billy live-streamed the auction, and when the bidding amount hit $240,000, he said, quote, "Damn, this sucks. It's so low."
He also laughed when he saw who ultimately won the auction and said, quote, "It's funny." But he didn't reveal the identity of the buyer.
He added, quote, "Fyre Festival is just one chapter of my story, and I'm excited to move onto my next one."
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Have you used one of those apps to track how you feel on any given day? If so, you might realize you have more "good days" than you think.
According to a new report, the average American has 252 "good days" per year. (If every Monday is a bad day that takes up 304 days.)
That means 69% of days are GOOD. Which is the equivalent of five days per week . . . or 21 days per month. That's not bad, considering a lot of us might look back on a month and only guess that there were a handful of "good days."
Florida reported the most good days of any other state, at 276 per year. That's 76% of days.
There are 11 other states that aren't that high, but are still above average: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Hawaii.
The states with the FEWEST good days are: Kentucky, Vermont, and Connecticut. People there have about 228 good days, which is 62%.
Most Americans know by 8:30 a.m. whether it'll be a good day . . . and the top contributors to a good day include:
A positive outlook, 51%
"Laughing at life's little things," 50%
Quality time with family, 50%
Exercising, 38%
Eating healthy food, 36%.
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A new survey found 39% of Americans can't get through an average day without swearing at least once.
That includes 25% who swear EVERY day. 12% . . . or one in eight Americans . . . claim they never swear.
The top five times it's okay to swear are: When you're alone . . . when you've HURT yourself . . . when you're hanging out with friends . . . when you're at a sporting event . . . and swearing on social media is fifth.
The top five times it's NOT okay to swear are: At church . . . in front of children . . . in front of a client at work . . . swearing AT an employee in a store . . . and swearing in front of your boss.
They looked at 40 different swear words to see how offensive each one is. And #1 is a heavy hitter:
1. The C-word. 81% are offended by it. (The one that's slang for the female anatomy.)
By the way - C*** has the power to be highly offensive when said in a certain way and context. But it can also be a term of endearment or praise, and anywhere in the middle. Sometimes all in the same sentence.
“Hey you mad c***!” = “Hello friend”
“Check out this c***over here” = “Look at the idiotic person over there”
“Oi what the f**k are you doing you f***ing dog c***” = exactly what it says.
2. Mother[effer], 71%.
3. The B-word, 66%.
4. The F-word, 65%.
5. The P-word, 62%. (Another term for the female anatomy.)
The LEAST offensive swear word is "gosh," but 5% even find that one offensive. "Heck" is next at 6%. And 8% are offended if they hear you say "darn" it.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Wi-fi isn't short for "wireless fidelity." It's actually not short for anything. The people who created it just liked that name because it rhymed with "hi-fi."
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