Husbands rated Costco with their wives, and the results are grim
Justice for the slandered Costco wives.
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A supercut of men hating their lives while shopping in Costco with their wives went viral
Elon Musk launched his Wikipedia clone, “Grokipedia,” this week, and there are plenty of issues with the new platform.
Rounding up the celebrity Halloween costumes of 2025, in which many famous people decided to dress as other famous people…
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“Zero, that’s why I’m by myself”: Husbands asked how much they “love” shopping at Costco with their wives. It’s bleak
Breaking news: a supercut of men shopping at Costco revealed that husbands do not enjoy shopping with their wives. About a dozen men polled answered, “zero” when asked, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you love coming to Costco with your wife?” One outlier said “9 or 10.” Another replied, “Without her? 10.”
Reactions to the video were divided between those who seemed wary of the men’s responses and those who considered the poll harmless entertainment. Plenty of commenters shared their own experiences, demonstrating that there are, in fact, some people who enjoy a couple’s trip to Costco.
Elon Musk just launched “Grokipedia.” Users say it’s a biased Wikipedia clone
Elon Musk released a crowdsourced encyclopedia, Grokipedia, to rival Wikipedia. Social media users suggest that the platform rips off Wikipedia’s content, with inadequate sourcing.
The launch comes after Musk’s criticism of Wikipedia for hosting “propaganda.” Like its competitor, Wikipedia, users can edit and add content on a variety of topics. However, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit host of Wikipedia, has noticed that the new platform’s pages appear to be AI-generated from Wikipedia itself, according to AP News.
Halloween 2025: The wildest looks celebrities wore this year
Celebrities have revealed their over-the-top Halloween costumes before fans hit the streets to Trick-or-Treat. Some celebrities, like Demi Lovato and Quenlin Blackwell, channeled viral internet memes rather than movie characters for their 2025 costumes. Others paid tribute to iconic artists and actors, such as Lisa Bonet, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston.
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🎃 California Governor Gavin Newsom is unleashing an amusing line-up of Trump administration-themed costumes on social media just in time for Halloween.
🤔 The internet loves a strange experiment, and one video recently tried to answer an oddly satisfying question: do all Wikipedia pages eventually lead to “Philosophy?”
🧳 An American tourist’s confusion over a missing bed in her Japanese hotel room has ignited both mockery and sympathy online.
🐈 Fans of college football, cats, and especially both are in love with Pudge, the exotic shorthair cat who tours with the Bowling Green Falcons.
🏍️ A conflicted Redditor confessed in a viral post that their dad paid off his student loans by selling his “retirement ride”—a restored Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
💥 The “extinction burst” theory is spreading on left-wing TikTok as an explanation for the increase in violent rhetoric and acts from the right.
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