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Bill Collector Accused Of Offering Debt Forgiveness For Sex
A Rent-A-Center employee near Detroit has allegedly found a new approach to helping consumers get out of debt: making their bills go away in exchange for sex. More » -
what the dell
Dell Gets Nosey When Attempting To Verify Order
Zach ordered a netbook online from Dell, then got a call from a customer service rep who wanted to verify his identity for the order. He was stumped as to why the company needed to give his birthday and last four digits of his SSN. More » -
mistakes
Buy DS Game Scribblenauts, Get Bonus Racist Symbolism
In the puzzle game Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS, you type in names of items that appear on screen and help you complete levels. Among the tens of thousands of possibilities is one that's more than a little unnerving: type in the antiquated racial slur "sambo" and up pops a watermelon, another racist Vaudevillian symbol. More » -
privacy
Facebook Bans Advertisers From Stealing Your Photo To Sell Stuff To Your Friends
Facebook has firmly told app developers that it's not okay for them to steal your wife's photo from her profile page and use it to entice others into a sexy local singles dating service. More » -
Forget about that $2600 urn that's shaped like your face. Thanks to commenter microcars, here's the original manufacturer's website, where the same stuff sells for a lot less. Plus, here's a creepy video of the end products! [That's My Face]
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privacy
Facebook Lets Ads Steal Your Profile Photos To Sell Crap To Your Friends
The internet has woken up to the fact that Facebook can steal photos from your profile page and use them in ads targeted at your friends. More » -
creepy
McDonald's Loves You Just The Way You Are - If You're A Sandwich
I'm all for natural beauty and simplicity in my food, but this message on the McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Sandwich box just creeps me out. Thanks to Diana for sending it in. I think.
(In case you were wondering, the Southern Style sandwich is a breaded chicken breast with butter and pickles served on a bun.)
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parodies
Dan Hesse, You Can Keep Making Commercials Forever
Tonya emailed us a video clip of a cute little piggy with a robot voice complaining about being trapped on hold. We appreciated the rant, but were even more fascinated with the technology that allowed her friend to turn a long, written diatribe into an instant cartoon. You know who needs this? Dan Hesse, shunned pitchman and CEO for Sprint! You'll never have to stop making commercials now. Also, we've decided to make you British.
See Dan's new public-access-style ad below. More »
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advertising
Facial Recognition Technology + Video Screens = Creepy Dunkin' Donuts Ads?
The Wall Street Journal says that Dunkin' Donuts is experimenting with video screens that use facial recognition technology to figure out your age and gender. The screens then display ads targeted specifically to you. More » -
creepy
Fun With Warning Labels: Beware The Mickey Mouse Cancer Lamp
Reader Mike directs our attention to the above lamp. The warning label reads: More » -
creepy
Creepy Fingerprint Pay Processing Company Shuts Down
Reader Michael writes in to let us know that the creepy biometric payment company that was operating in supermarkets such as Jewel-Osco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. More » -
walmart
Black & Decker Food Processor Comes With Creepy Religious Materials
Ever wonder how Jesus and American Idol are different? Reader Jessica didn't, even after she found a religious pamphlet on the subject in a Black & Decker food processor she picked up at Walmart. She is now "totally creeped out," and doesn't quite know how to respond. More » -
pervs
"Family Friendly" Movie Censors Were Running Porn Business
According to the Provo, UT Daily Herald the founder of "Flix Club" a defunct company that edited swearing and nudity from films and resold them as "family friendly' versions, has been arrested on charges that he and another man paid two 14-year-old girls for sex. Police also said that the men may have been using the "family friendly" video business as a front for producing porn. More » -
pr
Explosions: Whatever You Do, Don't Ask Montel Williams About Big Pharma
Montel Williams is a paid spokesperson for the pharmaceutical industry, but if you're a high school intern for Savannah Morning News, you probably shouldn't ask him any tough questions. More » -
big brother is watching
Is Warner Bros. Filming Audiences In An Attempt To Stop Piracy?
Here's the creepiest complaint we've received in a long, long time. Reader Sam says he was filmed by a security guard contracted by Time/Warner during a recent showing of The Invasion at an AMC movie theater. More » -
delicate situations
Most Stores Pull Chris Benoit Action Figures
Most stores pulled their stock of Chris Benoit action figures after the WWE wrestler murdered his family, but the toys can still be found by those morbid individuals, and reporters, who look hard enough. More » -
big box
Walmart Took Secret Life Insurance Policies Out On Employees, Collected After Their Death
According to CourtTV and the Tampa Tribune, Walmart has been secretly taking out life insurance policies on its employees and cashing them in when said employees pass away. That's what happened to Karen Armatrout and her family, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. From the Tampa Tribune: More »
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