A man accidentally destroyed a 126-year-old statue earlier this week, during a disastrous attempt to snap a selfie. Please carry this story in your heart the next time you visit a museum, because it really seems like a matter of time before somebody smashes a valuable piece of ancient Greek artwork.
Beep boop, what a bummer: a conference to be held on November 16th in Malaysia, entitled “Love and Sex With Robots,” was just shut down by the police, according to BBC News.
Well, this is unspeakably sad: A Polish couple fell to their deaths while exploring the cliffs at Cabo da Roca, in Portugal, and their children saw it happen. They may have been snapping a selfie and slipped.
Portugal may have won their match against Ghana on Thursday, but unfortunately they didn't make it to the round of 16. And no one knows that feel like Severa, the dog, who also adorably celebrated Portugal's equalizer against the US last Sunday.
Models holding dogs by leashes wait for their turn to approach the catwalk during the recording of a Portuguese soap opera at Lisbon's Restauradores Square, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Soap operas have been popular in Portugal since the first one was broadcast at the Portuguese public television in 1977. (AP…
As Ali MacGraw's character iconically informed Ryan O'Neal, "Love means never having to say you're sorry for wearing your ex-boyfriend's balls like an ASOS accessory." Renato Seabra, a 21-year-old Portugese model, is currently on trial for the castration and murder of former lover Carlos Castro, 65, a society…
Following a controversial cover that was, weirdly, apparently "a tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago's The Gospel According to Jesus Christ," Playboy has canceled its Portuguese edition:
• When choosing a mate, what do you look for? Maybe a sense of humor, or good looks. Well, according to a recent study, we're also looking for a partner who is wanted. This is called "mate choice copying."
[Lisbon, May 11. Image via AP]
[Lisbon, April 11. Image via AP]
The new J. Crew catalog uses Portugal as a gorgeous backdrop to push awkward-length shorts, hideous shoes and icky socks. Vacation like an ugly American!
This safe sex advertisement reads, "Girls, protect yourself. Demand your partner wear a condom." Sexualizing rape/domestic violence and putting the onus on women to protect themselves scream "safe" to me, too. (The more upsetting image is here:) [Sociological Images]
