Content for Wednesday, June 30
A Former Dad Style Staple is Suddenly Back in Fashion… Jean Shorts
In the world of men’s fashion, there are some interesting items making a comeback. The fanny pack has been elevated to a men’s “It Bag” on the runways at Prada, Fendi and Gucci. Crocs have morphed into a hot-ticket item thanks in part to collaborations with Balenciaga and Justin Bieber. And now, jorts, those frumpy jean shorts worn by beer-clutching dads, are in style. The global VP of men’s design at Levi’s said: “Jean shorts are definitely making a comeback for summer 2021.” Handup Gloves, an outdoor gear company in Tennessee, sells $40-ish jorts that “fly off the shelves.” According to their head of marketing, it was nostalgia that brought them back. He and his coworkers fondly recalled wearing jorts all summer back in the 1980s and ’90s “to cruise around the neighborhood.”
PARENTING: New Mom Regrets Having a Baby in an Online Post
A new mom has shared how much she regrets having her baby in a brutally honest online post, explaining that she used to be a "vibrant and fun person but is now a shell of her former self.” The anonymous women, who has a 7-month-old son, warned other women that having baby could “ruin your life,” detailing how she struggles with sleeping and wishes she could turn back time. She said she couldn't imagine being happy ever again in an emotional post. Other parents felt for the woman and many said they had felt the same in the early months of motherhood, but had gone on to loving their lives with their kids. The mom said, “I love my son more than anything in the world, but I regret having a baby so much." She went on to say being a mom had “destroyed” her physical and mental health, and that she couldn't envision a time where she'd be happy again. The mom also said, “If I could hit a button and go back to a time before my son existed, without remembering him or knowing he existed, I would do it without hesitation.”
‘Flat-Chested’ Hooters Waitress Shows How She Fakes Huge Boobs For Job... (And Tip$)
A “flat-chested” med student working at Hooters shoqwed her TikTok fans how she turns her barely there bosom into mountainous moneymakers every night. Kirsten Songer says, “I have the chest of a teenage boy." So, in order to boost her double A cups, she begins the process by strapping on her handy-dandy Amazon push-up bra. “It’s a bra on Amazon that adds two cups. It’s really padded." The University of South Carolina Medical School coed said, "It’s supposed to be like the Bombshell”... (the Victoria’s Secret $70 undergarment). “It’s not quite as good, but it’s half the price." After giving her girls a little lift, she stuffs the bra with $8.99 silicone inserts — or “sticky boobs” that she purchased from Walmart. “[The sticky boobs] are what makes the most difference in my appearance. It’s what pushes my boobs together to create the cleavage line in the center.” In her Hooters how-to video, Songer then executes her final bustline fabrication step: chest contouring. “I take some dark contour and just follow the shape of my boobs." For this part of the process, she uses makeup to lightly draw lines of definition onto her chest that create the illusion of curviness. “And now they look huge." On average, she rakes in anywhere between $50 to $400 a shift.
Google Will Now Warn You About ‘Fake News’ Websites
Google has started warning users that its search results may be unreliable. The feature is aimed at breaking news stories, when information is often rapidly changing and sometimes inaccurate. After searching for keywords about a breaking story, a warning reads: "It looks like these results are changing quickly. If this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources. While Google Search will always be there with the most useful results we can provide, sometimes the reliable information you’re searching for just isn’t online yet.” The change is now live for select users and is expected to roll out to more people over the coming months. It's the latest attempt by Silicon Valley to tackle online misinformation.
‘Great Resignation’ Gains Steam: 95% of Workers Are Now Considering Changing Jobs
The “Great Resignation” is gaining steam in the US as many workers are considering quitting or switching jobs. After spending more than a year at home, some don’t want to go back to commuting, preferring the flexibility of remote work at least a few days a week. Others are simply burned out from logging long hours while also balancing child care and remote school. And a survey found that 95% of workers are now considering changing jobs, and 92% are even willing to switch industries to find the right position.
Woman Has Guinness World Record Smurf Collection... Who Collects Something More Weird than this?
A woman in Wisconsin set a Guinness World Record for the largest Smurf collection. The 47-year-old woman began collecting when she was about six or seven-years-old. She has more than 11,455 unique Smurf collectibles including beach towels, hair brushes, tooth brushes, lip balm, ketchup, mayo, stuffed animals and figurines.
The City With The WORST Traffic Is... NOT L.A.
A new study reveals which city has the worst traffic, and it's no longer Los Angeles. A Texas A&M Transportation Institute study had ranked the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim region as the area with the country's worst traffic since 1982. But the institute's 2021 Urban Mobility Report showed the New York-Newark region now has the worst traffic in the nation. The rankings are based on the total amount of hours drivers were delayed. The New York-Newark region spent 494,268 hours stuck in traffic last year, while the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim had 365,543 hours of time in traffic. With a stay-at-home order in place for much of the year, many California employees worked from home. A drop in traffic was spread throughout the country as well; the top 15 cities with the worst traffic in 2020 combined dropped, on average, from 312,680 to 152,347 total hours. New York-Newark also placed first for average amount of hours a driver spent in traffic last year with 56 hours. The top five areas and hours were: New York-Newark , 56 Boston, 50 Houston, 49 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 46 San Francisco-Oakland, 46 ** Even though nationwide traffic dipped to some of the lowest levels in the past 30 years, it isn't expected to remain like that. By September, traffic conditions were beginning to rise, and with California now fully re-opened, Los Angeles may be coming back for it's title.
Do We Need This? Apple ‘Secretly Creating IPad The Size Of A CAR-WHEEL That Will Be Biggest Ever’
Apple is secretly developing an iPad the size of a car wheel. Sources say the giant iPad could measure up to 16-inches across to give it a screen as big as one of Apple's MacBook laptops. But the sources say the tech giant won’t release the big iPad for another couple years.
NBA: Shaq Slams LeBron James For Complaining About Schedule While Making ‘$200 Million/Year’ When’ 40 Million People Have Been Laid Off’
Shaquille O'Neal slammed Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James for complaining about the NBA schedule. LeBron has been vocal about his displeasure with the league’s cramped schedule. Just a few weeks ago, LeBron took a shot at the NBA and blamed them for the rise in injuries due to not giving players enough rest this year. In a recent interview Shaq slammed LeBron saying, “When you’re living in a world where 40 million people have been laid off and I’m making $200 million, you won’t get no complaining from me, I’d play back to back to back to back to back.” He added, “I’m not knocking what anybody said, but me personally, I don’t complain and make excuses because real people are working their tail off and all we gotta do is train two hours a day, and then play a game for two hours at night and make a lot of money.”
Olympian Gwen Berry Doubles Down On Her Criticism of 'Disrespectful' Star-Spangled Banner
Team USA Olympian Gwen Berry says she is not anti-American and believes she should still compete in the Tokyo 2021 games after turning away from the American flag during the national anthem. Speaking to the Black News Channel about the backlash the gesture received, Berry said Tuesday: 'I never said that I didn't want to go to the Olympic games, that's why I competed and got third and made the team.' 'I never said that I hated the country. I never said that. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand for or acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people. Point blank, period.' The two-time Olympian Berry is sponsored by the leftist defund-the-police advocate group Color of Change. She explained that she takes offense to the third line of the Star-Spangled Banner, which references slavery. Berry said: 'If you know your history, you know the full song of the National Anthem, the third paragraph speaks to slaves in America, our blood being slain...all over the floor. It's disrespectful and it does not speak for black Americans. It's obvious. There's no question.' The offending part of the song reads: 'And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, that the havoc of war and the battle's confusion. A home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave.' In the BNC interview, Berry says that the song is a reference to catching and beating runaway slaves. This interpretation of the lyrics is disputed. Some historians claim the words are intended as a direct threat towards slaves, whereas others claim it is about manipulating black Americans to fight for the British having been promised their freedom in return.