WTF, Pinterest?

What to do with your chewed gum? Pinterest has the answer.

wtfpinterest — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:23 +0000

For the Pantone fan:

curated from and created by Simon wald-Lasowski

For the lover of typography:

curated from and created by Monsieur Voyage

Art made with ABC (Already-Been-Chewed) gum:

curated from The Telegraph, created by Ben Wilson, more images here

More ABC gum art:

curated from Nick van Woert

And art made with unchewed gum:

curated from Environmental Graffiti, artist is Maurizio Savini

How to look like you have gum stuck in your hair:

curated from Inedible Jewelry
curated from Inedible Jewelry

And how to get gum unstuck from your hair:

curated from Vivien…Interrupted

Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market Gum Wall:

Image taken and pinned by Kathleen Rath; more info here; lots more images here

If you can’t get there in person, try these magnets:

curated from mzube

Liquid-filled camel ball gum pisses off mom:

uploaded by Ella, back story here

If you want to look like you stepped in gum:

curated from Stylist, you can purchase these shoes for $2,240 here

If you want to remove gum stuck to your shoe:

curated from LifeHacker

What to do with all those empty gum wrappers:

curated from Ollin, where you can purchase this gum wrapper bag for $159

And if you prefer your gum covered in gold:

curated from Kristy Hsu, created by Gerd Rothmann

I wonder if Jodi Arias agrees.

wtfpinterest — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:47 +0000

curated from Girls With Guns

Long time, no see.

wtfpinterest — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:52 +0000

Mustaches, please go away. (image via StylishBoard)

I’ve been off of Pinterest and this site due to illness and relocating. Thanks for all your emails checking in with how I was doing. I appreciate you!

I was hoping that Pinterest would have something new to show me. However, a quick flip through the Popular section sadly proved those damned mustaches are still in vogue.

Also:

Wrapping your legs around your man in your cowboy boots and wedding dress is still a thing. Unfortunately.

curated from/photographed by Jamie Delaine

Many of you (like the pinner of the image above) are still not linking to the original source of the images you pin. Pinners, it’s so easy – if you don’t know the original source, do a little research and try to find it. Don’t post something linking back to a random Tumblr blog who was as lazy as you are about crediting the proper source. Bad pinner, no biscuit!

Messy buns, ombre hair, and sock buns are still popular. So are messy ombre sock buns. Unfortunately.

Painting mason jars is still a thing.

curated from SimplyCiani

So is putting them on your wedding invitations, turning them into a soap dispenser, making them into goblets, and baking stuff in them. Face it, folks, they are never going away.

Neither are peplums, which are now a wedding trend.

curated from Jenny Lee Bridal

You’re still pinning “thinspiration”, but now Pinterest is trying to help you deal with your shit, as this message pops up along with your thinspiration pins.

In another effort to ‘help’ you, Pinterest is removing many pins that contain nudity. This pin of an Oreo cookie ad that I pinned in April of 2012 was recently removed for nudity, which Pinterest says it doesn’t allow on the site.

Yes, I can see how a picture of a breastfeeding baby is far more offensive than people in their CK underwear, or this American Apparel ad. Way to go, Pinterest Nudity Police.

curated from American Apparel

I wonder if this sort of twisted logic contributes to half of moms on Pinterest saying it stresses them out.

And fashion bloggers are still standing pigeon-toed.

curated from DevonRachel

Oh Pinterest, don’t ever change!

Be back soon! In the meantime…

wtfpinterest — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:08:55 +0000

More info here and here.

Spite Houses (via A Cup Of Jo)

Hipster embroidery (via The Soho)

The best gluten-free bread I ever baked or ate – I used Nicole’s mock C4C blend (from the miraculous Gluten Free on a Shoestring).

Wonderful free digital food magazine, Honest Cooking – full of delicious stories, no recipes.

Another great free digital magazine, this time music/culture-related, #5

Do you have a fancy problem?

Grumpy Cat is not a fan of SXSW.

WTF is “fraping“?

Is “Put a baby on it!” the new, “Put a mustache on it!”, which was the new, “Put a bird on it!”? Dafuq is wrong with you?

wtfpinterest — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:54:35 +0000

If you’re of the shallow persuasion who judges other people negatively because of their appearance, and this wickedly popular pin of tattooed people with babies makes you miraculously change your misguided opinion about tattooed people just because a little person is stuck in there with them, you are still judging people by their appearance.

Don’t judge people by their appearance.

pinned to words. quotes. misc, curated from 9gag, original source unknown

I rest my case.

Today on Pinterest, a debate on whether or not bugs are artists. As Sweet Brown would say, ain’t nobody got time for that.

wtfpinterest — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:40:06 +0000

pinned to Amazing , curated from Cabinet Magazine, submitted by Alicia.
Thanks, Alicia!

Call it what you will; I call it absolutely brilliant! Yay, nature! This was created by Hubert Duprat and some wickedly fascinating Caddisfly larvae just doing their thing. You can watch Duprat discussing his process here (about 2:30 in).

And here is a video of what the Caddisfly larvae build when they aren’t a part of Duprat’s “situation” (his word, not mine).

Well, this exists.

wtfpinterest — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:53:05 +0000

pinned to things that make you go huh, curated from Roy Road Fish Company

Watch the video of this Hummingbird Feeder Helmet in action.

Question: What do you hope never to find in your nanny’s home? Answer: This.

wtfpinterest — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:37:37 +0000

pinned to WTF??? , curated from Jean Nordquist Dolls

No, it’s not made out of dogs, it’s made out of peanuts. You know, just like peanut butter is. As Barnum is said to have said, there’s a sucker born every minute…and this one sticks to the roof of your common sense.

wtfpinterest — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:40:53 +0000

pinned to Food I love love love love love love, curated from OnlinePetDepot

Indulge? Skip dessert? Go back for seconds? Guilt? It’s lip balm. It’s not a treat. It’s lip balm, people! I wish the ad would just talk about what a fun product it is for protecting/softening your lips, but spare us the clichéd rhetoric that we’re somehow bad for eating a freaking cupcake instead of exuberantly licking flavored wax off of our lips and going back for more. Beauty product advertising is gross. Totally.

wtfpinterest — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:53:05 +0000

Editorial write-up in Star Magazine

pinned to ChapStick® Cupcake Flavors, curated from ChapStick

pinned to Products I Love, curated from Nouveau Cheap