Test of friendship: sharing stool specimens

You think you and your BFF’s relationship is all that? Turns out your best friend isn’t truly your best friend unless they’re willing to share their stool specimen when you can’t do a Number 2 on command.

We’ve all been there — agonizing over producing stool specimens for Annual Physical Exams, that is. But we’ve never tried to scoop some out of our friend’s sample, unlike this unnamed group of friends. Luck was not on their side, since whoever managed to drop the doo was apparently “positive [for] Ascaris lumbricoides ova,” roundworm eggs.

How do you even share stools in a public space?

 

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert embedded a diamond on his forehead

If you think face tattoos are outrageous, Lil Uzi Vert’s diamond piercing blows that out of the water. The American rapper had a 10-carat pink diamond pierced in (what he hoped was) the middle of his forehead like a real-life Vision from Marvel. He posted a video of him on Instagram vibing to some tunes, forehead sparkling — “Beauty is pain.” GQ mentioned that the gem is apparently worth $24 million and that the rapper has been saving up for it for three years now.

On social media, Lil Uzi Vert’s forehead upgrade has earned more than a few eyebrow raises and a truckload of memes. Thanos coming for him seems to be the main theme.

it’s almost like lil uzi vision wants the @LILUZIVERT memes to get worse 😔 pic.twitter.com/rFZid4n6AQ

— shrav 🥲 (@shravthesav) February 4, 2021

@LILUZIVERT said: pic.twitter.com/AppdQDD6Nf

— AGreatMan (@BigOx1429) February 4, 2021

When i can’t steal the diamond out so i just gotta take Uzi with me pic.twitter.com/ItM52Cmtay

— young jhit (@oscvrvillegas) February 4, 2021

 

“Nae Nae” rapper arrested for murdering his cousin

Today, Ricky Hawk, 23, was arrested for the murder of his cousin Frederick Rooks, 34. On January 21, the DeKalb County Police Department investigated Rooks’ death after he was found shot on Deep Shoals Circle. Hawk is in the DeKalb County Jail charged with Murder. #WeAreDKPD pic.twitter.com/AfaA8CtXgx

— DeKalb County Police Department (@DeKalbCountyPD) February 1, 2021

Better remove “Watch Me (Whip/NaeNae)” from your playlists, word just got around that its singer, rapper Silento, is a murderer. On Feb. 1, news outlets reported that Silento (real name Ricky Hawk) was arrested for the murder of his cousin, Frederick Rooks, whom he shot dead on Jan. 21. He is currently detained in DeKalb County Jail and is yet to be offered bail.

And his records haven’t exactly been clean prior to this arrest. XXL Mag shares that in 2020, Hawk carried a hatchet and entered a stranger’s home while looking for his girlfriend. He has also been arrested for a domestic dispute, speeding, and reckless driving.

 

This is not Leni Robredo, folks

It’s stressful enough to be the Vice President that’s targeted by thousands of hate comments every day courtesy of trolls, but who knew looking like her could get you trolls too? Singer/actor/host Rachel Alejandro’s innocent selfie in Palawan went viral earlier this week because some online troll with eyesight problems thought she was VP Leni. “Nasan ang bise presidente? Busy naman pala sa Palawan,” the post said. To be fair, Alejandro really does look like VP Leni in that photo — if you squint hard enough.

“Kalma lang po. Hindi ako yan,” VP Leni captioned the screenshot of the post. “Andito po ako sa opisina, wala sa Palawan. Ako na po humihingi ng paumanhin kay Rachel Alejandro.”

 

What do 12-year-olds look like in booster seats?

Earlier this week, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) attempted to implement Republic Act No. 11229 or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act. The mandatory provisions include requiring private vehicles to strap kids 12-years-old and under in Car Restraint Systems (CRS) for safety measures. The RA caused a bit of a ruckus online with people complaining that the need for CRS should be determined by a kid’s height and not by their age. Some car owners even took hilarious photos of their taller-than-average kids sitting on booster seats and crammed inside cars.

When asked if tall 12-year-olds should still be required booster seats, Land Transportation Office (LTO) NCR Director Clarence Guinto said that parents should probably get larger cars. “Laki-lakihan mo sasakyan mo,” were his exact words, I believe.

He did apologize for his remark afterward and clarified that those over 4’11” are exempted from using car seats.

Tisoy rapper apologizes

Ez Mil is on fire dawg 🔥 grabe solid! Watch his performance of “Panalo” in Wish USA bus.
credit: WishUSA #EzMil #Panalo #underrated pic.twitter.com/AkM8WoWR0w

— ᴊᴇɴɪɴᴀ (@ninna_nuka) January 29, 2021

Folks continue to question rapper Ez Mil’s track “Panalo”, which is actually a pretty cool track if you ignore the ridiculous lyrics about how he was “discriminated” for being “tisoy”. But he also spouted some historically inaccurate lyrics saying Lapu-Lapu was beheaded in Mactan. Lucky for us, Ez Mil clarified why he penned those rhymes. In an interview, he said that it was all because of “the rhyming pattern” and his dilemma of closing it with “absolute truth or… [making] people talk about it.”

“That’s me putting an exaggerated term in a ploy to drive traffic and talk. It’s inaccurate but he still died. He’s dead right now. It’s not overall factual in a way,” he said.

I ain’t tisoy! *Sinuntok yung bilao ng lumpia.*

— MIMAROPA MAE QUINTO (@Punongbayan_) February 1, 2021

 

Japanese woman hid her mom’s corpse for 10 years

Yumi Yoshino, 48, had a dead body frozen inside her apartment for a decade. And it wasn’t just anyone’s body — it was her mom’s. Yoshino was evicted from her apartment after several rent payment failures. The cleaner stumbled on her mom inside a freezer, hidden in the closet.

Reports say that the autopsy could not determine the exact cause and time of death, but found out that her mom was around 60 years old when she died. Yoshino told police that she hid her mom’s death because she didn’t want to move out of the house, since her mother’s name was on the lease of the apartment.

 

This teenager just emerged from a 10-month coma with no knowledge of the pandemic

Joseph Flavill suffered a traumatic car accident in England on March 1, 2020, weeks before the global lockdown. 10 months later, he just woke up to an entirely different world. All he remembers are bustling cities, crowded bars and restaurants, and a world where people were free to hug everyone. Now his family is looking for ways to tell him about the pandemic and how, due to health protocols and him catching COVID while in a coma, he was alone in the hospital most of the time. His friends and family have started a website for fundraising and sharing stories and messages for him to watch.

 

What’s the weirdest news you’ve seen this week?