When people hear “rats,” the first thing many imagine is the honking huge rats in the sewers of New York. Words like “infestation” may come to mind, along with horror stories of people’s unexpected encounters with the creepy creatures.
However, such images and stories are a sharp contrast to the delightful adorableness people with pet rats associate with the word.
Our family has had several pairs of rats as pets over the years. The first pair came from a man we affectionately nicknamed Weird Al the Rat Guy, who had an entire rattery in his basement where he bred fancy rats. And after our first pair, we were hooked.
“Fancy rats” are one breed of domesticated rat. Dumbo rats are another. These are not your NYC sewer rats. They’re smaller and cuter and smart and sweet. Yes, they do have that weird, hairless tail, but once you get past whatever willies you may have about rat rails, they’re the best.
Have you ever seen a rat eating a Cheerio with its tiny little hands with almost-opposable thumbs? You’ll never be the same.
Rats were our kids’ first furry pets and they were perfect starter pets. They’re comparatively low-maintenance, especially if you have at least two. (They’re social creatures, after all.) They’re affectionate and rarely bite. They love to play and are quite intelligent, so you can train them to respond to simple commands. (Rats have even been trained to sniff out land mines and conduct search and rescue missions.)
Their cages can get smelly if you don’t change the litter frequently enough, but females tend to be less smelly than males and rats themselves are super clean. (A rat washing its face is every bit as cute as one eating a Cheerio.)
Our first rats were babies when we got them and oh so very adorable. Allow me to convince you:
How could anyone resist those faces?
Anyway, pet rats are awesome, which is why people keep sharing a sweet video of a mama rat bringing her babies to her owner for safekeeping. Fun fact: Rats generally have between six and 12 babies in one litter. (Can you imagine having a dozen babies at once? OMG.) This mama appears to have nine or so, and she brings them one by one to the crook of her human’s arm.
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The video was posted by Whispering Grove Rattery in Atlanta on YouTube two years ago and has nearly 6 million views. It was reposted this week on Reddit, which has pushed it into virality all over again.
How could it not, though? Teeny little baby rats, a sweet mama rat and a human she trusts enough to hand her babies over to? It’s the stuff of dreams. (Or nightmares, if you really can’t get past the common squeamishness about rats. I highly recommend reconsidering, though. They really do make awesome pets.)
German photographer Christian Vieler wasn’t trying to become famous for his comedic dog portraits. He was just trying to test out a new portable flash he’d just gotten in the mail.
He tossed some treats to his dog, Lottie, to make her move quickly so he could test out the options of the flash with his camera.
“Days later, when I cleaned my hard drive, I noticed how funny the shots were,” he told CNN.
That was 2013. Nine years later, Vieler has a thriving business taking photos of people’s dogs mid-treat-toss, a website selling greeting cards, calendars, planners and more, and two popular coffee-table books showcasing hilarious doggo faces. His work has been covered by news outlets all over the world.
Who knew that the millisecond before a dog catches a treat would make such perfectly hilarious pictures? It happens so fast in real life, we don’t ever get to see these faces except when they’re captured on camera.
Vieler told CNN why he thinks these photos became so popular.
“I asked myself: What is the magic behind these photographs? I think the expressions of the dogs remind us of well-known feelings like desire, loss, pain or joy. And that’s what we normally don’t see that clear in the faces of our dogs,” he said.
They really do seem to add a whole other layer of personality to these pets.
Some of them are just laugh-out-loud funny.
Scrolling through Vieler’s Instagram page is a veritable feast of doggo delight. Vieler also takes absolutely gorgeous portraits of dogs when they aren’t catching treats, so there’s a little something for everyone. Highly recommend taking some time to peruse.
And if you want to get some of this “good boy” joy into your home, check out his website as well. He is based in Germany, but his products can be purchased with free shipping to 34 other countries.
Two Texas favorites will be heading to Rockefeller Studios this weekend for Saturday Night Live. Selena Gomez will host Saturday’s episode for the first time, and Post Malone will perform.
Gomez’s appearance comes ahead of the premiere of season 2 of Only Murders In The Building, which streams on Hulu beginning June 28. A few weeks earlier, Malone will release his fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothacheon June 3.
Malone released Twelve Carat Toothache‘s lead single, “Cooped Up,” which features Roddy Rich. When speaking of the song, Malone told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “The lyrics just came so quickly. We knew what we wanted to say and we knew what we wanted to express, not only in the song but in that particular moment on the album. And yeah, it just came super naturally. I couldn’t even tell you. I was probably on the sh*tter when I wrote it [laughs].”
Continuing on the album, Malone said Twelve Carat Toothache is “the most honest record I’ve made.”
Catch Selena Gomez and Post Malone on Saturday Night Live this Saturday at 11:30 p.m. EST.
Check out the promo above.
Roddy Ricch is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
In the final moments of the trailer for The Princess, Prince Charles shows his son the lens of a camera. He urges the boy to see the people “trapped” inside as Princess Diana looks on with the sense of deep despondency a person only accesses when hearing the absolute truth blurted out loud. It is approximately the one-trillionth camera featured in the trailer for the film, highlighting the looming terror of eyes constantly on top of the public’s favorite subject of the day. There’s no loss of irony that Princess Diana is such a compelling figure that our own destructive obsession with her warrants its own feature-length examination.
Directed by Ed Perkins, Oscar-nominated for his documentary short Black Sheep, and produced by the Oscar-winning Simon Chinn of Searching For Sugarman and Man on Wire, the doc is comprised of archival footage, personal shots and, tellingly, paparazzi video. It follows Charles and Diana’s courtship, marriage, and eventually divorce fallout through the eyes of the media and an insatiable mob gobbling up every sordid detail to come to their own conclusions. While recognizing the absurd amount of films and news specials that already tell Princess Diana’s story, Perkins said he was most interested in learning what our obsession with her says about us. “What is our relationship to not just monarch but celebrity? What was our role and perhaps our complicity in this tragic tale?” Based on the trailer, it seems like we had a lot of complicity.
Thanks to longform podcasts like You’re Wrong About and films like Spencer, Diana’s life has been reimagined in the context of what constant, oppressive scrutiny can do, especially to female celebrities. The Princess is next in line to reconsider that story, and it looks phenomenal.
Though most of the attention has been paid to Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, James Harden and Tobias Harris, the Philadelphia 76ers have heavily relied on the contributions of veteran wing Danny Green. After taking on a reduced role with less than 22 minutes per game during the regular season, the 34-year-old Green emerged as a vital rotation piece in the playoffs, averaging 28.8 minutes per game in the first two series. Unfortunately, Green’s postseason run could now be in jeopardy, as he suffered a left knee injury during the first quarter of Game 6 against the Miami Heat on Thursday evening.
Danny Green was helped off the court with an apparent leg injury after colliding with Joel Embiid. pic.twitter.com/CJUNkS0eQZ
Shortly following the injury, it was revealed that Green would not be able to return to Game 6, and there is further evaluation needed. In fact, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports “significant concern” for Philadelphia on a potentially serious knee injury.
Ahead of the MRI for Philadelphia guard Danny Green, there’s significant concern on the severity of the left knee injury, sources tell ESPN.
In Green’s absence, the 76ers are limited in terms of two-way wings. Matisse Thybulle got the call immediately from Doc Rivers, but he has struggled mightily on offense in recent days. Philadelphia also has offense-first options in small-ball looks, like Shake Milton who played later in the quarter, but no perimeter player on the team’s roster can fully match the two-way value of Green in the specific role he occupies. The hope would be that Green escaped serious injury, but the 76ers must navigate at least the final three quarters of a must-win game without him and it could be a while before he’s back on an NBA floor.
In October 2019, My Chemical Romance delivered exciting news to its fans. The band announced a reunion concert in Los Angeles, news that was shared six years after the band split in 2013. A short time later, the band announced their first North American tour in nearly a decade, a string of shows that they eventually had to postpone until this year. In the nine years since their band’s split and eventual reunion, My Chemical Romance only released one song, that being 2014’s “Fake Your Death.” At long last, that drought is now over as they return with “The Foundations Of Decay.”
The brash record clocks in at six minutes and it’s led by none other than the band’s longtime front vocalist Gerard Way. The record touches on the battles one faces in life and the scars it leaves you with. “The Foundations Of Decay” also mentions 9/11 through its lyrics, an event that inspired My Chemical Romance’s start in 2001. “And he was there, the day the towers fell / And so he wandered down the road,” Way sings. “And we would all build towers of our own / Only to watch the roots corrode / But it’s much too late / You’re in the race.”
My Chemical Romance dropped their new record as they prepare to perform at a number of festivals in the coming months. The band is set to make appearances at Riot Fest, Firefly, and When We Were Young.
You can listen to “The Foundations Of Decay” in the video above.
My Chemical Romance is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
God only knows how the Riverdale writers dream up all of the Archiverse wildness for the CW. Somehow, Archie and Betty both have superpowers now, and the show time-jumped into the future where Archie was fighting a war while wearing a WWII uniform, and Betty became an FBI agent. That, of course, has led to plenty of jokes that the show would somehow go “to space” like it was a casual, everyday occurrence, and somehow, the show is still cranking.
That’s the case even as The CW announced a load of cancellations, as relayed by The Hollywood Reporter. Early renewals had already arrived for Riverdale as well as Nancy Drew, Superman & Lois, and All American: Homecoming. The fate of Stargirl remains up in the air, but Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow got axed in April. Now, several more shows — including Charmed, In The Dark, Dynasty, Roswell New Mexico , The 4400, and Naomi — all received bad news on Thursday. THR notes that The CW’s whittling their expenditures down while a possible sale to Nexstar lingers on the horizon.
Well, Walker still stands, and Collider reports that a prequel is in the works, too (the Yellowstone effect is spreading, it seems), but let’s just say that some people are salty about losing their faves. Jokes about The CW “cancelling all their other shows to have the money to send the riverdale cast to space in season 7” are definitely happening.
However, the fact that people are still talking about Riverdale probably says a lot here, right? Yup, and onto space they (probably) go!
every time a tv show watched by one person on a streaming platform exclusive to samsung smartwatches is cancelled people start asking “why not riverdale” and the answer will always be because you’re still thinking about riverdale
About a month ago, we dropped a compendium of the worst dishes across the fast food universe that included all of the stuff you should absolutely never order. research for that was a truly harrowing experience, but while we were doing it, we were also making note of each fast food chain’s best menu item. Between enduring awful creations like Carl’s Jr’s chicken stars or Chipotle’s Queso, we were also eating some of the tastiest, complex dishes fast food has to offer.
Below are the results of that second (much more rewarding) quest — 16 of the best menu items across the entire fast food universe. This is the stuff that you should be ordering if you only eat fast food once a month (or at each restaurant once a year). The stuff that serves as the best representation of what each chain has to offer.
Order any of these sixteen entries, and you’re bound to have an item that is worth every bit of money you spent on it. Let’s eat.
Arby’s — Smokehouse Brisket
Arby
This was a tough one. Arby’s has a shit ton of food. The chain’s “we have the meats” slogan is no joke. Roast turkey, corned beef, roast and fried chicken, gyro meat, and of course roast beef (the chain’s flagship meat)… It’s a lot. I came really close to choosing the classic Beef & Cheddar for this ranking, but, I’m going to have to go with the Smokehouse Brisket.
Yeah, the Beef & Cheddar is great, if you haven’t been to Arby’s before you should definitely order it, but the Smokehouse Brisket is something next level. Creamy and nutty gouda and fried onion rings sit above layers of tender smoked brisket, sandwiched by mayo and BBQ sauce on a toasted bun. The bun is admittedly pretty bland (the Beef & Cheddar wins on bread) but the rest of the sandwich is bursting with sumptuous smokey flavors and a pleasingly crunchy mouthfeel.
The brisket is more tender than fast food brisket deserves to be, it shifts between rich smokey and salty flavors with sweet top notes courtesy of the BBQ and gouda. Those crispy onion rings add more than a mouthfeel, they add an extra layer of savoriness to the whole sandwich.
The Bottom Line:
Arby’s best sandwich and unlike anything else offered in the fast food universe. Smokey, salty, sweet, crunchy — it has so much going for it it’s impossible to not like. So long as you like flavor.
Burger King is a chain we roast in just about every fast food ranking we’ve ever done. But when it came to picking the best menu item the choice was easy, it’s the Ch’King. Stupid name aside, Burger King’s revamped chicken sandwich — launched in 2021 — is hands down the best single item you can order at the chain.
Taking inspiration from Popeyes, Burger King’s Ch’King is simple. The stock build consists of a hand-breaded breast filet, thick-cut pickle chips, and a savory mayo-based sauce. BK hand breads its breast and it makes all the difference, the breading is crunchy and craggily — the perfect absorber of sauce — with black pepper and garlic powder heavy flavor housing a thick filet that is just a bit too dry to consider juicy, but still delicious and full of flavor.
The Bottom Line:
It isn’t a sandwich at Popeyes’ level, but it dunks on everything on Burger King’s menu like Jordan in his prime.
You roll up to a Carl’s Jr because you want a Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger, everything else on the menu is an afterthought. Two charbroiled meat patties, layers of crispy bacon, fried onion rings, and American cheese, all pulled together with sweet smokey BBQ flavors.
The bacon provides a touch of umami to the BBQ’s sweet and savory qualities and when coupled with the flavor of the charbroiled meat, there is a distinct smokiness to this burger unmatched by anything else across the fast food landscape.
The flavors are on point but what really elevates the experience is the crunch. The bacon and onion rings ensure that every bite is audible ecstasy, even just hearing another person eat this burger is enough to make you hungry.
The Bottom Line:
Carl’s Jr’s best burger. It’s crispy, smokey, sweet, and mouthwatering.
There was a time when Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Deluxe was the GOAT. It was the flagship product that set Chick-fil-A apart from all the other fast food restaurants but Wendy’s. Just five years ago, if you wanted an edible fast food chicken sandwich you either went to Chick-fil-A or Wendy’s, everything else on the market was value menu, bottom of the barrel material. And then Popeyes dropped their chicken sandwich and forever changed our idea of what a fast food chicken sandwich should taste like.
Having said all of that, Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Deluxe still holds up. Featuring a tender and juicy breast filet marinated in pickle brine and coated in a thin breading seasoned with black pepper, paprika, cayenne, and garlic powder, spicy pepper jack cheese, lettuce, pickles, and a super soft bun, this sandwich is downright mouthwatering.
It’s not so spicy that it’ll have your brow sweating, but it has a sustained heat that simmers on the palate between bites and it’s small enough to eat without ushering you into a food coma like Popeyes’ more decadent sandwich.
The Bottom Line:
Still one of the best fast food chicken sandwiches your money can buy. Popeyes might be outshining it, but when you want something a little lighter that actually delivers on the spice, the Spicy Deluxe is the move.
I did a whole article on how to construct the perfect Chipotle burrito and I still stand by it. If you want the perfect experience at Chipotle, one so good you’ll finally understand why this place is so beloved by its fans, build your burrito like this: pinto beans, white rice, barbacoa, any salsa of your choice (on the side), cheese, lettuce, and guacamole.
If you want to get granular about why that’s the best build, definitely hit up the full article, but in short what this build delivers is a touch of sweetness and a sizzling burn that ushers in earthy and creamy flavors with a mouthfeel that never gets too mushy and the right amount of ingredients that will enable the Chipotle employee to actually fold it and not have to do embarrassing shit like start over because your excess ingredients burst through the tortilla.
The Bottom Line:
Follow our build, it’s a masterpiece and a masterclass in how to make a structurally sound burrito.
Dairy Queen’s food is so consistently bad that the chain shouldn’t even sell food (many locations don’t) they should just stick to what they’re good at — soft-serve ice cream. You could make the case for any of Dairy Queen’s delicious Blizzards to earn a spot on this ranking, but for me, I have to go with the best fast food chocolate-dipped cone your money can buy.
Dairy Queen’s vanilla soft serve is silky and creamy with a rich mouthfeel that sets it apart from other soft serves like McDonald’s, which comes across as too watery. Dipping the vanilla ice cream in some hot fudge adds that extra bit of decadence that makes this simple dish truly a crowd-pleaser.
I think that the DQ Blizzards can sometimes be a bit overkill. All those mix-ins might work to make your dessert seem more like a special treat, but those extra snacks end up muddying the rich and creamy flavor of the vanilla that serves as each Blizzard’s foundation. The Chocolate Dipped Cone gives you the best of both worlds. It’s not “just” a vanilla soft serve, it’s got something a little extra.
The Bottom Line:
The simple treat that put Dairy Queen on the map. It is the foundation that every Blizzard is built on, and in its simplicity, its Dairy Queen’s best.
When it came to KFC it was a toss-up for me between the Original Recipe chicken and the Famous Bowl. Since the Original Recipe is more of a category of foods at KFC than a single menu item, I’m giving the spot to the Famous Bowl.
This greatest hits package combines everything good about KFC, popcorn chicken, corn, mashed potatoes, and gravy, and throws them all together into a bowl. Not only is this a winner for combing the best of KFC into a single meal, but KFC is doing our work for us. Who amongst us doesn’t like dipping their fried chicken into the mashed potatoes and gravy?
The way that fried chicken batter pairs with the meaty and aromatic flavors of gravy and buttery mashed potato is truly next level.
The Bottom Line:
Savory, sumptuous, salty, crunchy, buttery — it’s everything good from KFC in one single item.
I know, I know, the Animal Style burger is the more obvious choice, but the Double Double is a classic and it’s my go-to order at In-N-Out. Animal Style is for the person who eats In-N-Out so often that they want something a bit different, but the Double Double is the burger that earned In-N-Out its beloved reputation.
It’s salty, juicy, features the best American cheese on the planet, and when topped with grilled onions, full of savory flavors that will make your mouth water and help you to understand just why the drive-thru lines are always so damn long.
Every ingredient on this burger is just on point. The meat is juicy, the lettuce is crisp and bright where every other lettuce in the fast food universe is wilted, the tomatoes are ripe and flavorful, the special sauce cuts through with tart goodness, and the cheese is hands down the best American cheese in all of fast food. If we did a blind taste test of American cheese slices, this wins, no contest.
Also, at no extra charge, you can add grilled onions and chopped chilies to your burgers which is the best and easiest menu hack in the entire fast food universe.
The Bottom Line:
It’s impossible to not like the Double Double. You can think it’s overrated, you can say you’ve had better burgers, but you can’t say it’s not good. This is simply one of the best (and on some days THE best) fast food burgers you can buy for under $10.
It was hard to pick a favorite at Jack in the Box because for the most part, Jack in the Box… kind of sucks. Don’t get me wrong, there are certain nights when nothing hits like those weird 99¢ tacos, and the curly fries are truly a gift, but… Okay, I’m going to go ahead and come out and say it — Jack in the Box is stoner food.
This is a food you should only eat when you’re either high out of your mind or intoxicated off your ass. In those states, just about everything from the menu is worth trying at least once. But when you’re sober? This stuff is downright awful.
For our pick on the best menu item at JiB, we went with the Sourdough Jack if only for the novelty of being able to order a patty melt from a fast food drive-thru. This burger consists of a single meat patty topped with bacon, juicy slices of tomato, mayonnaise, ketchup, and *sigh* something called “Swiss-style cheese” on two slices of toasted sourdough. Just use real fucking Swiss Jack in the Box! It’s not an incredibly expensive product!
The sourdough isn’t as crunchy and flavorful as you expect it to be — this bread is soft and spongey — but it offers a buttery twist on a typical bacon burger, and the thinner slices of bread help to put a larger focus on the contents inside.
The Bottom Line:
The only thing worth ordering at Jack in the Box while sober.
Everybody loves McDonald’s fries. When you get a fresh order of these things, few things taste better. They have the exact right amount of salt over a buttery potato flavor and what I’m convinced is the tiniest hint of sugar, helping to make them so addictive.
McDonald’s fans all have their favorites — some f*ck with the classic Double Cheeseburger, nuggets have been a best seller since they were first introduced, and a lonely few people swear on the Big Mac, but you better believe in each of those occasions, they’re also getting a side of fries. If you randomly get asked one day by a friend or colleague, “I’m hitting McDonald’s, do you want anything?” You’re going to ask for an order of fries.
Even when you aren’t hungry.
The Bottom Line:
McDonald’s French fries aren’t just the best thing on the entire Golden Arches menu, they’re some of the best fries in all of fast food.
I’ve already name-checked Popeyes’ chicken sandwich about three times in this article, so you should’ve seen this one coming. It’s hard to express in a single entry what makes the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich so damn good (which is probably why I’ve written not one, not two, but three articles about it), but in short, this sandwich is the juiciest, crunchiest, and best tasting chicken sandwich in all of fast food.
Fried to a perfect golden brown, each bite is a melding of buttery, garlicky, and peppery flavors. While the mayo, pickle chips, and potato roll are a little lacking and have some room for improvement, once the thing comes together it’s undeniably one of the best fast food sandwiches you’ll ever eat. Chicken or otherwise.
The Bottom Line:
The current fast food GOAT. This is a no-brainer, if you go to Popeyes just a handful of times a year, you need to order this 99.9% of the time, or else what the hell are you doing?
I need to be honest about Rally’s, while I love the chain as much as the next person, I have to admit that under all the nostalgia I have for the chain all of their food, from the burgers to the chicken, to the hot dogs and wings, are middling at best. The fries, however, with their breaded cajun seasoning, mixing garlic and onion powder with paprika, black pepper, and the right amount of salt, are a cut above everything Rally’s has on the menu.
The fries are the reason you pull into the drive-thru, everything else is just a side order to this main event.
The Bottom Line:
Sorry to fans of the Big Buford and the wonderfully named Mother Cruncher, but this is far and above Rally’s best menu item. No contest.
This one kind of feels like I’m cheating because aside from the Texas toast, coleslaw and fries, this is Raising Cane’s only menu item. Even the sandwich from this place is nothing more than a few tenders in a bun. This is fast food’s current best fried chicken. It’s tender and juicy, never frozen, and practically melts in your mouth.
If Raising Canes wanted to make a proper chicken sandwich, Popeyes wouldn’t even be able to be mentioned in the same conversation as Raising Canes. The chicken is that good.
The Bottom Line:
Pro tip: Ask for your finger combo “extra crispy,” with a bit more crunch this chicken tastes even better and the few extra minutes of cook time don’t take away from the juiciness of the bird. While you’re at it, might as well order the French Toast too, in which case you should ask for it “BOB” style, which stands for buttered on both sides.
A while back we hit every fast food restaurant we could and ordered a simple beef patty. Yes, you read that right, just the patty. No bread, no tomato, no sauce, no cheese, nothing! In that taste test, we found that Shake Shack’s meat patty was in an entirely different class.
Shake Shack uses a special Pat LaFrieda proprietary meat blend, we’re pretty sure there is some sirloin mixed in with chuck, giving each bite of beef this sumptuous juicy mouthwatering flavor that is perfectly encased in a Maillard-reaction blessed crust, courtesy of Shake Shack’s smash burger cooking method.
Shake Shack has all sorts of other things worth ordering on the menu, and we’ll give a shout out to the nuggets, chicken sandwiches, and even the more adventurous burgers like the current Bourbon Bacon Cheddar, but not grabbing a classic Shack Burger feels like you’re not truly eating at Shake Shack at all.
The Bottom Line:
It’s salty, buttery, savory, and truly one of the best burgers you’ll ever eat anywhere.
At Taco Bell the choice is easy, the chain’s best food innovation is the Crunch Wrap Supreme, which combines the best of a burrito with the best of a taco for something wholly unique. Crispy lettuce, tomato, and sour cream are separated by a crunch shell housing beef, ground beef, and nacho cheese all wrapped in an oversized grilled flour tortilla.
What’s not to like? It’s crunchy, flavorful, and filling, offering a spin on the Mexican food staples Taco Bell builds its menu on that tastes uniquely “Taco Bell.”
The Bottom Line:
Taco Bell is at its best when it doesn’t try to make straight Mexican food, and instead gives us weird stoner-friendly Frankensteinian creations, like this thing.
Take away every fast casual restaurant on the market, no Shake Shacks, no In-N-Out’s, no Fat Burgers or Umami Burgers. If you want a good burger in a world without fast casual chains, where are you going? The only answer is Wendy’s.
Wendy’s blows McDonald’s, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Rally’s, Carl’s Jr, and pretty much every drive-thru burger (except for In-N-Out) out of the water. The beef is thick, fresh, and never frozen, offering a lot of juicy beefy flavor that consistently comes out as perfectly cooked.
On the Baconator you get two quarter-pound patties plus a double layer of cheese and smokey bacon. You’ll notice there is no lettuce here. That’s because Wendy’s isn’t fucking around. This is a salty smokey meat bomb.
Wendy’s bacon is also in another class when compared to its peers. It’s adequately smokey and thick enough to actually taste, unlike a lot of the competition out there that utilizes bacon to merely add crunch.
Can’t handle the Baconator? Wendy’s also sells the Son of Baconator, which still features two patties, but with a smaller footprint that is a bit easier to stomach without feeling like you’re about to dive headfirst into a hardcore food coma. One of those weird mid-day naps where you wake up with the meat sweats.
The Bottom Line:
An indulgent beast of a burger. If you’re all about smokey, sweet, and savory flavors, you can’t go wrong with the Baconator.
Being married for 67 years is quite a feat. Most Americans don’t live long enough to be married that long, much less actually manage to stay married to the same person for nearly seven decades.
But lifelong relationships do happen, and one sweet couple celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary got a heartwarming surprise from their kids that’s bringing people to tears.
Musician Daniel Morris posted a video on TikTok of an older couple in front of their house, the wife sitting in a chair and her husband standing beside her. Morris is playing “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” on the violin from a safe social distance in their yard.
“I started doing this for people when everything went down because of the pandemic,” Morris wrote in the video caption. “It has honestly changed my life watching music touch lives like this.”
The woman becomes clearly emotional as she puts her hand over her face and wipes her eyes as he plays.
“It is this couple’s 67th anniversary. Their kids from out of state sent me to play for them,” Morris wrote. “They are almost 90 and she used to play the violin. He would take her to practice and sit in the audience to listen and wait for her.
“What a true love story,” he added.
Morris chats with the couple a bit, then plays “Amazing Grace.”
Music heals the heart❤️#wedding #lovestory #truelove #foryoupage #boostofhope #violinist
“Music truly heals hearts,” he wrote. Indeed it does.
Upworthy shared the video on our Instagram page, and the comments show how moved people were by it.
“Beautiful ❤️ Let us not forget that there is still a lot of kindness in the world,” wrote one person.
“This is so beautiful. Music is the language of Love,” wrote another.
“Can y’all stop cutting onions in here!” wrote another. “I’m not crying. You’re crying.”
“I’m a total cold-hearted a**hole and even I shed some tears,” wrote another.
What a lovely tribute to long-time love, and what a wonderful gift for a couple who has seen and experienced so much. Thank you, Daniel Morris, for sharing the love with all of us.
You may not recognize the name Mel B, but you almost certainly remember her moniker Scary Spice. In the late ’90s, the singer was one-fifth of the Spice Girls, one of the most successful female pop groups of all time. The Spice Girls were notable for their strong “girl power” message, which became a rallying cry for a group of young girls and women who didn’t even know what feminism was.
Mel B has never shied away from using her public persona to champion the rights of others. In recent years, she has turned her attention to a different kind of advocacy: the plight of women affected by domestic violence. A victim herself, she now works tirelessly to give voice to the many who suffer in silence.
Mel B (short for Melanie Brown) was in a 10-year relationship with American producer Stephen Belafonte and, at the time of their divorce, she admitted that during the course of their relationship she had suffered abuse to the point that she contemplated suicide. In 2018, she wrote a book, “Brutally Honest,” that detailed the abusive relationship.
“I wanted to be the Boudica for women who had been in abusive relationships. I wanted to use my platform because all these women, including myself, suffer in silence feeling shame for something that is really nothing for them to be ashamed of. I wanted to speak for other women, because I was big enough and loud enough for others who couldn’t do it,” Brown told Metro in an exclusive interview.
The release of her book led to her partnering with the U.K. organization Women’s Aid, a charity that specializes in working to end domestic abuse. What began as something that was supposed to be a one-off led to Brown becoming a patron for the organization.
“Mel has really gone above and beyond as a patron,” Teresa Parker, head of communications for Women’s Aid, told the news outlet. “I’ve worked at Women’s Aid for 20 years and I’ve never known somebody with her level of profile give so much of her time so freely and generously.”
Parker revealed that during the Spice Girls’ 2019 tour, Brown gave her approximately 90 VIP tickets so that domestic abuse survivors could attend the shows and get to see that if a successful star like herself could overcome her abuse and thrive, so could they. The tickets were given out quietly, with no press, simply out of the goodness of her heart. Being a survivor, she intimately knows what these women have gone through, and it’s amazing that she is using her celebrity to truly get in there and help.
Mel B was recently awarded the official title of MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, for her work as a patron and ambassador for Women’s Aid.
“When I got a letter that said Boris Johnson had gone to the Queen and that I would be receiving an MBE, I was shocked! I didn’t even realise people like that even knew what I was doing,” she said.
“This award is for all those women out there, and men, who have been in an abusive relationship. It’s for survivors everywhere. I’m just going to keep talking. That’s all I can do. I will always use my platform for other women. This is about women supporting women, speaking out, stopping the shame, stopping this awful epidemic of domestic abuse in its tracks.”
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