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This article originally appeared on 04.21.22

Have you ever ridden in an Uber or a Lyft and had the driver talk a lot when you felt like being quiet? Or not say a word when you tried to make conversation? Or play music you found annoying?

When you hop into a driver’s car, it’s a crapshoot what kind of ride you’re going to have. But at least one Lyft driver is removing the mystery a bit by letting passengers choose.

Facebook user Eric Alper shared a post that showed a photo of a piece of paper stuck on the back of a car’s headrest that read:

“Welcome to Cameron’s car!!!

To ensure the best ride possible for you, I have prepared a menu of the various types of rides I offer. Just choose one (or don’t, that’s an option too) then sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. :)”

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Then it listed the 10 ride options Cameron offers:

“1. The Awkward Ride – You ignore this menu completely, then we will sit in silence for the remainder of the ride.

2. The Funny Ride – I tell you jokes or entertaining stories from my life.

3. The Silent Ride –

4. The Creepy Ride – I don’t say anything but I keep staring at you in the rearview mirror.

5. The Karaoke Ride – We rock out to hits from the 80s, early 2000s or literally whatever you want.

6. The Bubbles Ride – We blow bubbles the whole time.

7. The Small Talk Ride – We talk about how crazy the weather’s been lately and I ask if you caught the game last night.

8. The Therapy Ride – You vent to me about your problems and I listen.

9. The Drunk Ride – You throw up in my car.

10. The Cliche Ride – You ask me how long I’ve been driving for Lyft.”

OK, the Bubbles Ride sounds fun, but also maybe a little dangerous. And the Drunk Ride is the main reason I’ve never wanted to be a Lyft or Uber driver. I may have unintentionally taken a both a Therapy Ride and a Creepy Ride before.

But seriously, the concept is fabulous. People often want something different in a ride depending on their mood, so the idea of having options to choose from is brilliant. The list also directly addresses the awkwardness that is often present when you’re getting a ride from someone, so it makes a natural icebreaker and conversation starter—particularly helpful for folks who struggle with social anxiety.

People in the comments loved it.

“I’m sure this wasn’t the intention but this is a great example of disability accommodations that everyone can enjoy,” wrote one person. “Being able to choose how much energy I expend is so helpful.”

“There should be a feature on both Uber and Lyft indicating what type of ride a rider wants or expects,” wrote another. “I usually don’t talk, but sometimes the driver keeps persisting and I feel awkward at times.”

“It clears the air, takes the awkwardness out of it, and establishes expectations for the ride, on both sides,” wrote another. “Great idea.”

There are some more options I’d love to see added, though:

The Pep Talk Ride – You need encouragement? I’ll give you everything I’ve got to pump you up.

The Tour Guide Ride – I share interesting details about places we pass and offer advice on cool things to do around the area.

The Life Story Ride – We estimate how long your ride will be, set a timer, and each of us shares our life story for half the ride. (No questions, unless the ride goes longer.)

The Deep Questions Ride – We skip the small talk and get right to the big stuff—meaning of life, existence of God, our place in the universe, etc.

The High School Debate Ride – We pick a controversy, flip a coin to decide who will take which side, and debate regardless of our own personal views.

The Pretend Persona Ride – We each make up totally fake names and personas and converse as them so we can chat without actually getting personal at all.

So many possibilities. What kind of ride would you want to take?

For quite some time, the most popular baby names have been pretty standard. You have your Emmas and Jacobs and Sophias running around during recess, with an occasional older name like John thrown in there every once in a while. But that’s simply not the case anymore. Now, parents are fighting to come up with the most unique name, and for some reason, that means naming their children after various fictional characters.

Lately, people are really committing to their superhero (and villain) love by naming their children after various Disney characters across the various universes. A new study from OrganicBabyFormula.com (via ComicBook) claims that more and more parents are naming their children after Marvel characters. The most popular name? Quill (aka Star-Lord) from Guardians of the Galaxy. Yes! People are naming their kids after Chris Pratt.

The list continues with some more unique Disney names like Frozen’s Kristoff, and Star Wars’ Rey, and then some more classic Disney names, like Aladdin, Merida, Belle, Simba, and Olaf. Sitting at spot number eight is the ultimate bad guy Thanos, who will most likely be the scariest kid on the playground.

Other Disney-adjacent names include Wanda, Loki, Kylo, Anakin, and of course, Elsa, which first shot to popularity in 2013 after Frozen became a mega-hit. At least nobody is naming their newborn baby after Hulk.

(Via ComicBook)

When Drew McIntyre walks to the ring in the main event of Clash at the Castle on Saturday in Cardiff, Wales, everything will have been set up perfectly for his full redemption arc.

McIntyre wrestled across the United Kingdom as he was coming up and returned to continue perfecting his craft when he got released from the WWE in 2014. Now, it’s where he will get the chance to claim the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in a matchup against Roman Reigns.

“This is the moment I’ve been chasing,” McIntyre told Uproxx Sports. “It’s all about those big moments in WWE. That’s how we create legendary superstars. I missed that big moment with the crowd when I beat Brock Lesnar for my first [heavyweight title]. I missed that big moment with the crowd when I beat Randy Orton in the ThunderDome with the virtual fans there. I’m very proud of those moments and the escape we allowed everybody during those scary times, but I need that big moment to help me get to the next level.”

McIntyre is currently in Wales, where he’s seen the posters and witnessed a giant mural to hype his showdown with Reigns. These sorts of things have hammered home the magnitude of what is on the horizon.

“It’s only just started kicking in,” McIntyre said. “In WWE, we’re 52 weeks a year with no re-runs, no offseason, no days off. I’m constantly doing some kind of media, some kind of promotion. So I couldn’t really grasp the gravity of the show and how big it is. It’s really starting to sink in now that we’re a few days out and I’m talking about Clash constantly. My goodness, it’s actually happening. And not only that, [it’s] ‘You’re in the main event, just like Bret and Bulldog when you were a kid.’”

McIntyre channeled his inner Owen Hart when discussing the challenges that Saturday presents when he squares off against Reigns and his two-year title run.

“There’s not been a run like this in the modern era. There will probably not be a run like this again. He’s had the Universal title for two years. Now, that is quite an incredible testament to the character and capabilities when it comes to this industry,” McIntyre said. “But enough is enough, it’s time for a change. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t difficult at times during this journey.

The opportunity to come back to WWE and redo what happened the first time and show the world what I’m truly capable of, fulfilling my potential instead of squandering it, that’s a cool feeling,” he continued. “And the fact that I’m getting the opportunity to get the titles in front of live fans, as an added bonus on UK soil really would be the greatest moment of not just my career, but probably my life.”

To cap off a dream come true, McIntyre will have the opportunity to show what he’s made of in front of a raucous audience of more than 60,000. It’s that atmosphere that he hopes one day leads to one of WWE’s big four events returning to the UK.

“The potential’s unlimited and this is phase one, as far as I’m concerned,” McIntyre said. “Once the world gets to see this show, the incredible visuals, I think it’s going to lead to a SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and potentially a WrestleMania down the line. I’m so happy that it’s been so well received. For me personally, obviously, the UK is a special one.”

For McIntyre, it’s all about taking things one step at a time. And that starts with Reigns on Saturday.

(Spoilers from The Boys will be found below.)

The Boys quickly became known (from the show’s opening moments when Hughie clutched the detached hands of his girlfriend, Robyn) for pushing that envelope without (somehow) ever going too far as to be unconvincing. Season 4 is in the thick of filming, and although we probably won’t see a return of Soldier Boy, it sounds like the crowd pleasing will still nonetheless be going full force. It will be hard, though, for the show to ever top this “Herogasm” moment.

Poor Mother’s Milk would never have been able to salvage that jacket. And the show’s done a whole host of other shocking things, like other superhero orgies and the showing off of counless male tushes. Those vigilantes drove straight into a whale, and Homelander jerked off for the world to see. Chace Crawford famously wondered if he’d work again due to his repeated sexual encounters with his octopus friends. There’s been death by oral sex and an Ant-Man-inspired booty bombing, and let’s just say that showrunner Eric Kripke has his work cut out for him on one-upping himself.

Via ComicBook, Kripke’s down for the challenge because crew member Stephan Fleet tweeted a live reaction from the set: “My eyes can’t unsee what I just saw right now.”

And it’s not as though Fleet hasn’t seen a lot. He’s been tweeting about “‘Cocaine and giant penis Wednesdays’ at the ‘ol office,” and fans of The Boys will totally get it.

Fingers crossed that we’ll see The Boys return in 2023.

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but does that maxim still hold true when said baubles have spent some time in the a**hole of the a**hole who gave them to you? If you’re supermodel Kate Moss, the answer seems to be a resounding “sure?!”

As People reports, Moss shot a video for British Vogue in which she took a catwalk down memory lane to talk about 20 of her most iconic looks from the past several decades. Included was a photo from the 1995 CFDA Fashion Awards, in which Moss is wearing a one-of-a-kind John Galliano dress that the designer gave her for her 21st birthday, a beloved pair of patent leather Manolo Blahnik Mary-Janes, and a stunning diamond necklace, courtesy of Johnny Depp’s butthole.

“They were the first diamonds I ever owned,” Moss shared. “He pulled them out of the crack of his ass.” As she explains:

We were going out for dinner and he said, ‘I’ve got something in my bum. Can you have a look?’ And I was like, ‘What?’ And I put my hand down his trousers and I pulled out a diamond necklace. That diamond necklace.

And people say romance is dead!

Moss and Depp were an item from 1994 to 1998, and she recently served as a witness during Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard’s recent defamation trial.

You can watch Moss tell the story below, beginning around the 6:20 mark.

(Via People)

Maybe it’s the sneaker influence, but recently it feels like every snack company has decided to go wild with special edition flavors. It seems like every month Oreo drops a new, head-scratching flavor (like pumpkin spice). Pringles seems to only be releasing ridiculously bizarre flavor combinations these days, including a whole Thanksgiving dinner for some reason. Add Mountain Dew and all of its new creations (like its Flamin’ Hot) and you have quite a few brands getting really wacky with it lately.

Don’t forget Doritos. If you pay any attention to the snack food world, you may have noticed Doritos leading the charge in absolute strangeness. Don’t believe us? Take a look at their newest creations: Classic Ketchup and Spicy Mustard. Why the mad chip scientists at Doritos thought this was something the world needed, we have no idea. We get that the flavors work well in potato chip form (just ask Canadians about their love for Ketchup chips), but with corn chips? We’re not so sure. Have you ever seasoned your corn with mustard?

Since you’re surely wondering, these two limited-edition flavors were reportedly created to pay homage to that most important of summer activities: grilling. And you can’t grill burgers and hot dogs without mustard and ketchup, right? So why wouldn’t you make these two condiment flavors in corn chip form? Let’s see how it plays out!

The Story:

While this is an all-new flavor for Americans, Doritos Classic Ketchup is a take on the ketchup flavor already available in Canada (developing theory: Canadians love ketchup). It’s tangy, sweet, and just as strange as it sounds. Doritos Spicy Mustard is a little different. It doesn’t taste like yellow mustard. It was actually inspired by Chinese hot mustard. It’s tangy, sweet, and surprisingly spicy. Sadly, if you want to try these strange flavors, you can’t buy them in stores. These limited-edition condiment flavors are only available on Snacks.com for $5.59 for a 9.25-ounce bag.

Tasting Notes:

Classic Ketchup

This chip has sort of an acidic tomato smell. It really does smell like it was doused in ketchup. I guess that’s a good sign of things to come, right? The flavor is a little tricky to decipher. It starts off almost like a barbecue chip, but it’s much sweeter. It has a nice slight tang that hits the back of your palate and leaves you wanting more, even if you’re not sure why. Yes, it really does taste like ketchup. But is that a flavor I’d actually ever buy? Likely not.

Spicy Mustard

Here’s where things got a bit wild: Doritos Spicy Mustard straight-up smelled like jalapenos. I don’t know if there are any jalapenos in the recipe, but that doesn’t really matter to my nose. It smells spicy. Popping a chip into my mouth only added to my assumptions. While I first thought it tasted like Grey Poupon, I can absolutely see that it’s supposed to taste like the spicy mustard you throw in with your Chinese food takeout. It’s surprisingly spicy and has a clear mustard flavor. Luckily, the heat dissipates quickly. Overall though, I’d never buy these Doritos. They taste the way they’re supposed to, but it’s not a flavor I’d ever want to eat in Doritos form. Give me classic Nacho Cheese any day.

Bottom Line:

These two Dorito flavors are just silly. It makes me wonder if they planned to release them on April Fool’s Day because neither is worth buying. They taste like they are supposed to, but neither is a flavor I crave in Dorito form. Buy them to say you did and make your friends try them or just buy a party-size bag of Cool Ranch instead. You’ll probably be happier.

Ranking:

3/10 – They are edible, they taste like mustard and ketchup, but that’s the problem. These aren’t flavors anyone would enjoy coating a Dorito. Only buy these to prank your friends.

Ryan Reynolds is good at a lot of things: buying soccer teams, being an actor sometimes, and forcing his friends to eat really hot peppers until they cry. But he also notoriously pulls weird pranks and stunts for seemingly no reason other than the fact that he is Ryan Reynolds. The actor’s most recent stunt involved a piece of television history.

One of Reynolds’ first roles was as a mischievous med student on the ’90s sitcom Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place alongside Nathan Fillion. The show ran on ABC for four seasons from 1998 to 2001.

While filming his latest series Welcome To Wrexham, which chronicles his journey with Rob McElhenney after buying the Wrexham AMC football team, Reynolds made a quick stop at the Warner Bros lot, where he stumbled upon the same stage that Two Guys filmed over 20 years ago. The actor stopped by the soundstage to honor his time on the show, and the beautiful moment turned into a classic Reynolds situation when he “accidentally” broke said plaque, which turned out to be plastic. He wasn’t a fan.

One of the “metal” pieces turned out to be rubber, which immediately broke off when Reynolds touched it. The Deadpool actor complained to McElhenney, “I mean, how much does it cost to put a real [plaque]? I never felt it before… I feel so much less special. Thank you for that ice-cold bucket of humility.”

Hopefully, Reynolds will offer to fix the important historic monument, because the soundstage is also home to the much-loved sitcom Reba, and Ryan Reynolds does NOT want to get on Reba’s bad side.

Paramount+ and Showtime are making television consumption a little bit easier on your and your bank statement. In the streaming era, it’s increasingly difficult to keep up with how many services there are (and how many you pay for). Remember the days when television came from one source: cable? Now, for every streaming service you have, there are five streaming services you don’t have or have never even heard of.

Paramount+ (the streaming service formerly known as CBS All Access) and Showtime have merged into a single streaming app while keeping both apps separate, per Variety. All of your faves from Paramount+ like, I don’t know, Jersey Shore: Family Vacation or Top Gun: Maverick will be available to stream in the same place where you obsessively watch Yellowjackets and/or Jon Bernthal in the upcoming drama American Gigolo. Previously, Paramount+ offered a Showtime add-on, but this required a separate app for Showtime.

New subscribers will be able to sign up for Paramount+ With Showtime for a discounted $7.99 per month for the basic service with ads, and for the ad-free version at $12.99 per month. Current subscribers can upgrade to the bundle within the app. Past October 2, the ad-supported version will rise to $11.99 per month and the ad-free version to $14.99 per month. Tom Ryan, president and CEO of Paramount Global Streaming, said in a statement that the merge and the bundles are part of an attempt to make streaming an easier experience for consumers:

“The Paramount+ with Showtime bundle offers consumers unprecedented value by providing one of the broadest content libraries in streaming at one of the lowest prices in the marketplace. This singular user experience streamlines sign-up and enhances discovery, and this lower price will allow more households to enjoy this exceptional combined entertainment offering.”

Paramount+ With Showtime, which is available now, is proof that you can merge streaming services without, say, canceling a movie that was already made and removing shows.

(Via Variety)

You can call Donald Trump a traitorous criminal, just don’t ever call him a slob! Ever since the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in early August, Trump has done his best to become his own worst enemy — and alibi. On Wednesday, he unleashed a series of posts on his own TRUTH Social network where he essentially admitted that both he and his lawyer lied when they suggested that the FBI had planted evidence while searching the former president’s Palm Beach home and golf course. Based on his unhinged rantings, however, it seemed the biggest misconception Trump wanted to clear up is that he would never leave classified documents that should, legally, not be in his possession at all just “sloppily thrown on the floor.” No, no, no. Trump clarified that the FBI took those classified, errr, declassified documents“out of cartons and spread them around on the floor.”

But The Donald seems incapable of digging an even deeper hole for himself — all to make it clear that he would never be so untidy. On Thursday morning, he called into Real America’s Voice to reiterate, once again, that clutter is the real enemy in this story. As he explained:

A lot of people think that when you walk into my office I have confidential documents or whatever it may be, or declassified [documents]… spread out all over my floor. Like a slob. Like I’m sitting there reading these documents all day long or somebody else would be. It’s so dishonest when you look at it. And so people were concerned, because they said, ‘Gee, you know, that’s a strange scene’ when you look at the floor and see documents, right? They have cover sheets of documents. Now, [the FBI] put ‘em there… And they put them there in a messy fashion and then they took a picture and they released it to the public. And this is what we’re dealing with with these people.

You have to give Trump points for consistency. As usual, his focus is on the real problem — the mess — and not the fact that he was hoarding documents that might put the country at risk, and may or may not have included intel on French president Emmanuel Macron’s sex life.

The New York Knicks brought former first-round pick Cam Reddish on board last year in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks. The results were not especially great: Reddish appeared in 15 games in New York last season and averaged 14.3 minutes a night, as it legitimately did not seem like Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau had any interest in playing the former 5-star recruit prior to his getting shut down because of a separated shoulder in March.

As a result, Reddish apparently wants a change in scenery. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Reddish is unhappy with his role in the Big Apple and would like to go somewhere that would provide him more playing time. And apparently, the Los Angeles Lakers have some interest in bringing him on board.

The Post has learned Reddish wants a change of scenery from New York after he was traded there in January and didn’t initially crack the rotation to build confidence. An NBA source said Reddish is looking for a larger role.

The Lakers have interest in the 6-foot-8 Reddish and could be part of a three-team deal with Mitchell. If they aren’t included, the Knicks could do a separate deal with Los Angeles, perhaps to recoup a first-round pick they lost in a Utah scenario.

Berman went on to report that a source said “the Knicks didn’t have a plan for him,” which seems pretty evident based on the fact that they gave up a protected first-round pick to acquire him and then played him 14.3 minutes a game.