As he stared at Bigstock’s free image of the week, he knew he was being ridiculous. “It’s carbs,” he said to himself. “But it’s good carbs.” The free image stared back. It didn’t reply. It didn’t have to. It was what it was. A big, delicious photo of orange slices surrounding a tall glass of freshly-squeezed…
Read More7 French Words That Have No English Equivalent
Give the English language some credit. It has the uncanny ability to be waaaaay more complicated than necessary. For instance, we still don’t have a singular word for a slice of bread. Ridiculous. Not to worry though, because the French have it covered, using short words and phrases to describe very complex – and super specific – things. Yes,…
Read More11 Things Younger than Facebook
On February 4th, 2004, Facebook was born. That was 11 big years ago, proving that time flies when you’re having fun and “liking” stuff. To help put things into perspective on this Fun Friday, we compiled a cute little list of fascinating things that are – believe it or not – younger than Facebook. Each of these time stamps, including…
Read MoreVisual Guide: The 9 Most Common New Year’s Resolutions of All Time
With the start of every new year, comes the inevitable lists of resolutions. Every so often, we’ll hear truly strange and unimaginable resolutions, but for the most part, they’re typical, relatable, and not super-inventive. At the end of the day, we all kind of want to do the same things every year, and it’s questionable as…
Read MoreINSPIRED TYPOGRAPHY SHOWS “HELLOS” FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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Read More17 Stock Photos That Help Translate Unusual German Words
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Read MoreSURVIVAL GUIDE: HOW TO AVOID BAD LUCK
Everyone’s talking about the luck of the Irish. But what if you’re not Irish? Are you simply doomed? This notion didn’t sit well with us. So, we all got together and made up the following survival guide. This guide will totally help you avoid bad luck all year round. Whether you’re Irish or otherwise. Each…
Read MoreTAKE THE QUIZ: WHAT STOCK PHOTO ARE YOU?
The only personality quiz worth taking. Find out what stock image you are in eight thought-provoking questions. Good luck. var quiz = new PersonalityQuizzer({ options: { append: “div.stock-photo-quiz” } }); quiz.set(“title”,”What stock image are you?”); quiz.set(“url”, “http://vip-go.bigstockphoto.com/what-stock-image-are-you/”); quiz.set(“image”,”http://p.bigstockphoto.com/quiz-1-header-2.jpg”) quiz.addQuestion({ color: “#7FD863”, title: “HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?”, image: “http://p.bigstockphoto.com/quiz-1-q1.jpg”, answers: [ { text: “Like…
Read MoreLOVE HURTS: 10 TWEETS OF LOVE GONE WRONG
Valentine’s Day should be a time of kisses, sonnets, and those weird chocolate-shaped roses. But, it seems not everyone is loving … love. A recent peek at Twitter discovered the trending hashtag #LoveHurts. So, since we had so much fun with our Twitter Confessions post a few weeks back, we decided to accompany some of these…
Read MoreTWITTER CONFESSIONS
We have a confession. We love Twitter. We do. We really do. We also love their trending #confession. So much so, that we’ve taken our favorite confessions and gave them some flavor with our collection of royalty-free stock images. Enjoy.
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