The Many Beautiful Mules Of Instagram And Other Facts
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Satanic Art Peaked In The 18th Century

These days, misunderstood teens and doom metal bands are the only ones churning out decent satanic art. But that's nothing compared to the weird devil sex art found in the Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Within this tome one-armed boar monsters wield tridents and imposing boners, snakes burst forth from the genitals of a fiery satyr, and a colossal lizard demon straddles a lake while beating a drum — among other things.1

Instagram Has Many Beautiful Mules

If demonic illustrations aren't your thing then perhaps an Instagram account dedicated to mules is more your speed? As a hobby, Montana resident Chris Eyer is a mule packer, transporting goods through the Rockies with his team of nine mules. Like anyone on Instagram, Eyer regularly captured his distinct lifestyle to little fanfare, until his account — MuleDragger — became a featured account and gained 20,000 followers almost overnight. So take a look at his account, mule it over, see if it's worth a follow.

 

You Can Make Any Cut Of Steak With Some Meat Glue

There are few things more depressing than going to the grocery store to pick up a fat steak and only finding 20 pound of chuck left in the meat section. But if you happen to have some meat glue lying around you can just combine it into a single, grill-able blob of protein. If it looks like a steak and sort of tastes like a steak, it's probably a steak?

The Best Professional Gamer In The World Has No Future

The career of a professional League Of Legends player is short; shorter than your average linebacker. Not because the popularity of e-sports is waning — on the contrary, they've never been more popular — but the highest levels of play require fine-motor control and reaction times that only the pliable minds and bodies of teenager are capable of. And so, even someone like Lurker, a 19-year-old South Korean LoL player widely considered to be the best, must consider retirement plans even as he still manages to absolutely destroy the competition.

 

Laser Rifles Are Real

What happens if you group eight 5-watt lasers and strap them to the top of an M4 airsoft rifle? You get a weapon that can destroy balloons, light paper on fire, and probably give you a mild burn. What you don't get are cool laser pew-pew sounds, which makes this "laser shotgun" sort of lame.2 

You Should Know How Code Works

Want to know what code is? Click this link, and read all 38,000 words found therein. We aren't going to pretend that Paul Ford's magnum opus can be easily summarized. (For shorter opuses that can be summarized, may we recommend our Long-Reader's Digest?)

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For extra fun, listen to High On Fire while you peruse this kickass gallery of devilry.

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Unless you add your own. Which: I've always been a fan of the meatier *pschoob pschoob* compared to the thin-sounding *pew pew*.

<p>Steve Rousseau is the Features Editor at Digg.&nbsp;</p>

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