Given that it’s July 4th (a celebration of all things American, like drinking outdoors and playing sports), we expect the number of emergency room visits by people who’ve been hit in the face by balls (sports balls, you dirty readers!) will spike this weekend. So that you know what to expect when you backyard dodgeball game gets ugly (since you won’t see it coming), we can’t stress the essential hilariousness of Holy Taco’s listicle of 13 Photos of Balls Hitting People in the Face enough. Because, really, the videos of such moments are funny, but then you have to deal with reactions, injuries, etc.
Here, meanwhile, you just get the awesome grimaces and torture skin patterns of the poor victim on the moment of impact and, in some cases, the helpless look of terror from those sad souls who know what’s coming but can’t do nothing about it. Such appears to be the case with the cricket player at right. And knowing how hard a cricket ball is, we’d rather not know how that one ended.
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It’s July 4th weekend, and you know what that means: shopping! After all, there’s nothing more patriotic these days than spending all your green to keep the stars and stripes afloat, and so we suggest that in preparation for your weekend barbecuing, hanging at the beach, losing your memory at the kegger, or celebrating however else you see fit, you check out Complex’s listicle of 
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Until recently, we didn’t know that there was such a thing as a pet wedding, we were so naive. Now, the revelation has us contemplating all manner of fascinating repercussions and implications. Like, for instance, who takes pictures at pet weddings? Is it only the lowliest of human wedding photographers who have to stoop (literally) to document the happiest days of animal couples’ lives? Or, is there such a thing as photographers who specialize in animal weddings?
