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Here Are the Best F-Bombs in PG-13 Movie History

According to the classification standards of the Motion Picture Association (formerly known as the MPAA), a PG-13 film can use the “f-word” exactly one time without running the risk of an R-rating — so they better fucking use it wisely.

Now, to be clear, the MPA’s rules for rating a film over its explicit content are more like guidelines, and the recently renamed organization has long been known to give preferential treatment to friendly studios while keeping the ratings process frustratingly opaque for less esteemed filmmakers. The dubious ethics and lack of transparency that plagued America’s foremost film rating organization was the subject of the 2006 documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated — hilariously, the then-MPAA awarded an early cut of the film with the dreaded NC-17 classification. 

Rest in Peace to Democracy Manifest and the Man Who Became Australia’s Greatest Meme

Internet sensation and Chinese food aficionado Jack Karlson passed away yesterday on his 82nd birthday. He is mourned by his family, his country and his arresting officer.

In 1991, Queensland Police attempted to apprehend a diner at a restaurant called China Sea in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia who stood accused of simple credit card fraud. But the arrestee would soon protest that those were not the true charges. Outside China Sea, a young reporter and cameraman named Chris Reason stood ready to film the arrest, and as senior sergeant Stoll Watt and his men strained to drag alleged conman and serial prison escaper Karlson into a police vehicle, Reason recorded the preeminent piece of video journalism in all of Australian history.

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