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The Most Dubious Moments of 2014

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Wow, that was crazy. The whole year, we mean. Time to breathe deeply and look back on the most dubious of 2014’s dubious moments.

February 8

Dumb Starbucks Opens in Los Feliz

One quiet morning in Los Feliz, Dumb Starbucks suddenly existed. Despite nothing much to offer besides “Dumb Frappuccinos,” it generated huge lines and weeks of media hype. Turned out there was a new Comedy Central show, Nathan for You, behind it. So, yeah, it already had an agent.
 

JUNE 20

Woman Really Wants Into a Strip Club

Hey, this one woman just wanted to see some skin—like any normal strip club aficionado. But when Paradise Showgirls denied her entry because she wasn’t accompanied by a man, she did the natural thing. Turned on her computer. Just kidding, she sued them.
 

AUGUST 5

Drunk Chrissy Teigen Throws First Pitch

Bouncing around in pinstripe socks and a home team jersey, supermodel Chrissy Teigen threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium this summer. Yes, she was completely hammered at the time.
 
 
 

AUGUST 22

Culver City’s Indecipherable Parking Sign

A 15-foot stack of parking signs went up in Culver City. It took an advanced doctorate in mathematics to read, but essentially boiled down to telling you not to park there. Maybe? Sadly, this was not a Nathan for You prank.
 
 

SEPTEMBER 19

Downtown’s Giant Slip ’N Slide: Banned

A giant Slip ’N Slide stretching through Downtown sounded too good to be true. And it was, after having its permit denied by city officials. Then the officials told everyone Santa is fake and there aren’t any unicorns.
 
 

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