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Memes are a universal language of the internet. Not only do we share them to laugh, but also to communicate, criticize, and reflect on the current trends. Essentially, they speak of, or rather make a meme of whats really buzzing right now: think of 2020 and 2021 memes, Squid Game memes, and Mike Pences fly on the head memes.

Some memes, on the other hand, refer to the things that most of us find very relatable. They identify a common experience, a feeling, and even an opinion. How come such personal things are so universal, you wonder? Well, we may not have the answers to the phenomenon, but we surely have a lot of hilarious memes of our daily lives in the hooman world to chuckle upon.

And thanks to the Instagram page Is You Funny, below is a whole collection of them to scroll through. According to the pages description, its the most relatable page on the gram, and it seems like a whopping 2.7M followers would totally agree.

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The way we hire, onboard, and manage talent in todays digital age is evolving at an incredible rate. We live in an age of time-short business leaders searching for rapid hiring processes. Thankfully, were also seeing an increase in the number of innovative talent acquisition tools and apps.

For instance, the recruiting software market size was valued at approximately $2.21 billion in 2020 and is projected to rise to $3.88 billion by 2028. Companies are also increasing their solutions such as Applicant Tracking Systems software to scan through resumes. Approximately 99% of Fortune 500 companies use ATS today.

To make the search for talent not just more effective, but more lucrative too, various software innovators have launched new solutions to support recruitment teams. Here are some of the most innovative talent acquisition tools to make waves in 2022.

One of the toughest parts of attracting the right candidates for a job opportunity is writing an effective job description. Not only can it be difficult to highlight the kind of important information likely to get people excited by your job, but a lot of job description writers have trouble with a bunch of potential biases.

Your job description can suffer from:

The OnGig Text Analyzer is an AI-enhanced solution that can browse through your job description for you. It will highlight examples of everything from gender bias to confusing paragraphs. The analyzer even suggests alternative words and phrases that help you optimize your job description.

Designed to tackle the problem of poor hiring decisions at its root, Unboxable is an out-of-the-box new solution that helps hiring managers and recruitment teams to distinguish job fit in a candidate before theyre offered a role.

In todays complex talent acquisition market, theres more to hiring the right professional than previously. Finding someone with the right selection of skills, or even the right experience, isnt sufficient. You also need to find people who can effectively synergize with the rest of the team.

The Unboxable Job Simulator helps companies to determine which people are most likely to mesh with their existing team. It looks at everything from their workplace processes to their working style, character traits, and more. Unboxable claims its engine allows companies to predict a good hire with 93% accuracy, reducing the risk of turnover.

Onboarding is an important part of the talent acquisition process. Its crucial to ensure that your hire is a success.

Unfortunately, the onboarding process is frequently overlooked by many companies, who rush through the introductory period in an attempt to rapidly fill gaps in their talent pool.

Fortunately, new HR technology like Enboarder can help manage the entire onboarding process for you. This solution can take over many of the complex parts of onboarding from the moment a professional signs a new contract. The Enboarder app conveniently helps with everything from sharing useful information about your business with your hires, to connecting them with team members.

For recruitment professionals, a successful onboarding app can improve the overall hiring experience. It will lead to a better employer brand for the company in question.

Created to transform the complicated hiring process, Recruitee is collaborative hiring software that allows companies to build their teams together more effectively. The great thing about Recruitee is it allows companies to involve as many necessary people in the hiring process as possible, with minimal stress.

You can connect people on the same platform. You can then give all of your team members a list of potential recruits to sort through. There are also filters to help you search through your talent pool more effectively, standardized applicant evaluation templates, and Kanban boards to help you track where you are in the hiring process.

Recruitee also helps with the post-hiring process, by giving you a way to keep track of your team members and determine who you should consider promoting in the future.

If hiring the right employee for your team means putting candidates to the test so you can see their skills in action, Xobin could be just the app for you. This recruitment and talent acquisition software allows business leaders and recruitment agencies to screen through 1000s of resumes. They can then select applicants based on their skills.

Firstly, find the candidates you want to get to know a little better. After that, you can use the built-in remote online assessment software and virtual interview tools to put your candidates skills to the test. There are tons of pre-built skill assessments for things such as coding and MCQ already built into the platform.

You can also use Xobin to shortlist the talent you want to move into the next stage of the interview process. It only takes a couple of clicks, so its easier to keep track of the hiring process.

Skill shortages are making it harder to find the right talent.

Remote work is expanding your potential candidate pool around the globe. As a result, recruitment professionals and hiring managers need a lot more help.

Innovative talent acquisition tools can make it much easier. They not only find the right talent for your team but ensure the long-term success of each hire too.

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This is a rush transcript of "The Five" on February 9, 2022. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

DANA PERINO, FOX NEWS HOST: Hello, everyone. I'm Dana Perino along with Judge Jeanine Pirro, Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Watters, and Greg Gutfeld.

PERINO: It's five o'clock in New York City, and this is THE FIVE.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

VIVEK MURTHY, U.S SURGEON GENERAL: I'm deeply concerned as a parent, and as a doctor, that the obstacles of this generation of young people face are unprecedented and uniquely hard to navigate. And the impact that's having on their mental health is devastating.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PERINO (on camera): The Biden administration admitting mandates are hurting America's school kids, but it is still refusing a full return to normal. That dire warning from the surgeon general about children's mental health not swaying the White House and some Democrats to unmask kids.

New York the latest state to end an indoor mask mandate for businesses but not for schools. And while Dr. Fauci says we are almost passed the, quote, "full-blown" stage of the pandemic, the CDC director is not ready to move on from masks.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROCHELLE WALENSKY, DIRECTOR, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL: We've always said that these decisions are going to have to be made at the local level, and that policies at the local level will look at local cases.

At this time we continue to recommend masking in areas of high and substantial transmission. That's much of the country right now in public indoor things.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PERINO (on camera): And even though blue states are ditching mask mandates and the media is getting on board, the White House is not ready to budge either.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: People are tired of masks. I would say not even if you look at the polling, though. There's also a huge chunk of people who still want masks. When you are in a high transmission area which is everywhere in the country, you should wear a mask in indoor settings, including schools.

There are states who have rolled back their mask guidelines, that have given more flexibility to communities. They're different. It's not uniform whatever state has done. And certainly, we continue to advise and recommend abiding by public health guidelines.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PERINO (on camera): They are not giving her a lot to work with, Jesse.

JESSE WATTERS, FOX NEWS HOST: Dana, I've never been this confused about what's going on. I had to write this all down because even I couldn't remember it. So, Democrat governors have full statewide mask mandates, and other Democrat governors just have mandates in schools, and other Democrat governors are lifting mask mandates in schools. And the White House agrees with all of that, but if a Republican governor does not, then that they don't agree with. All right. So, we have that.

Now this is where it gets really complicated. So, what specifically does the White House support? Well, the White House says they are listening to the CDC. Well, what does the CDC say? The CDC says they still support masks, yet masks hurt children.

And then they ask well, who should the American people listen to, the CDC or the governors? And the CDC says listen to the governors. OK? It gets better. And then you ask the White House well, White House, what if the governor says no mask but the CDC recommends mask, what should the people do? And the White House says listen to the CDC and also listen to the governor.

They can't understand what they are doing themselves. They say they are following the science and the science is changing so the Democrats are changing with the science, but Republicans didn't follow the science but got to the science before the Democrats?

PERINO: Yes.

WATTERS: So, it looks like the Republicans were right the whole time.

PERINO: I can see why you are confused.

WATTERS: Yes. It's very complicated.

JEANINE PIRRO, FOX NEWS HOST: Yes.

PERINO: I want to ask Greg about this. Because Sean Patrick Maloney is a Democrat in charge of trying to reelect House Democrats. And he basically had this tweet here. Democrats' plan to fight COVID is working. Cases are down and vaccines are widely available. Now it's time to give people their lives back. With science as our guide, we are ready to start getting back to normal.

GREG GUTFELD, FOX NEWS CO-HOST: You know, I said this yesterday that they're trying to look like they are leading the parade rather than chasing it. Because it's the people that are chase -- when he says we're going to - - it's time to give people back their lives, no. The people actually are taking it back.

WATTERS: Right.

GUTFELD: You can't give it to them. I mean, this is a bona fide public moment where the American public knew that the government wasn't going to give up -- give up anything because they're too scared. So, the public had to exert their will, and it's all over the world.

Now you are seeing it in every country. And it's amazing. This is true democracy. People are voting with their feet and with their faces, because they knew that -- they saw how the government work. The Democrats always love to ask in any kind of issue what about the children? What about the children? When it's climate change, what about the children? Nutrition, what about the children. But not here. And the reason is it's guilt by association.

Who's with the children? The rubes, the domestic terrorists, the white supremacists, the other people. Right? So, you can't be on the same side as them even if they are correct. So, this is what happens when you smear entire groups, with like one bad apple you see a confederate flag, you go, they're all racist.

So, right now, they are being stubborn, they would rather just look like idiots and be triple vaxxed, you know, double masked, wear a plastic face guard -- which I call the Pelosi, rather than just actually live a free life the way everyone else is.

GERALDO RIVERA, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT-AT-LARGE: I like it.

GUTFELD: However, I want to make a point. It's absolutely necessary and helpful to change your mind based on data. Right? There's nothing wrong with that, there's nothing wrong with being late, but you should think of the possibility for that before you mock the dude who got there before you. When you make --

(CROSSTALK)

WATTERS: When you call them Neanderthals.

GUTFELD: Yes. When you call them Neanderthals or just idiots or whatever, and then you change your mind. If you think there's a possibility, you're going to change your mind, maybe hold off on mocking the guy who was brave enough to go first, because he was. He was brave enough to go enough and you're all now following him.

PERINO: And you know what else the Democrats are following, Geraldo? It's the changing political signs. They got information that said that the American people were way passed it, that they understood what Omicron -- it was not as deadly, but that it's better to be vaccinated, so you don't go to the hospital. Now cases are dropping and people are moving on and all of a sudden, the Democrats are like, yes, me too.

RIVERA: Well, I think that Greg, for all his eloquence, which way too political a spin on it. I understand the politics, but your point, Dana, is the working point, that's the active point. Omicron killed COVID. Everybody got COVID.

PERINO: Yes.

RIVERA: Everybody who was vaccinated, it was like this, is that all there is?

PERINO: Yes.

RIVERA: And then now, suddenly, with people with the herd immunity spreading, and everybody now having tasted the poison and lived. Now, they want out. Everybody wanted out from the get-go.

(CROSSTALK)

GUTFELD: They had to be forced, Geraldo. That's not a political point. That's a real point. The government had to be forced to do this, or else they'd still be clinging to this like some of the -- the White House is still clinging.

RIVERA: But I think why make that political? Why not say Omicron --

(CROSSTALK)

GUTFELD: I'm not making it political. I'm telling you what I think.

RIVERA: Omicron happened. Omicron changed the field?

GUTFELD: Yes.

RIVERA: Omicron changed the whole reality.

(CROSSTALK)

PIRRO: Well then why is the CDC saying you still need to wear a mask if Omicron --

RIVERA: Because everybody is trying to spin --

PIRRO: No, because it is political, Geraldo. It is absolutely political. When Youngkin was elected, it was ground zero for parents and children. Everyone said this guy is the villain. So, when New Jersey Governor Murphy says no masks for kids, he is a hero, but Youngkin was a villain. OK?

This is the left recognizing that this is an election year. It's 2022. They are going to lose like crazy in November. John Hopkins came out and they said look, the closures, the lockdowns, the masks made virtually no difference in our society. So, let's get this over with.

And when the CDC comes out and they said, well, Rochelle Walensky says, quote, "we've always said the decision should be made at the local level."

WATTERS: She does.

PIRRO: This woman doesn't have the backbone to say what she thinks!

(CROSSTALK)

RIVERA: It's about Omicron --

PERINO: Can I ask you something, judge? Given that the surgeon general testified today about the very dangers for children and mental health, would parents have some sort of a collective action --

PIRRO: No.

PERINO: -- against them for not taking the masks off?

PIRRO: No, the only collective action they have is at the voting booth. You know, the damage, --

RIVERA: I agree.

PIRRO: -- and I have said this before, history will not look kindly upon us for what we have done to our children. For these teachers to not be masked and for the kids to have to be masked when the kids are the least vulnerable and the most susceptible to the psychological/emotional damage is a crime. It should be actionable, but realistically it's not.

RIVERA: I have to make one last statistical point. If you had Omicron and you -- and got well, because everyone got well but just about who -- if you are vaccinated, double vaccinated and boosted and you got Omicron that was a nonevent in your life, other than an inconvenience, and maybe you couldn't compete in the Olympics. That's what changed. A year ago --

(CROSSTALK)

GUTFELD: In your life!

RIVERA: A year ago -- a year ago, no one knew where this was going.

GUTFELD: I did.

RIVERA: They were just trying. Give them the benefit of the doubt. They were just trying to make the best of a horrible situation.

PERINO: Well, and we have vaccines.

PIRRO: The benefit of the doubt when they wouldn't even tell us where it came from or that they were funding --

(CROSSTALK)

RIVERA: They didn't know!

PIRRO: -- gain of function. They were funding gain of function when we were trying to figure it out when China wouldn't help us out. Look, this has been political --

(CROSSTALK)

RIVERA: We'll see what history says about that, I don't know.

GUTFELD: Here's the deal.

PIRRO: I know.

GUTFELD: Dana?

PERINO: Yes.

GUTFELD: Which one of you is going to nominate me for the Nobel Prize? Because who said on this show, February 1st was going to start.

(CROSSTALK)

PERINO: I mailed it -- I mailed it yesterday.

GUTFELD: And look at this. It is -- it has unfolded like a glorious production, a giant dream!

PIRRO: Like who knows?

GUTFELD: I don't even think I belong on television anymore.

RIVERA: We're already given you the MVP over Tom Brady from your high school.

PERINO: All right.

RIVERA: Enough.

PERINO: Up next, a squad member claims defunding the police is not the problem, even during a crime wave.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WATTERS (on camera): It's defund forever for the radical left as President Biden and other Democrats desperately try to get away from the movement that is political kryptonite. Squad member Cori Bush, whose own car got riddled with bullets during the crime wave is refusing to stop using the slogan ahead of the midterms, saying quote. "Defund the police is not the problem. We dangled the carrot in front of people's faces and said we could get it done, and that Democrats deliver, when we haven't totally delivered."

Meantime, the liberal crime free for all continues. Who needs to worry about Biden inflation, when you can just steal to your heart's content? The New York Post capturing this guy nabbing 10 steaks from the Trader Joe's.

I don't know, judge, if my ride got riddled with bullets, I might think twice about defunding the police.

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First Published Feb 8, 2022, 10:22 AM IST

The backlash from social media users has prompted some brands to pull out ad campaigns. Let's take a look at some of them

Image: Politically-incorrect social media ad campaigns by Pakistan-based outlets of KFC and Pizza Hut and a Hyundai Motors dealership.

Social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, are today a powerful tool either to construct a brand image or destroy the market competition. Sometimes political comments or advertising messages based on religion, caste, creed or region do not land well on social media and end up stoking a controversy. Many times, the backlash from social media users has prompted brands to pull out their advertisement campaigns.

Currently, Pakistan-based outlets of KFC and Pizza Hut and a Hyundai Motors dealership have irked Indians over their social media endorsement of Pakistani propaganda related to Kashmir. Let us take a look at some of the other brands that have faced the ire of online users.

Also Read:On Kashmir post row, Hyundai Motors India gives new clarification

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Tanishq Jewellers

In October 2020, a Tanishq ad that showed a pregnant Hindu woman escorted by her Muslim mother-in-law to her bridal shower ceremony was not well received by the netizens. It faced so much online backlash that the company had to withdraw its commercial.

The online users had accused that the ad was meant to promote love jihad. For days, the hashtag #BoycottTanishq was trending.

The idea behind the Ekatvam campaign is to celebrate the coming together of people from different walks of life, local communities and families during these challenging times and celebrate the beauty of oneness, Tanishq, a Tata product in its statement had said.

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Fabindia

In October 2021, ethnic wear brand Fabindia had to pull down its promotional ad after it faced flak on social media. Users accused the brand of 'demeaning' the Hindu festival of Diwali. In the ad, an Urdu word was featured 'Jashn-e-Riwaaz' (celebration of tradition).

The company was branded as anti-Hindu and accused of hurting Hindu sentiments by linking its festivals with the Muslim views. The company had to come up with a clarification, which said that its current range of products -- under the name Jashn-e-Riwaaz -- were a celebration of Indian traditions. The company further said that the advertisement was not for the Deepavali collection of products which was separately named as 'Jhilmil si Diwali'. The hashtag, boycottFabIndia, was also trending on social media then.

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Surf Excel

In 2019, the detergent making company, Surf Excel ad that displayed Hindu-Muslim unity during the Holi festival, also drew the ire of the public on social platforms. The combined tagline of the ad Daag Acche Hai and Rang Laaye Sang did not go well with the right-wing groups. The company said it was meant to show the love between two communities.

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Amazon

In March 2021, Amazon.com Incs Prime Video streaming service apologised to its audience after some of the scenes in its 'Tandav' series were found to be objectionable for Hindu religious beliefs.

FIRs were filled at different police stations in states like Uttar Pradesh. It was alleged that Hindu gods and goddesses were depicted in a derogatory manner in the drama series.

Image: Daburadvertisement screenshot

Dabur

In October 2021, the company was forced to apologise for hurting Hindu sentiments after the Dabur-owned beauty brand Fem launched an advertisement, featuring a same sex couple for Karwa Chauth festival. The festival is about married Hindu women who fast for the long and healthy lives of their husbands.

Dabur had to pull down its ad.

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Mankind Pharma

In 2018, condom maker Mankind Pharmaceuticals landed in controversy after its hoardings campaign to mark Navratri festivities showing former porn star Sunny Leone with the phrase 'This Navratri, play but with love' drew online criticism from the public.

The hoardings campaign had come up in parts of Gujarat. The company had to withdraw the campaign and apologise.

Image: CEAT Tyresadvertisement screenshot

CEAT Tyres

In 2021, an Aamir Khan-starred advertisement for the CEAT tires had sparked lots of debate in digital space after the actor requested the audience not to burst firecrackers on the streets.

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Badhaai Ho, the film that was one of the biggest surprise hits of 2018, made the audience and the Hindi filmmakers sit back and notice that mainstream films could be out of the box, and still work wonders. The film was a big hit at the box office, and even picked a National Film award. Four years later, the producers of Badhaai Ho are back with a spiritual sequel titled Badhaai Do. Starring Bhumi Pednekar and Rajkummar Rao, Badhaai Do is directed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni.The film is based on the subject of lavender marriage (where a man and a woman, who are queer, pretend to be straight and get married to each other to avoid social/parental pressure), and like many other films in a similar space, this one too is a comedy.

Harshvardhan shared with us that his way of looking at the subject was slightly tongue in cheek and not a requirement that was thrust upon him. This is how I like cinema to be. It is middle of the road, it is funny, quirky and full of life and obviously, there are a lot of emotions too, he said. That being said, Harshvardhan added that humour in a film like this does not necessarily need to be slapstick or juvenile; it can be a parody, irony or just go dark. You are laughing but you are feeling the pain inside, it is very delicately woven into this film. I wouldnt say it is a funny film or a comedy film. Its the way you might be moved by it despite you laughing all the way, he said.

In the recent past, films like Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhanand Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga have dealt with queer subjects, and gained audiences acceptance. But in the case of Badhaai Do, Harshvardhan said, they wanted to do more. He shared that other films expected tolerance from the audience because it is about the queer community. With Badhaai Do, he said, We went one step beyond and we said, we are going to be allies. We are not going to be just accepting, tolerant, empathetic, and all of that. We are actually going to be allies. This idea of being an ally was woven into the script as Harshvardhan explained that none of the family members of the characters know about their sexual orientation but the audience is privy to that information right from the start. The audience knows and are a part of their journey. They are going through it all, which need not necessarily be serious all the time, he said.

But humour, as we know, is subjective. The queer community is still miles away from getting wholly accepted in mainstream cinema but the audience today is quite vocal about calling out insensitive jokes or tearing apart politically incorrect statements. Despite the filmmakers being careful, there have been gaffes in the past. Does this lead to a lot of second-guessing? He shared that to take care of something like this, it is necessary for them to be not be so adamant about their decisions and create an inclusive workspace, which includes hiring consultants from the community. We had a script consultant who is from the queer community and so there was enough give and take. I love to work like that, he said. Harshvardhan added that not just one person, they shared the script with a group of people. He added, So many things were told to us. Certain things we felt were yaar, its okay, we are ready to take that flak. Because it is never going to be 100 per cent politically correct. Your politics could be very different from mine but there is still a larger view, which one should be sticking to. We have taken utmost care in doing that and not just second-guessing.

While the films two primary protagonists are from the queer community, Harshvardhan shared that there is more to their characters. He shared, There is a line in the film where Bhumis character is explaining to someone that our sexuality is not the only thing about us. He spoke about the many other facets of her life her parents, her job as a PT teacher, her friends and so many other idiosyncrasies that have nothing to do with her sexual orientation. I am interested in exploring those facets as well.

The two-and-a-half-minute trailer of Badhaai Do introduces the audience to the setup of the film, lavender marriage, and Harshvardhan shared with us that the film does not celebrate lavender marriage but they definitely wanted to explore the reason for its existence. He shared, The queer community was scared of the discrimination from the family and the society because, for the society and the family, homosexuality was wrong. Thats why people were in the closet. He explained it in the context of Badhaai Do, These characters decide that this is a good way to live, like roommates. Like just get married and not have the pressure from our parents. You will realise that nobody is going to be celebrating this, this is just the set up.

Harshvardhan added that a film just cant be about liberated people, and it is necessary for the audience to understand the root of the problem. For people to understand, they need to understand it from the grassroot level. It will probably get a wider reach and I feel that that might convert people into becoming allies in the future, he concluded on a hopeful note.

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Badhaai Do director says they did not just want acceptance from the audience: We want to be allies - The Indian Express