Ikea Creates Daycare For Grown Men and the Web Reacts To Gay Soldier’s Video Coming Out To His Father

Move over dorm couches and bookshelves, Ikea is now in the business of making Mänland. An Ikea store in Australia has created a male wonderland where men can play Xbox, watch sports on flat-screen TVs, play foosball, and even scarf down free hot dogs. It's kind of like daycare dressed up as a bachelor pad. Mänland is the Swedish furniture store's attempt to curb men's hatred of shopping with their wives and girlfriends. But like all good things, Mänland comes to an end quickly. Women can drop off their men at Mänland for only 30 minutes at a time (so that Ikea doesn't run out of hot dogs). At drop-off women are given pagers that go off in a half-hour to remind them about pick-up. (Ikea thinks of everything, doesn't it?) Across the Web, some applaud the idea but others call it sexist. On Twitter, @RMurto called it "sexist more than funny," but @sillsmcgrills tweeted that it's "gënius." Either way, one thing's for sure: We've come a long way from department store "husband chairs." A video of a gay soldier coming out to his Alabama father has gone viral, becoming the symbol of yesterday's historic repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Randy Phillips, a 21-year-old airman who's stationed in Germany, recorded himself while he made the call. He said, "Can I tell you something? Will you love me, period? You'll always love me?" Then he said, "Dad I'm gay. I didn't want to tell you over the phone. I wanted to do it in person. Do you still love me?" The father replied, "I still love you, son." The YouTube video has already topped 1.5 million views in just a day, getting nearly 17,000 "likes" to about 600 "dislikes." Hundreds have sent the soldier supportive tweets. @heyitsseanb wrote, "so cool, so brave, so real. thank you," and @sepelia tweeted, "I saw your vid and it brought me to tears...the US is blessed to have you defending our freedom.

Viral Video Catapults Elizabeth Warren Into Political Spotlight and the FBI Investigates Mysterious Markings On Planes

Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is the biggest politician you've never heard of. A video of the Harvard law professor and consumer advocate firing at Republicans over "class warfare" has gone viral. In it she says, "I hear all this, 'This is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for." She adds, "Part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along." Warren, who has worked with President Obama, is expected to be a formidable opponent to Republican Scott Brown, who shocked Democrats in 2010 when he won Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. People around the Web are calling the video something "every American needs to see," and some even tweeted, "Elizabeth Warren for president in 2016." Mysterious markings on Southwest planes have the Web a little worried. The script written in invisible paint on the underbellies of Southwest planes is believed to be Arabic words. But a Southwest employee who's seen the markings told Gawker, "They are on the exhaust pipe of the engines. Usually on the inboard side. And most of them are described as looking like swords" (imagine an "S" shape with a line crossing through it). Reports say the writing was etched with chemicals, and can be seen only after the plane's auxiliary power unit is fired up. The FBI is investigating the matter, but in a statement Southwest says it's vandalism, not terrorism. What do you think?

CBS get "punk'd" by Ashton Kutcher

Did CBS get "punk'd" by Ashton Kutcher? The actor used his massive exposure on the sitcom "Two And A Half Men" to stealthily promote his personal tech investments. Kutcher, who replaced Charlie Sheen on the show, plays Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt. In this week's episode, Kutcher's laptop was covered Getty Images in stickers for the tech companies Foursquare (the location "check-in" site), Flipboard (the iPad news aggregator), Hipmunk (the travel searcher), and Chegg (the textbook rental service). Well, it just so happens that those are all companies that Kutcher has invested in. Coincidence? CBS thinks not. It's not happy about the product placement because the companies got it for free. A lot of eyeballs saw those stickers. That episode alone drew 20 million viewers, a huge number, though down from the 28.7 million viewers who watched last week's premiere. Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley was thrilled. During the episode, he tweeted a screenshot of the laptop saying, "Check out @aplusk