Many types of entertainment go hand-in-hand with advertising. We have come to accept a word from the sponsors in the middle of YouTube videos, or the first 15 to 30 minutes of publicity when we pay to see a movie in the theater. Both TikTok and normal TV are pretty much unthinkable without the regular …
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Entitled couple search for roommate, request that once a week they stay the night elsewhere for £1200 a month: ‘Please rent our spare room, but don’t actually live there’
Living with a couple is rarely fun unless you happen to be a part of the couple. It’s difficult to explain, but even when partnered-up roommates are perfectly nice as individuals, as a package they have a tendency to spread their couple-ness everywhere in a way that becomes annoying to other people. Also, if they’re …
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Entitled mom attempts to hire babysitter, demands that they have a master’s degree to watch her 4 kids for $200 a week
Some parents find that finding the appropriate person to help them out with their kids is almost as challenging as raising their kids. Whether you’re having a rare date night or you need someone around every day while you work, there are a lot of factors to consider: is your childcare provider reliable, a good …
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25+ Weird Items Sold on Temu and Wish That Have to Be Seen to Be Believed
In their recent fake «Xiemu» ad, SNL perfectly captured the weirdness and shadiness of popular e-Commerce sites like Temu and Shein. «How so cheap? Don’t worry about it!» The voiceover ominously announces. But beyond their questionable labor practices and fall apart in one-use quality, sites like these are also full of products you never knew …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Ad Spam on X, Kate Middleton Disappearance Rumors, and the Willy Wonka Immersive Experience
It’s been a wild time.
30 Hilariously Absurd Signs Found in the Wild
Do you ever feel like you’re looking for a sign from the universe? That you need a little reassurance to know that you’re doing the right thing? Do you ever find yourself looking for answers in the faces of strangers? Have you ever leafed through a book looking for clues about your own life? Me …
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25 Old Posts & Naive Declarations That Aged Like Milk
The future is impossible to know, that’s what makes it the future. If I could predict the future, I probably wouldn’t have gotten a tattoo of my Neopet from 4th grade. How was I to know that I wouldn’t be a Neo-head forever? We all make decisions that we will eventually come to regret. That …
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20+ Spotify Memes for Music Streaming Aficionados
Spotify can be a fickle beast. Back in high school, I was stuck with the free version of Spotify. Although free, it almost felt like a prison. Who amongst us wants an incredible spree of music interrupted by some of the most obnoxious and obnoxiously loud advertisements possible? Though I made the jump to the …
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Job Seekers Lament the Most Outlandish Job Suggestions Indeed Recommended to Them
I was freshly 16 when I got my first paid job. Devoid of professional contacts and with the bare minimum of qualifications, I had no choice but to brave one of the scariest places on the internet: the part time listings on Indeed. This infamous place bills itself as ‘The #1 job site worldwide’, and …
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‘Leave your phone here and go be present’: Ad for Fancy Phone Prison Gets Mocked by Twitter
If you’re the owner of any kind of mobile device, the likelihood is that you’re unhealthily attached to it. I make a point of not depressing myself by checking my screen time, but let’s just say I get genuinely upset when I put my phone down somewhere and forget where it is. Ultimately, there are …
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