No good deed goes unpunished. There is a growing group of professionals who go online to proclaim that they don’t do any free labor, not even for a job interview. It might sound like a strict rule, especially if the «labor» in question is a test assessing whether they have the skills to do the …
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Grown daughter blocks her mom on a tracking app after surprise visits and nonstop monitoring that crosses from caring into control: ‘She drove 90 minutes and surprised me because she saw my dot at home’
Muffins used to mean love. Now they mean surveillance. Somewhere along the way, a mother’s check-ins turned into a live tracking system with commentary. Nothing says family time like your mom showing up in your lobby because your dot stopped moving. Life360 was supposed to keep people safe in storms. Now it’s the storm. The …
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Entitled shopper demands Instacart driver carry 22 packs of water up 17 flights of stairs for $8 tip, harangues him when he refuses: ‘Do you think it’s legal?’
We live in a time when you can get anything delivered to you at any time. It’s an amazing feat of engineering. But, crucially, we don’t often ask how that stuff gets to us. We don’t tend to question the behind-the-scenes labor it takes to provide the level of convenience we’re so used to. Sure, …
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The TikTok shop has ruined TikTok: From short-form comedy clips to an e-commerce abyss, TikTok proves that consumerism will always be on top
There’s no doubt that TikTok is one of the most used social media platforms of this decade. Most memes and popular trends of the 2020s originate from the app, proving that the influence of its users is nothing short of monumental. With 1.9 billion registered users globally, we’re sure you, your children, and your children’s …
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‘Dating apps turn us all into HR managers’: Singles bemoan having to ‘reject so many people’ on dating apps
People hate dating apps so much that it has become hack comedy to complain about them. But that won’t stop us. Dating apps feel like the default way to date, in a world where everyone is glued to their phones and so much of our social lives is conducted online. It can feel like if …
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28 Google Maps Gags and Blunders for Trolls of the Open Road
Google Maps is probably my favorite piece of technology that’s ever been invented. I would be completely helpless without it, as someone with a minimal innate sense of direction. I need Google Maps in my own neighborhood, on my own block. It’s also how I look for things around me that I might need, like …
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Redditors Share the Most Useful Apps They Can’t Believe Are Still Free in Informative Thread
The first time I ever used Shazam, the application that identifies music with the click of a button, it felt like magic. To this day, it’s probably my favorite app. Wherever I go, if I hear a new song that I’m vibing to or one from my past that I totally forgot the name of, …
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25 Programming Memes for Computer Code Obsessives (July 14, 2023)
Happy Sunday, computer code obsessives! We’re back, once again, for a calculated collection of preeminent programming memes! Let’s get into it. When the average, uninformed-on-the-field person thinks of an example of a successful programmer, their mind might immediately think of Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. For the former, come on. Steve Jobs wasn’t a boots-on-the-ground …
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Twitter Reacts to the Threads App Launch
Meta has officially launched its Threads app. Created as a clear and intentional Twitter competitor, the new platform has shaken up the internet. It seems Threads has come at the perfect time. A lot of people, myself included, have grown a bit tired of the constant shakeups on Twitter. The Elon Musk acquisition and his …
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Wholesome: Tech-Challenged Grandpa Reveals He Goes to Brick and Mortar Stores to Download Their Apps
It’s absolutely mind-boggling to think of all the tech-related advancements that have occurred over the last, oh, fifty years. And while we do poke fun at the technical abilities (or lack thereof) of the geriatrics in our lives, we’ve really got to hand it to them: There’s been a lot to keep up with. While …
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