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People Are Bewildered by TikToker’s Excessive Smart Home Gadgets
While I’m still sweeping my kitchen floor with a basic, dollar-store broom, some gadget-obsessed people out there are living in futuristic ‘smart homes’ where devices have their own devices. TikTok account @shopping666 advertises a vast array of absurdly specific household gadgets through a series of videos in which people demonstrate the usefulness of the products …
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Kafkaesque Posts From the Boring Dystopia We Call Earth
Life in the 21st century feels like a bad dark comedy no one would ever pay to see. Every new headline about some evil biotech company developing drugs that make prisoners feel like they’re serving 1,000 year sentences only further proves that the world is somesick jokeand we’re living in a boring dystopia. If you’re …
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20+ Black Friday Memes for Anyone Avoiding the Shopping Madness
Once again, it is Black Friday. A day where millions of Americans either spend the day hiding in their homes eating leftovers, or go wait in line outside of Best Buy at 5am so that they can be the first to buy an Xbox for $30 off. Whether you’re still in bed or waiting for …
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Coffee Shop Owner Sparks Outrage After Calling Job Applicants ‘Pay Chasers’
Most Americans are aware of the current labor shortage plaguing the nation. While some economists and business owners are claiming that it’s largely due to people not wanting to work, we think it has more to do with people not wanting to work for crap wages under crap conditions. Based on the sentiments of r/antiwork …
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Whiney Business Owner Sparks Outrage After Calling Job Applicants ‘Pay Chasers’
Most Americans are aware of the current labor shortage plaguing the nation. While some economists and business owners are claiming that it’s largely due to people not wanting to work, we think it has more to do with people not wanting to work for crap wages under crap conditions. Based on the sentiments of r/antiwork …
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Chrissy Teigen Gets Roasted for Hosting ‘Squid Game’ Themed Party for Rich Friends
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend hosted a decadent Squid Game–themed party for their rich friends in Los Angeles earlier this week. ‘What an absolutely epic night. My dream came true of watching my friends fight to the death!’ the millionaire wrote in an Instagram post shortly before deleting it. As expected, people called Teigen out …
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30+ Times Connecting Objects to the Internet Went Wrong
A home that calibrates its vibe to your liking as soon as you walk in the door sounds like a cool, futuristic detail from a Philip K. Dick story, but in reality it looks like a refrigerator that blue-screens every time you try to open it and shower that forces you to watch three commercials …
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The Bleak & Dystopian World of ‘Capitalist Realism’ Memes
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? is a book written in 2009 by the late writer, theorist, and philosopher Mark Fisher, aka K-punk. The book scrutinizes the capitalist mode of production through an examination of contemporary culture and explores the effects of ‘neoliberal ideology’ on one’s life. In the book, Fisher posits that ‘it is easier …
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Bleak Climate Change Memes to Enjoy While the Planet is Preheating
As I write this article on a 97 degree day in New York City, I’m appalled that climate changeis even a discussion. We’ve been talking about global warming for almost as long as I’ve been alive (don’t worry about that number) and instead of taking action, there’s just been endless debates and fear-mongering. Both of which …
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