Weekly Internet Roundup: Cargo Pant Proposals, Barbie Oscars Discourse, and Disturbances at the Rat Hole

Also, is Gen Z aging faster than previous generations?

‘The baby should be working too’: Mom works at fast food restaurant while carrying infant, sparks debate about work and childcare

Unless you are very rich, holding down a full-time job while raising kids can seem like an impossible task. The price of childcare is extortionate, and a lot of parents can’t afford to be unemployed if they want to keep everyone in the family healthy and happy. It can leave moms and dads feeling like …
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‘An adult eats like this?’: Man shares large grocery haul, sparks debate about healthy eating

Out of all the varied topics that we deal with in life, few are as guaranteed to cause controversy as anything involving food. Cooking, eating, and grocery shopping just have something about them that can send the internet into a tailspin.  This happened once again on Twitter recently after somebody posted a Reddit screenshot of …
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‘Leave them alone creep’: Woman secretly films couple’s photo booth proposal, gets roasted for invading privacy

In the age of social media, privacy has become a sticky subject. With everyone making content out of their lives all the time, it’s hard to say when to draw the line on if you want to be photographed. Everyone’s constantly mining their experiences for content, but some things are sacred. Not everything has to …
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‘My theory that delivery apps ruined the world is truer every day’: Apartment Dweller Calls Out DoorDash Driver for Not Bringing Food to Her Door, Restarts Customer Entitlement Debate

Those who provide services to us: they’re people too! In a post-Karen society, it would be nice to think that we all had an awareness of how to treat those in customer-facing roles with the respect they deserve, especially when the industries they work in are often overworked and underpaid.  Apparently, though, this all goes …
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‘It’s pathetic seeing millennials sound exactly like the boomers they despise’: Gen Z retail employee complains about full time work , faces heat from the internet

When millennials were getting yelled at for spending all their money on avocado toast, did they ever expect to become the ones doing the yelling? I’d wager that most of them didn’t. However, as Gen Z have established themselves as the youth of today it is exactly that which seems to have happened.  In a …
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‘Insane person behavior’: People debate the normality of not leaving the house for one day

As somebody who frequently works from home, I have an added appreciation for that mystical thing that normal people call ‘going outside’. I know how easy it can be to shut yourself in with your laptop and some food and not take a full breath of fresh air for 24 hours or more. If you’re …
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‘France made me cry’: Influencer complains about feeling isolated in Lyon, splits opinions on travel behavior

French speakers are notorious for gatekeeping their language. I took French classes for most of my school days, but when I attempted to ask for a table for two in Paris, the server immediately responded in English. It bruised my ego, to say the least. I understand that my accent isn’t perfect, and he doesn’t …
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‘The kind of positive cringe that leads to the most successful relationships’: Dorky couple splits opinion with HR style annual review

If there is one piece of romantic advice that you will hear from everyone and their mother, it’s that relationships take work. Finding your perfect partner is only the first part of the puzzle. If you want to keep them around for the rest of your life, you both have to be willing to reflect …
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‘This is ten times more narcissistic and toxic than whatever he did to you’: Roommate kicks out out guy who ghosted him twice, sparks heated discourse

Unlike its spooky namesake, ghosting’s existence is not up for debate. It happens all the time, to the best of us, to the worst of us. It’s so easy to ghost someone. It requires little (actually, nothing) of you and it makes a potential issue go away instantly. But if you’re on the receiving end …
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