Over the past few years, a common philosophy shared on social media has been that we should all know less about each another. This viewpoint and the infamous reaction image that often accompanies it is usually deployed in response to people sharing the most gross or personal aspects of their lives; like badmouthing someone on …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What’s Happening With the McDonald’s Grimace Shake?
As the juggernaut of Barbenheimer has proved, the greatest advertising brands can hope for these days is the type that doesn’t get paid for. There’s only one hitch: they don’t get much say in how this turns out. For all Gen Z might roll their eyes at cringey corporate Twitter accounts, they’re as susceptible to …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What is a Canon Event? (June 22, 2023)
We can continue to lament the rise of TikTok, and point sagely to the likes of Black Mirror until our pointer fingers fall off. The youths of today have no intention of stopping a very particular way of romanticizing their lives: by pretending it’s all one big movie. It’s not groundbreaking to state that it’s …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: What is a Canon Event? (June 22, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: What Are Gay Test Drawings? (June 11, 2023)
What would Pride Month be without a little (not so) good natured gatekeeping of the LGBTQ community? Traditionally, social media has seen this as a time for companies to make their logos rainbow colored in ‘solidarity’, and as the basis for some of most infuriating arguments to have ever graced God’s green Earth. This includes …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: What Are Gay Test Drawings? (June 11, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: What is a Beige Flag? (May 28, 2023)
The big old conundrum of love! It’s simultaneously one of the best and worst things in the world. While it can be easy, it’s never simple. This is true of every type, but never more so than with our romantic relationships. We are not-so-subtly indoctrinated that who we partner up with (or get rejected by) …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: What is a Beige Flag? (May 28, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: What is an Almond Mom? (May 21, 2023)
These days, the shape of women’s bodies goes in and out of fashion faster than they can create plastic surgeries to replicate them. Through it all, however, one constant remains: they will be treated better if they’re skinny in the right places. It sucks, not least because it contributes to body image issues in the …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: What is an Almond Mom? (May 21, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: Who are Lalalala and OKOKOK Girls? (April 30, 2023)
It seems like we have an infinite number of ways with which to categorize ourselves these days. We can try to boil down our personality with Myers-Briggs tests, or our astrological big three. Some proudly display what Hogwarts house they belong to. Others still base their identity around the kind of brands they buy. Then, …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: Who are Lalalala and OKOKOK Girls? (April 30, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: Who Is The Banana Cat? (April 23, 2023)
Most of us are no stranger to the philosophy that cats rule the internet. They’re cute, they’re funny, and you can do some hilarious things to them in Photoshop; by extension, this means that they have always been meme heavyweights as well. LOLcats introduced millions of people to the idea of funny internet pictures, which …
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Explain Like I’m 35: Is It Over, Or Are We Back? (April 2, 2023)
Life, we’re often told, is full of ups and downs. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, we graduate from the school of hard knocks. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, and sometimes it’s all a blessing in disguise. All these many, many tired and hackneyed phrases are here to tell us …
Seguir leyendo Explain Like I’m 35: Is It Over, Or Are We Back? (April 2, 2023)
Explain Like I’m 35: What is the Ick?
The established slang word that is more relevant than ever.