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) …
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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 …
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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 …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What is the Ick?
The established slang word that is more relevant than ever.
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Explain Like I’m 35: Who is Mother? (March 18, 2023)
She’s not as Oedipal as you might think.
Explain Like I’m 35: What is Onika Burger? (March 12, 2023)
The struggle for the most powerful group on social media is a hard-fought one. There’s nothing that people with irrevocable screen-based brain damage screens want more than that sweet, sweet clout, one of the few things that unites all generations online. While fame might be one of the greatest drivers, it’s often strength in numbers …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What Is a Puriteen? (March 5, 2023)
Innocence? The internet has never heard of her. All screen addicts are one surreptitious search or mistaken scroll away from seeing something NSFW, which may or may not be of the mentally scarring kind. The terrifying variety of Rule 34 is never far away, and plenty of people are comfortable with oversharing every aspect of …
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