‘NYC side quest’: TikToker Shares POV of Being Escorted by the NYFD Through the L Train Subway Tunnels After Emergency Stop, Goes Viral

You can say a lot of things about New York City, but saying it’s boring is not one of them. This city will keep you on your toes, guaranteed! Heck, I was supposed to only be here for a summer and now it’s been over a decade. Once this city gets its claws into you, …
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‘I hit the [halfway mark] and Olympic athletes have already finished’: Unathletic woman creates her own ‘Out of Shape Olympics’, competing at a tremendously average level to prove a hilarious point

What happens when a nonathletic person participates in Olympic events?  Admit it, you’ve been watching the Olympics instead of working for the past few weeks. Captivated by the Olympian’s crushing impossibly amazing athletic achievements, it’s easy for a regular person to wonder where they would fall on the sliding scale of success. Could you make …
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How Hawk Tuah Brought The 2014 Meme Into 2024

When you’ve spent many years engaging with internet memes, you can automatically tell if a meme is dated. I remember being a freshman in high school, scoffing at my less-online peers for still posting passé image macros like Bad Luck Brian. I saw screenshots of quirky 2012 Tumblr text posts on Instagram and bragged about …
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The internet celebrates the 10 year anniversary remake of iconic ‘I’m in me mum’s car’ Vine: ‘One of the first that really captured the imagination of many’

I think it’s fair to say that the internet has changed immeasurably in the past ten years. Platforms have been and gone, styles of internet humor have fallen out of fashion (then come back ironically again), and being an influencer has become a much more viable career choice. As a result, it’s probably no surprise …
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‘Who wants to go to the Four Seasons Orlando?: Unusually sentient baby answers question with great clarity, shocks the internet

The internet has always been obsessed with adorable babies. I would argue that YouTube couldn’t have become what it is today without the immense viral success of «Charlie Bit My Finger.» But times have changed. Charlie is likely a legal adult by now, and TikTok is the #1 distributor of adorable baby videos. That is …
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‘We’re such a deeply unserious country’: New York-Dublin ‘portal’ live art installation immediately creates chaos

Art brings people together. At least, that is what its greatest supporters like to say. Some of the best art thrives when we put aside our differences and realize that we can all be united behind a particular feeling that it brings, right?  Unfortunately for all those utopian artists out there, this is easier said …
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‘I think I’m gonna get raptured’: 92 year old grandma expertly pranks scam callers

There’s a reason that many younger people refuse to answer the phone to an unknown number, and it’s not just because of social anxiety. Scam calls are a nuisance that we all have to deal with from time to time, but unfortunately, they usually have the highest success rates with the old and vulnerable. At …
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Millennials Lose It In the Comment Section of a Gen Z Video Who Claims She Discovered Layered Tank Tops as the ‘New Thing’

«Millennial here. Broke my hip sprinting to the comments.»

‘She has a type’: Legendary woman invites 5 dates to the same bar, lets them ‘battle it out’

Going on a bunch of first dates can get pretty boring after a while. You ask them the same questions «Where are you from?» «What do you do?» «How long have you lived here?» «What music do you like?» Over and over again until you either meet the one or get so bored that you …
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‘Bring back public shaming’: Women try to dine and ditch at restaurant, return after forgetting keys

Of all the ways to be a pain to the hospitality industry, not paying for the goods or services you receive has to be one of the worst. It’s often not just the businesses in question that take a hit, but the employees who helped you out as well. It should go without saying that …
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