A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (June 12, 2024)

California was the coolest in the 1970s. Feathered hairstyles, bellbottom corduroy pants, peace n’ love–what’s not to cherish? Once the funk hit the West Coast, there was no stopping the cool factor from taking over. While most of us were just kids back then, striped sweater t-shirts stuck with us forever. We didn’t know it …
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A Garage Sale of Memes, Old and New

The saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It’s the guiding principle behind garage sales. I’m lucky enough to live in a city where every sidewalk is a garage sale of sorts. Someone is always moving, getting rid of stuff, having no place to put it. Then, if you’re savvy enough, you can …
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‘I should suspend you’: Teacher Mistakes Another Teacher for a Student, Snatches Phone Out of Her Hand and Sends Her to Detention

If you were blessed with young-looking genes, you encounter some pretty funny things. You get asked for ID in your thirties. You get told by a distant aunt at a family dinner to go sit at the kid’s table. You get mistaken by teachers for being a student… that is, if you work in education. …
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A Sparkling Selection of 38 Meme Gems

Because there are so many of them, it’s easy to forget how hard a meme actually has to work to capture and keep our attention. It has to do something special to stand out against the hundreds of others that we might scroll through in the average guilty phone session. There has to be a …
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‘Why are teens so dang loud’: Gen Z shares their most Boomer sounding complaints about the modern world

What’s that saying… you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become your parents? Something like that. It’s a cliche, but it’s almost inevitable. When you’re a kid, you can swear every which way that you’re going to do things differently than your folks. It’s an honest gesture, and you might …
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27 Throwback Toys That’ll Make Every 90s Kid Feel Young Again

For the elder millennials who fondly remember dial-up noises and begging our parents for the latest neon monstrosity, here’s a journey through 27 nostalgic toys that’ll take you right back to when Tamagotchi deaths were a daily tragedy. Who could forget Furbys, those little gremlins that’d say things like «me hungry» and «me love you»? …
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Government employees run out of work, spend 19 months getting paid for doing nothing: ‘they slept in turns so someone was always available if anyone came to check’

With the meteoric rise in popularity of remote work, it’s not unusual to see employees coming on the internet and boasting that they’ve secured a job that essentially enables them to do nothing all day.  What’s even crazier, though, are those workers who somehow manage to swing this while also being in the office five …
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‘That «y» was working overtime!’: Cousin roasts a new mom in the family group chat for giving her child an embarrassingly ‘quirky’ name

With nearly 8 billion people on earth, it’s tough for new parents to think of a name for their precious baby that’s 100% original. For a lot of parents, spelling a traditional name in a quirky way seems like a fun way to spice up their kiddo’s life, but at what point do these deliberately …
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25+ of the Funniest Shower Thoughts of the Month for Deep Thinkers (June 11, 2024)

A shower is a sanctuary. It’s one of the only discrete, private places in which you can fully embody yourself. It’s the one place where no one can bother you. You are free from the input of others. No one can call or text. You have the perfect excuse not to pick up the phone. …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (June 11, 2024)

Much of the success of TikTok can be owed to the same reason for the success of many other platforms: it’s a great place to tell stories. From the guy who converted his basement into an aquarium for eels to Reesa Teesa’s Who TF Did I Marry series, the place is not short on weird …
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