On a road trip, travelers can share once-in-a-lifetime experiences, deep conversations, and unforgettable travel moments with their partner, friends, or family. With the wind blowing in their hair, good tunes on the radio, and roadside snacks gathered in the center console, the world is their oyster. Drivers and passengers alike must share responsibility on the …
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Influencers Have Belittled Alpinism, Making the World’s Highest Peaks More Dangerous Than Ever
Alpinists once studied a mountain peak for several years before ever attempting to summit. Practicing ice pick falls, complicated rope knots, and quick-release oxygen mask techniques, becoming a true alpinist required more than just physical strength and route memorization, it demanded respect for Mother Nature herself. Good alpinists, like Nirmal Purja, Conrad Anker, and Will …
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‘The Office’ Spinoff ‘The Paper’ was Destined to Fail Even With Its Ties to One of the Most Popular Shows
It seems like everything on our screens is a spinoff, a prequel, or a franchise based on a consumer product. Critics and fans have been bemoaning the lack of original stories in Hollywood for what feels like a decade. Every time one of these shows or movies is announced, they’re met with a flurry of …
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‘Stating your number when leaving a voicemail’: 30+ ‘Cringe but correct’ takes Millennials 100% stand by
Every generation ends up getting roasted by the ones that come after them. It’s just the way the world works. Things that were once hallmarks of your generation become ‘cringe’ over time. There’s nothing you can do to stop it, except embrace the cringe. Who’s to say there’s anything wrong with being cringe? To my …
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Hollywood Keeps Tainting Cinematic Classics: How About Remaking the Underrated Films That Got Cheated with Bad Production?
Over the last few centuries, humans have invented hundreds of new ways to tell their stories, artistically sharing their tales with formats ranging from eBooks, puppet shows, podcasts, video games, comics, theater, television, and, predominately, movies. Obsessed with telling (and retelling) stories ever since the caveman days, humans are a fable-frenzied species who can never …
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‘My mother hates me… Bagel soup’: Reddit’s “kitchencels” is the internet’s most appetizing place to be a loser
It has never been easier for us to share our woes with the world, and as a result, these confessions have never seemed so cheap. We’re living through the brainrot age, and if you want anybody to pay attention to anything, it needs to be more than mere words on a screen. One way to …
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Why Podcasts are Uniquely Influential, Causing a Moral Dilemma for Creators
Podcasts are the entry-level format in the world of digital media. Requiring nothing more than a microphone and a dash of charisma, podcasters have swept the modern world and filled the serene and silent void with their voices. Listening to our favorite actors, hosts, storytellers, professors, and true crime enthusiasts on our morning commute, audiences …
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‘Grannies getting edgy’: Why older generations are finally getting that tattoo or piercing they always wanted
Tattoo parlors used to be reserved for bikers, gang members, and sailors at port, but that’s no longer the case. Body modification shops have changed so much over the last 30 years that older generations wouldn’t even recognize an average tattoo parlor. More sterile than a doctor’s office, smelling like fresh candles, and flaunting a …
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‘Feral Child Summer’ is the Millennial Parenting Antidote to iPad Babies
Remember summers when you were a kid in the 1990s? Behind the brainrot doom-scrolling fog, there are memories of summers spent outdoors. In my hometown of Chicago, that meant running around public parks playing made-up games, setting off (probably illegal) fireworks on the Fourth of July, and my mom having only a vague idea of …
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Fight, Flight, or Freeze: Why the “Gen Z stare” isn’t bad customer service, it’s social evolution
Awkward silences make most people uncomfortable, but Gen Z is just built different. Born through an era of exponential social media changes, global chaos, and shifting communication connectivity, Gen Z has evolved beyond social pleasantries. In their experience, there’s simply no point. In fact, as a generation focused on «real» interactions and significant relationships, Gen …
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