‘Fantano, word for word’ The internet is definitely divided on this topic, and I landed on the positive side of TikTok. I have to say I was disappointed when I heard the first two singles; I couldn’t stop imagining the songs without the autotune and thinking they would’ve been much better. The periodic milliseconds when …
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Desperate mom asks strangers on the internet to babysit her 6-year-old son for free because she needs a break from him: ‘He gets out of camp at 2:30 and I’m dread it.’
This is a disaster waiting to happen. If you’ve never been a parent, you don’t know how easily you can get sick of your kids. Of course, you love your kids and want to spend time with them, but if you’re spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with them, you will want …
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20-year-old daughter refuses to keep paying for parents’ internet bill despite them claiming they can’t afford it without her: ‘We are in bankruptcy’
Are adult children obligated to help their parents out if they are struggling financially, or is it not the children’s responsibility? That is what the 20-year-old daughter below is wondering…
Job seeker considers skipping phone interview because she doesn’t have enough money to pay her phone bill: ‘I desperately need a job.’
You need money to go to the job interview, and the only way to get money is to have a job. It’s no fun that literally everything in life costs money. The bare necessities like food, shelter, utilities, and transportation usually account for more than half of our money spent every month, if not more. …
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25 Wifi-Powered Memes That Only Make Sense if You’re Chronically Online
Your brain isn’t broken, it just runs on WiFi, irony, and audio clips you can’t fully explain. If «slay» is a complete sentence to you and a picture of Cynthia Erivo touching her bald head makes complete sense to you, you’re probably too far gone. And so are we.
The Infinite Scroll has Doomed Us All, Bring Back 2000s-Style Listicles
Picture this: it’s 2007, and the internet is a place. It’s somewhere you go when you get home from school. You fire up the family computer, open a window to, let’s say, a fan page for Blink-182. Everything you need is there. Pictures of the band, links to download their songs, and forums to discuss …
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Upscrolled, Bluesky, Threads, Rednote: Protest vote social media switches are no escape from what makes social media bad in the first place
via Viralyft Once again, we’ve reached that time in a social media’s lifespan where some of its users start to look for an alternative. Many American TikTokers have waved goodbye to the app in recent days in protest of the US entity that has taken ownership of the platform. Looking to circumvent the proposed federal …
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The Internet Is Filled With Too Many Reviewers and Not Enough Critics
Who doesn’t love sharing their opinions online about things they feel passionate about? Every person with a phone, TikTok account, or Yelp profile is automatically granted permission to share their review. Everyone wants to tell the world what’s good and what’s garbage. From movies to restaurants to the newest iPhone, the internet is constantly drowning …
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It’s Time To Let Go of Old Internet Nostalgia and Make Way for Finer Internet Curation
via hdbernd Being online has never been a more indispensable part of daily life, and as a result, it has never been as miserable. For every few people who treat ChatGPT as their best friend or whose main hobby is spending hours a day watching whatever their TikTok «For You» Page serves up, there is …
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Seeing the Internet Through ‘Fandom-Colored Glasses’ Will Cure Your Mindless Doomscrooling
I was 13 years old when I first learned what it meant to be a part of a fandom. It was right after I finished reading the last Harry Potter book, and I desperately needed to find people who were as excited about this magical series as I was. This led me to the best …
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