The jolly jesters who joke the most in their friend group often come from a place of having seen some stuff. Everyone goes through some monumental moment in their lives, more often traumatic than uplifting, but these moments help shape them into who they are. If the internet has proven anything, it’s that making light …
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How Jemima Kirke From ‘Girls’ Became the Face of Internet Nihilism Through a Meme
Jemima Kirke, known for her role as Jessa on Lena Dunham’s Girls on HBO, is also known for her cheeky and blunt Instagram story posts. The Girls star frequently has «Ask Me Anything» Q&A-style conversations with her Instagram followers, oftentimes offering them soulful and spiritual advice on any personal life questions they may be seeking …
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‘Whole slews of the internet just defunct’: Internet veterans bemoan loss of online third spaces, fun websites
The internet has changed so much in the short time it’s existed that it’s hard to remember that it wasn’t always like this. The internet, to me, used to be a place where I would play fun dress up games, talk to other kids on Club Penguin, research fairies on fairy websites, and update my …
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27 Strange and Silly Excerpts From the Depths of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is probably my favorite website of all time. It’s a wholesome, comprehensive, streamlined yet expansive resource for all the most and least useful information out there. You can study up on anything from ancient Roman history to Instagram Egg. To me, it’s the epitome of the internet’s purpose: millions of folks coming together to …
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Iconic Tumblr Posts That Made Internet History
People give Tumblr a lot of slack. It has maintained its reputation as being a cesspool for 13-year-old fangirls to scream about Misha Collins, even though the website has changed a lot in the past ten years. I stopped using Tumblr regularly in 2014, so my concept of it is a bit skewed toward that …
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