The Wildest Unpopular Opinions of the Week (February 11, 2024)

Unpopular opinions: everybody has them, but some people are better at gauging whether their opinions are actually unpopular than others. Let’s play a little game; I’ll share one of my unpopular opinions, and you get to tell me whether it’s actually unpopular or not! Here we go: I don’t think going to therapy inherently makes …
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Uncle Carries Out Wholesome Plan For Payback After Father Fails to Fulfil Parental Duties

As appropriate for the Christmas season, keep in mind the famous saying that says ‘It’s not the gift, but the thought that counts’.  This kind of thinking can save a great deal of grief and disappointment. But what happens if the giver is only considering the cost? Their only concerns are the appearance and reactions …
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Gen Zer Vows Not To Raise iPad Kids Like Millennials Raised Gen Alpha

There is something very tempting about giving a kid an iPad to shut them up. It’s not easy being responsible for a kid all day long, and iPads can feel like a magical tool that enraptures young kids more than any other toy possibly could. Even if it’s just to make a kid stop crying …
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Entitled Mom Allows Her Four Kids to Blare Loud iPads on Airplane, Flight Attendant Saves The Day With Headphones

Nobody likes it when someone blares their music publicly for everybody to listen to. Even if you have your noise-canceling headphones, it’s annoying and attention-seeking behavior that gets on most people’s nerves. I believe some people do it for attention, but the vast majority do it because they don’t care about how other people perceive …
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People Debate Whether Parents Should Give Their Kids iPads at Restaurants

Every generation of kids inspires a different moral panic. When Gen Xers were kids, people freaked out about TV rotting their brains. When millennials were kids, people freaked out about video games doing the same thing. When we Gen Zers were little tots, everyone was very concerned about child leashes. Of all of these panics, …
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4-Year-Old Starts Adorable Budding Friendship With Siri

While they might secretly be stealing all our personal data and occasionally telling us good ways to murder ourselves, it’s easy to get attached to our virtual assistants. Without going full Her (2013), it can be nice to feel like we’ve got a friend in our servile devices that may or may not one day …
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Girl Shows Her Great Uncle Wikipedia, Starts Wholesome Discussion About Older Generations And The Internet

As digital natives, it’s easy to fall into the habit of complaining about the internet. It often feels like it sucks up a lot of our time for no good reason, and there are plenty of valid criticisms to be made about misinformation, abuse and screen addiction.  However, when thinking about our own online experiences …
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Diez cosas que hemos empezado a hacer en los últimos diez años gracias a la tecnología

Conectarnos a internet a través de la tele, ver series en streaming, hablar con objetos inanimados… son acciones habituales que han entrado en nuestra vida durante la última década de la mano de la tecnología