The average millennial looks at 20-30 memes every day. If you don’t believe that statistic from Forbes, then you must not be a doomscrolling, meme-loving, dark humor-fueled millennial. Known for eating avocado toast, drowning in student debt, and normalizing Sunday brunch, millennials have contributed far more to the modern social narrative than the participation trophy. …
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25+ Trisha Paytas Memes Unafraid To Name Their Child Aquaman
It’s official. Trisha Paytas’ third child has been born, and not only is he named Aquaman, but many theorize that he is the reincarnation of Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away the very same day. Her other children are thought to be reincarnations of Queen Elizabeth and the late Pope Francis. You can’t make this stuff …
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It’s Good to Age Out of Stan Culture
Club Chalamet has captured the attention of thousands of X users for one primary reason: she is 58 years old and is running a Timothee Chalamet stan account. Anyone who hears such a unique combination of supposed maturity and immaturity uttered in the same breath can recognize it as an inherently absurd way of living. …
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‘Being alone is an antidote to loneliness’: Why we should all be going out by ourselves more
The world as we know it can be an isolating place, where we’re each secluded to our own internet bubbles. It’s easy for anyone to feel caught between the real world and the online world these days. We spend so much of our time online that it can start to feel more like home than …
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Social Media Has Turned Into a Slop Factory, And I Hate That Nobody Cares
We have spent the past three years hearing that AI was going to revolutionize all of our lives, completely changing the trajectory of the future of each and every industry. While there is no doubt that AI has and will continue to bring positive changes to various aspects of our lives, it has yet to …
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Why Discourse on the Film App ‘Letterboxd’ Epitomizes the High Scrutiny All Social Media Users are Under
The cultural phenomenon surrounding Letterboxd reviews proves that you don’t even have to do anything notable to enrage your fellow internet user. You can do so by merely rating a movie in a way the masses don’t approve.
‘This is how you age if you’re unproblematic’: How looking young became a sign of moral uprightness online
Saying that a celebrity «doesn’t age» goes beyond praising someone for their looks. It also tends to mean that you agree with whatever that celebrity has just done on a moral level, whether it be their politics, their cultural takes, or the football team they’re rooting for, especially on Twitter. This tweet about Anne Hathaway, …
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AITA?: How Reddit threads have become a morality compass, guiding society’s most complex queries through random strangers’ opinions
As teens, whenever something went wrong, most folks would go running to their friends to ask for advice. Whether mom and dad were arguing about the housing crisis or texts with your crush needed a flirtier angle, our teenaged selves sought feedback from the one person we knew would be there for us: Our best …
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Why Doomscrolling is a Necessary “Evil,” Providing the Backbone for Informed Adults Navigating an Increasingly Murky World of Excess Information
Remember when the news was delivered straight to your door? Your daily informational pamphlet came couriered to your front porch, carried dutifully in the bicycle basket of the boy who lives down the street. Dad read the newspaper at breakfast, Mom flipped through a magazine with coffee circles on the cover, and your siblings fought …
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‘I just got called a “Maple Licker»…’: Americans hilariously roast Canadians like a sibling rivalry after ban gets halted in the U.S.
Listen, we all have our issues around the world. Right now, it feels like the U.S. has more issues than most, but I digress. As an American, it is our right to be able to complain and make fun of ourselves. So, we self-deprecate left and right. I would be so bold as to say …
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