Authenticity is the last thing an influencer needs to go viral. This seems to be the conclusion of the sudden push towards AI-generated influencers and their apparently limitless growth capabilities. As AI visuals get more difficult to detect and a larger audience gets more relaxed towards the idea of being entertained by artificial intelligence, the …
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Why ‘Template Slop’ Is Making Every Influencer’s Posts More Beautiful and Less Interesting
Much of internet culture has been one long sales pitch to people who want to carve out their own piece of the attention economy. The World Wide Web gave us access to an audience of just about anyone, anywhere; social media showed us that anyone can make themselves a minor celebrity if they play their …
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Reader criticizes children of boomers for selling all of their late parents’ old books for only $20: ‘All this stuff is basically worthless, even in mint condition.’
Should they have kept their parents’ old books? Or sold them for more money? Anyone who has ever moved can tell you that books are one of the least fun things to move. They are so heavy and take up so many boxes and spaces. After moving books once, I’ve committed myself to primarily reading …
Seguir leyendo Reader criticizes children of boomers for selling all of their late parents’ old books for only $20: ‘All this stuff is basically worthless, even in mint condition.’
Texan real estate agent boasts that town outside of Dallas has the best real estate in the world because it has more HOAs than anywhere on Earth: ‘Current entry price is $1.2 million.’
What makes an area great to live in? You might be a country mouse who wants to live in beautiful nature, away from the hustle and bustle of big-city life. You might be a city mouse who loves the chaos and grime of a city, and every cultural and economic institution that is at your …
Seguir leyendo Texan real estate agent boasts that town outside of Dallas has the best real estate in the world because it has more HOAs than anywhere on Earth: ‘Current entry price is $1.2 million.’
Mom bakes chocolate chip cookies, makes butter, flour and chocolate from scratch: ‘Before feminism, stay-at-home moms processed cacao pods in their home kitchens’
Every pale imitation of Nara Smith is here to feed the discourse machine. At this point, it feels like a significant portion of social media video content is videos about food. Easy weeknight dinner tutorials, gross ragebait ‘life hack’ recipes, people who insist on foisting their weird diets upon an audience, and, last but by …
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New Yorker claims it’s taboo to ask fellow New Yorkers what they do for work: ‘It’s a sensitive topic for the Brooklyn crowd for sure.’
Is it really so inappropriate to ask somebody about their job? Most of us like to think of small talk as pretty universal. I’d be willing to bet that you could walk into any office in America and ask the employees, «What did you think of the season finale of The Pitt, and at least …
Seguir leyendo New Yorker claims it’s taboo to ask fellow New Yorkers what they do for work: ‘It’s a sensitive topic for the Brooklyn crowd for sure.’
‘Voldemort’s mind control or Harry’s freeze-frame’: What is the worst shot in the Harry Potter franchise?
A couple of bad apples didn’t ruin the whole bunch. When revisiting the Harry Potter films, you can’t overstate how well they’ve aged. With the exception of some Quidditch scenes in the first movie, the special effects are so good that a muggle might guess they were made far more recently than 15+ years ago. …
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Tourist visits Berlin, claims to prefer shopping at Zara to visiting the cathedral: ‘Vacation is for doing things you can’t do in your own country’
Travelling is now a privilege afforded to many, but not everybody has the same idea about what makes a good vacation. Some people want to pack as much action as possible into the limited days that they have at a location, while others prefer a cocktails by the pool kind of vibe. It has more …
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Shopper spots Harambe shirt at Rainforest Cafe gift shop: ‘Wake up, it’s 2016’
Harambe will live forever! Do you remember where you were when the beloved gorilla from the Cincinnati Zoo went viral for the first time? I remember being in my 10th-grade World History final when my teacher, the incomparable Coach Bates, remarked upon the tragic loss of an icon. At the time, I would never have …
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Reader finds advertisement for streaming service in the middle of an eBook: ‘Have some self-respect and read a real book’
Many types of entertainment go hand-in-hand with advertising. We have come to accept a word from the sponsors in the middle of YouTube videos, or the first 15 to 30 minutes of publicity when we pay to see a movie in the theater. Both TikTok and normal TV are pretty much unthinkable without the regular …
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