20 Hilarious Times Oblivious People Totally Missed the Point

Humor is a complex and multifaceted thing. Some kinds, like slapstick, practically run up to you and scream in your face ‘THIS IS A JOKE’. Others, as with many kinds of memes, require knowledge of what is being referenced to truly understand what’s going on. Others still are the kind of thing that not everybody …
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‘Seeing if my 94 month old son still does the newborn scrunch’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (April 23, 2024)

It’s kind of strange how people acted like TikTok was some kind of anomaly when it first became popular. In a lot of ways, it’s just a convoluted mix of many platforms that came before it—Vine and YouTube in the format, with Twitter, Tumblr, and even Reddit influencing the content.  It goes without saying that …
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‘What do y’all kids know about Crazy Frog’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (April 16, 2024)

For all that it can feel this way, the internet is not forever. The infrastructure on which it is built is so varied and sprawling that there is every chance that something will happen in the future that will cause its massive reservoir of information to be lost, meaning that we could currently be living …
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‘There’s a financial literacy crisis happening’: Woman spends $30,000 of her ex-boyfriend’s money, he fails to notice for 3 years

Money is a difficult topic in many romantic relationships. If you get serious enough, you will inevitably have to get serious about finances too—and that can lead to a sticky situation if you ever break up. It’s a big part of the reason that many divorces are prolonged and painful. What isn’t often discussed is …
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‘And that’s on magnitude’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (April 9, 2024)

There was a time when not everything on the internet desperately needed to entertain us. Some places were simply here to inform or give us the news with a minimum of messing around (or at least, that’s what a lot of people used it for). Then TikTok came along and changed all that. Now, everywhere …
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20+ Ridiculous Recipe Substitutions and Comments That Didn’t Cook Up a Feast

Getting the right groceries can be a drag for anybody who is a somewhat adventurous chef. When you’re trying to cook up something delicious from a recipe that you found on the internet, there is every chance that what Ms. Perfect Food Blogger considers a pantry staple is most normal peoples’ idea of an arduous …
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‘Y’all thought my $1400 Tahoe payment was bad’: Nonsensical woman baffles internet with combined $3000 monthly car payments

One of many things that has up to this point made me a committed non-driver is that acquiring and maintaining a vehicle can be incredibly expensive. Everyone knows that a car loses up to 10% of its value as soon as it’s driven off the lot, and yet many people find themselves paying it off …
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‘Bro driving a school desk’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (April 2, 2024)

 It’s kind of crazy to think that when people in the future look back on this period of history, TikTok will likely play a dominant role. It can’t be overstated how much it contributes to the cultural conversation and swallows up the free time of millions.  Maybe you’re OK with this, find it amusing even, …
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‘Practicing the walk to my new job on Google Maps’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (March 26, 2024)

Every half a generation or so, the internet gets redefined by a meme-adjacent way of sharing thoughts, jokes, and opinions on the internet. The late 2000s had Impact font Advice Animals, then the early to mid-2010s was dominated by Twitter screenshots. Whisper had a brief moment a few years back, and now we are undoubtedly …
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20+ Smug Claims and Insufferable Humblebrags From Venture Capitalists

It pains me to say it, but self-promotion is a necessary thing sometimes. We would never get where we wanted to be if we weren’t our own biggest cheerleader every so often. At the same time, it is a skill to do it in a way that is not a. nakedly self-serving and b. cringe.  …
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