‘Doomscrollers become self-aware’: Bait-and-switch video trend is hilariously shaming our time-wasting scrolling habits

It’s getting harder to fall asleep, isn’t it? Despite all of the silly meditation apps, sleep medications, and chamomile tea regimens, insomniacs are far more common than they once were. It seems like all of us are piloting solo missions through the night to get some shut-eye—for the most part—to no avail. However, it’s not …
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Nonchalance Isn’t Considered a ‘Cool Guy’ Personality Trait Anymore, It’s a Coping Mechanism

There’s always at least one «cool guy» in every action movie. They’re always level-headed under pressure, defiant in the face of villainy, and never seem rattled by blood-curdling explosions, destruction of property, or excessive (yet always justified) violence. They’re the unlikely survivor of a car chase gone wrong, seemingly bulletproof, and, as a result, the …
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Why Long-Winded Backstories on Recipe Websites Aren’t Just SEO-Focused Word Dumps, They Actually Encapsulate the Real Significance of Food Culture

You’ve been craving butter chicken masala for weeks, but your culinary pilgrimage is perpetually stalled by imposter syndrome and 15 bottles of spices gather dust on your shelf. Questioning your capability of creating a dish half as delicious as the chefs at your local Tandoori Grill, you let visions of creamy curry dispel your apprehension. …
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From ‘Bot’ to ‘Bro’: How ChatGPT became a source of companionship in an era of increasingly unavoidable loneliness

It’s therapeutic to talk to someone about your problems, but that means you either need a heart-to-heart conversation with a friend or you’ve got to pay a professional to sit down and listen to your rants. In the modern world, it seems like the latter is more plausible.  Social media has made people oddly antisocial …
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Ridiculously Relatable Lamentations of 20+ ‘Things That Have Gotten Out of Hand’

The world is a crazy place– Some might even call it a dystopia. What a delightful age to be alive! It seems like the more people we have on this planet, the more likely we are to run into some wacky things. Humanity isn’t inherently bad, per se, but we are inherently cuckoo. So with …
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‘The most American Americana ever to America before’: Polish LARPers Pretend to Be Americans and Their ‘Ohio’ Impression is Disturbingly Accurate

To Europeans, American stereotypes are fascinating. We’re loud, we’re enormous, and most of all, we’re completely untamed and unhinged as a nation. The ‘Wild West’ mantra is still alive and well to the Euros and they see most Americans as frontiersmen, galloping head long into the sunset with the wind at our backs, Miller High …
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