‘I think I’m gonna get raptured’: 92 year old grandma expertly pranks scam callers

There’s a reason that many younger people refuse to answer the phone to an unknown number, and it’s not just because of social anxiety. Scam calls are a nuisance that we all have to deal with from time to time, but unfortunately, they usually have the highest success rates with the old and vulnerable. At …
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‘Clearly I’m employee of the year’: Gen Z corporate worker hilariously details how she makes herself at home in the office

By this point, I think it’s fair to say that we have all internalized the idea that each generation is very different in the workplace. A common argument for one of these differences is that in comparison to their older co-workers, young people do not want to work anymore. However, there is a subset of …
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‘This is basically selling your soul, it’s so pointless’: Middle class man’s daily routine gets roasted for being boring, fellow 9-5ers rush to his defense

When you are a kid, it’s easy to look at a 9-5 like it’s a constrictive indicator of a boring life. They can’t understand how somebody who goes to work every day, does the same thing, and goes home can possibly be happy. When you’re young, adult life can sound like an escape from the …
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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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Dad bags 44 pounds of parmesan cheese worth $650 for $10, dudes of the internet rejoice: ‘This man won’

It’s easy to proclaim, «Dudes rock.» Your boyfriend threw his candy bar wrapper right into the trash can across the room? Dudes rock. Your buddy built a cannon launcher out of stuff he found in the garage? Dudes rock. Your dad won a Lego Yoda by guessing the exact number of Legos in said Yoda? …
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Wasteful woman’s 3-hour shower, hundreds of unnecessary bath products spark controversy online: ‘This is worse than that cupboard full of Stanley cups’

I’m all for a decadent shower. After all, it’s one of the only surefire means of pleasure in this life. A hot shower with some good-smelling soap and some nice tunes, now that’s my idea of a fun night. It immediately helps you unwind, not to mention feel clean. But you’ve gotta draw a line …
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‘That’s the patriarchy!’: Shrek Fandom in Hot Water as They Come to the Realization That Fiona Should NOT Have Turned Into an Ogre at the End

We still love Donkey though!

‘And we act surprised when 10 year olds are in Sephora’: TikToker promotes ‘anti-wrinkle straws’, gets roasted by the internet

Aging is a privilege that not everybody gets, and that’s just one of the reasons it’s so evil that many of us have been convinced that it’s the worst thing to ever happen to us. Unfortunately, it makes a privileged few a heck of a lot of money, so we live in a world where …
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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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‘Tfw your baby is gift giving and the gifts do NOT smell good’: New mom gets roasted for claiming her baby has a ‘love language’

I get that the bond between a mom and her new baby is a deeply primal and almost inexplicable thing, but let’s be real. There is only so much affection that an entirely dependent tiny human can communicate. It’s going to be a while before they understand this whole ‘love’ thing as a concept, even …
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