The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (February 13, 2024)

It’s TikTok’s world and we’re just living in it on the internet these days. Any social media platform that hasn’t explicitly created its own short-form video feature is nonetheless flooded with reposted TikToks and many of the biggest trends and controversies that grab mainstream attention originate from the bowels of the clock app. As a …
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‘What if Hogwarts was in your state?’: Harry Potter fan uses AI to show what a school of witchcraft and wizardry looks like in different U.S. states

If you were ever a fan of Harry Potter or simply existed in the era when the books and movies were rolling out, then the thought has probably crossed your mind at least once or twice of what Hogwarts might be like in your own hometown. The series only shows a few European places, and …
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‘My dad told me to put ‘freeloader»: Parents and family members reveal funny responses they have filled out on forms for kids

One of the many things that nobody warns you about when you become a parent is the sheer amount of admin it involves. When you bring a whole new person into the world, various institutions feel like they need to know all about it — and that doesn’t stop after birth, either. Whether at the …
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‘Orca Man’ Goes Viral for Giving Unsolicited, Yet Surprisingly Wholesome Advice to Parents

Parenting is an impossible job, which is why no fatigued parent who’s on their 10th cup of coffee with a screaming toddler on their hip ever wants to hear unsolicited advice from a childless adult. If you don’t have kids, you have no idea what it’s like to be a parent– which is completely true …
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‘I thought this was normal too, but I’m single now’: Woman’s boyfriend of 2 years catches heat for watching football on their restaurant date

One of the biggest challenges of a committed romantic relationship is keeping the spark alive. The not-so-happily coupled up love nothing more than taunting fresh lovebirds about when the so-called honeymoon period is going to end. While there is a debate to be had about the validity of that concept, there is no denying that …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (February 6, 2024)

In the more than half a decade it has been gracing the screens of our phones, TikTok has developed a real reputation. It’s the place where something mega viral begins, and you’re inclined to sigh and say «what now?». While all the other forms of social media also hold their own in this department, there …
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Couple Cuts off the Bottoms of Their Shoes To Walk Barefoot in Public Incognito

I have never been a «barefoot» person unless you mean strawberry Barefoot wine that I drank while going batty from social isolation in the spring of 2021! I have lived in cities my entire adult life and feel no need to go out on the sidewalk and expose my epidermis to the elements any more …
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‘Your dad is in a better place’: TikTokers laugh about boomer family members sending ominous texts about innocuous things

Old people and communications technology are one of the premier comedy duos in the internet age. The general cluelessness that many boomers and older display when it comes to texting and social media can make them even funnier than the most dedicated sh*tposter.  However, dealing with a family member who has a dubious grasp on …
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‘They are not hiring and I don’t know why’: Gen-Z woman with 2 degrees hands out resumes in NYC, gets rejected everywhere

When I first moved to NYC, I did what many people starting out do, and I walked around with printed copies of my resume. I was looking for anything, really. Just something to help get me on my feet while I settled in. It sounds very old-fashioned, but it worked. Especially with service industry work, …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Photoshopped Landings, Sydney Sweeney on ‘Hot Ones’, and Trauma Dumping on Elmo

Also: TikTok loses (some) music.