There's no hope

There's no hope

Ew

When communicating with strangers on the Internet, it's often difficult to gauge whether someone is being serious or joking. That's a big part of the reason why tone indications are so popular with Gen Z. For the uninitiated, tone indicators are little acronyms someone might put after a question or comment online to indicate whether they're being genuine (/gen), joking (/j), or teasing (/t). I will admit that sometimes tone indicators can get a little out of hand. Does one really need to say, “…

It never stops

Delectably awful

But they were too late

Career advice can go wrong so quickly. On the one hand, there's your grandpa telling you to go to the office of your local Fortune 500 company, give the desk receptionist a firm handshake, and as for a job. On the other hand, LinkedIn influencers are infiltrating all corners of social media, giving inspirational speeches about how with a little bit of elbow grease, anyone has the potential to be mistreated by their boss. This case is a strange combination of the two; it's where boomer and influ…

Make it stop

Recruiters probably help to match a lot of skilled people with quality vacancies. But they can be incredibly annoying and sometimes even straight up careless. They cold message you on LinkedIn , promising opportunities, pretending as though they're sending a genuine message rather than just filling in the blanks of a generic template. That kind of behavior has become expected – I don't even bother opening correspondence from people with a corporate headshot. We recently covered a man whose recr…

Under the table she went

He's unintentionally created a monster!

Everyone embarrasses themselves at some point in their lives—we're only human after all. But some cringe can never be forgiven. And if you've ever ended up on r/cringetopia, there was probably a good reason for it. I'm thankful every day that I grew up without the ability to post my bad opinions on Twitter or get caught doing something really stupid on TikTok. Instead, my embarrassment was relegated to cringey conversations with my crush (on AIM) and just being an all-around nerd at school. It…

In a famous story from Douglas Adams' book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish , the protagonist Arthur recounts a time he sat down at a table to enjoy a coffee, newspaper, and packet of biscuits he'd recently purchased at a shop. To his horror, a man sitting across from him grabbed the packet of biscuits, tore it open, and started eating them. Instead of saying anything, Arthur passive-aggressively reached into the packet and took what was rightfully his, hoping the man would get the message.…

Top tier relationship

In the age of 'contact-free' delivery, courier services like DoorDash have come up with clever ways to provide proof of delivery. One would think that a simple photo of the fast food bag in front of the customer's door would suffice. But some Dashers have taken it a step further by snapping the photo at the moment of interception. The Dasher waits from a safe distance and goes into paparazzi mode once the hungry, pajama-clad customer cracks open the door like a goblin coming out of hibernation.