A wise man once said, “I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here.” Creep is one of the most popular songs ever written, and it's easy to see why. Everybody feels like a creep and a weirdo every once and a while, and if you feel like it enough, it can be pretty hurtful. On the other hand, there are some personalities that are just unpleasant to be around. I can't stand it when somebody makes weird mouth noises all the time. It creeps me out when you can hear a…

"Oh, what a beautiful mornin'. Oh, what a beautiful day. I've got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way" I used to listen to that song, aptly titled 'Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,' every morning before school. It was my way of willing myself to have a good day. When you're a teenager, having an awful day is incredibly easy, and you have to try so hard to be happy. Listening to joyous songs about the morning was my way of getting in a good mood in case something horrible happened at scho…

Just why

We've officially reached part of the year that makes it entirely too difficult to get out of bed. While it's true that here in the Northeast the weather has been unseasonably warm, we're still feeling the effects of seasonal affective disorder, and we can't wait for the freedom of spring. Spring: a time when we can shed our millions of layers, realize how chunky we've gotten, and hate our lives in a slightly different way. For now, all I want to do is eat soup , and curl up with my cats and a g…

Turn off your computers

F*ck off

Shhh

What a place

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the idea of traveling to North Korea. This was obviously before the case of Otto Warmbier, whose death led to the ban on Americans traveling to the country. This was more in the era of The Interview and the widespread fear of Seth Rogan leading to nuclear war. There were so many VICE documentaries that explained North Korean culture, and I watched all of them. I logically knew that traveling to North Korea was not the brightest idea, but I was 14 years old…

Hey man, you're pretty trustworthy; can I tell you a little secret? I've got 28 immaculately crafted memes lying just below this message. I know that you can handle them. Don't go around telling everybody about these memes. I'm serious! I'm definitely not using any reverse psychology as we speak. You better not share this perfectly curated list of memes to your Facebook feed or send it to your most active groupchat. You're going to be really sorry if you tell your coworkers or your family about…

Time is money

Cooking is a unique beast. For some people, knowing how to cook various meals is the top indicator that you can actually take care of yourself. Sometimes cooking is not utilitarian but rather an act of love or compassion. Other people do not care whether their food is cooked in their kitchen or not and see cooking and eating as merely a mechanism for survival. We attach many meanings to food and cooking, making it a very complicated and unexpectedly personal topic. At this point in my life, I c…

Please stop adding silent letters to kids' names...

Surely they can afford two smoke breaks

Twitter is a place where online culture is created. That can be said of any number of social media sites, but Twitter is one that transcends the website and enters popular culture. Have you ever watched a movie and thought, “This sounds like it was written by a robot whose only exposure to humans is through Twitter discourse.” I had that exact thought while watching the 2022 movie Bodies, Bodies, Bodies , and I'm not the only one. Occasionally, tweets become so iconic that nobody ever forgets w…

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