As a nearly-constant internet user, I often wonder how much reading I do that's just on the internet. Sure, I might not read as much daily as I did when I was an English major, but these tweets and Tumblr posts have got to count for something, right? Allegedly, we read completely differently when using technology versus merely reading on paper. According to research, we skim more when reading online than in a paper book, even when reading e-books or PDFs of scanned book pages. I will admit that…

For many people, food is the only thing that brings them pleasure. That faction of human beings includes me. While I'm eating lunch, I'm thinking about what's for dinner. I spend hours walking through supermarket aisles, definitely not under the influence of a smokeable plant, dreaming about the meals I can make with all the beautiful and fresh ingredients. Sadly, inflation has drastically changed my grocery-buying abilities. Come on, people. Blueberries should not cost $9.99. The sheer cost of…

I don't know about you, but I am both fortunately and unfortunately old enough to remember a place and time before the world wide web. A simpler time, a time when you had to find humor in joke books, terrible TV sitcoms, inside jokes with old pals, the funnies, and good old fashioned farts . When I was a child, my insane friends and I would invent strange and completely nonsensical words and repeat them over and over again until the gibberish finally became hilarious. There's no denying it: we'…

People are becoming much more critical of recruiters' rhetoric during the Great Resignation era. Even as early as the application process, employers will show their slips, and it will be apparent that their business is not an ideal working environment . Red flags during the hiring process should never be brushed off or ignored, and this case is no exception to that rule. Reddit user Iambacon shared a job posting they found on Facebook to r/recruitinghell. There were several things with this pos…

Elder Scrolls memes are nothing new - the darkest corners of Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram seem to be filled with memes about the games. Don't believe me? Check out Know Your Meme . There are countless formats that either user or are about the game. They come in handy if you find yourself staying up too late or thinking about the game when you feel like should probably be doing other more responsible things like your job, or the laundry you should have done a week ago. Here we're fans of givi…

When I was a child I would spend hours staring at my father's (and my grandfather's) thick Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds. The book was textured on the outside, almost like snakeskin, and the interior was filled with birds, arranged beautifully by color. I had only seen a few of the avian creatures - the usual Northern Cardinal, chickadees, sparrows and jays that frequented my grandparents' bird feeder. My life has become way more bird-centric since then. I play a board game called…

It's pretty hard to top the excitement and romance of J. Lo and Ben Affleck's Las Vegas nuptials, but that's not stopping famous people from getting engaged or married. The latest couple to announce their life-long commitment is Dane Cook and his girlfriend of 5 years, 23-year-old Kelsi Taylor. Yes, you read that right. Dane Cook is 50 years old and has been dating a 23-year-old for five years. Cook is the subject of a lot of contempt on and off the internet - mostly due to accusations of the r…

Turning 30 years old is a significant accomplishment. It means the three stupidest decades of your life are over, and you can finally start being a real adult with an actual frontal cortex. While most 20-year-olds are in similar life situations (having horrible service jobs, slugging through college, praying their fake ID won't get taken away), one 30-year-old can be in a very different place in life than the next. Some people are married, own a house, and have three kids by age thirty. I'm 22,…

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Have you noticed that games seem to go on and on and on forever? Like, literally forever. I remember back in the day when games used to end and stories had complete narrative arcs. Don't get me wrong, I love an open world, but I'm starting to feel like all the biggest game publishers are fully embracing this new era of the endless game. “Why make a brand new game when gamers can just play Call of Duty until the end of time?” This seems to be the modus operandi of publishers like Activision. Are…

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When you really think about it, it's kind of strange how people obsess over celebrities, whether they're award-winning actor heart throbs, or popular musicians. It's easy to forget that they are humans, just like us. And humans are weird. Like, really weird. So it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that meeting the star of a Marvel movie might be less than explosive,. And it shouldn't be shocking that maybe that energetic musician you like is actually kind of quiet when chilling in the real wo…

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As much as my spoiled ass complains about my childhood trauma, I could never ever claim that I was an unwanted child. Despite the fact that my worst bully told me my parents wished I wasn't born. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've read my mom's diaries where she yearned for kids , and felt surprised that my city-dwelling father wanted to procreate right out of college. Unfortunately, this isn't a universal experience. Redditor u/SniperGlizzy took to Twitter and asked people who had c…