They're improvisational

Robert Frost was onto something when he penned the words “Nothing gold can stay.” The older we get the less things seem to have consistency. The glinting reality we once existed in has lost its sparkle. The activities we once loved are now enjoyed with a fraction of the same enthusiasm. That intense honeymoon phase of our relationships? You guessed it. They crumble into comfortable, routine dust. Pretty soon you find yourself trying new things - forced dance classes, wine tastings, perhaps walk…

The paranormal world is a pretty big part of pop culture . It overlaps with the horror genre (the unexplainable, to most people, is pretty damn terrifying), and has been the basis for (or a topic on) sixty eight reality television series. People live for ghost stories, tales of UFO sightings and abductions, and somehow, are really interested in Bigfoot. I know some folks who shell out hundreds of dollars on psychics, and hold seances in earnest. If I hadn't heard a ghost story from an entire fa…

It's really been feeling like everyone is detrimentally caught up in productivity and being busy. It's like some gross badge of honor when talking with friends or family about what they've been up to. "Oh my god, I'm so busy right now, when will this ride stop?" you say to your peers when you're asked about how you're doing. Only it's not just "right now." After a while, that answer is all there is. Busy has become the norm - if you're not stressed or just constantly grinding, sometime feels of…

At least it was funny

We see it in private DMs. We see it in comment sections. We see it on dating profiles. Softbois , “ nice guys ,” and straight up dirtbags who are pathetically down bad. It seems like some dudes are so depressingly horny, that they become possessed by some sort of cringe demon. How else do you explain the mortifying word garbage these softbois are capable of assaulting other human beings with? We've got a bunch of painful examples of what we're talking about from the best archivist of softboi cr…

May as well

Mmmm...delicious!

Wikipedia ; the fountain of forbidden knowledge. Is it accurate? Is it all made up? Who cares! Wikipedia was founded in 2001 and has been an essential tool for researchers of the online persuasion ever since. If you grew up in the 2000s, you remember being told by your teachers not to use Wikipedia unless you want to get a big fat F on your paper. That threat put the fear of God into many young Wikipedia users. Although not peer-reviewed in the technical sense, Wikipedia is a very convenient so…

“No news is good news” has become a sentence that really resonates with me.

True crime has been among the most popular podcast genres over the past decade. Unlike shows like ‘Law & Order SUV,' which depicts police attempting to solve fictional crimes, true crime media is focused on crimes that actually happened. While true crime documentaries and books have been popular for decades, true crime podcasts are a more recent phenomenon that has blown up in popularity over the past five years. However, true crime has not been without criticism, with detractors calling it cav…

WARNING: SPOILERS! But also, Hint: The theory mainly revolves around the character Will…

There are many unjust reasons why someone might get fired these days. You can get fired for drinking a tea before you pay for it. You could get fired because a Karen demands it . You can even get fired for simply doing what your company asks of you. However, being sick is one of the cruelest reasons for being terminated without pay.

Well, this would've never happened when it came out in the '80s…

Board games were always a special part of my life growing up. Whether I was witnessing full-grown adults flipping over Monopoly boards in fits of fury, or playing Risk (horribly) with all the older boys at the annual family camping trip, any board game session was bound to embed long-lasting memories in my mind, no matter how mundane the occasion seemed at the time. It's no wonder so many loyal fans of Dungeons & Dragons keep coming back for more year after year, even with all the hot new open…

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