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…

British people get a lot of slack from Americans online. They get roasted for their teeth, food , and accents in ways that nearly always come off as hacky. Like we get it, Brits put peas and beans on foods that are largely incomprehensible to the Yankee mind and stomach, but can we let it rest? British culture through the American lens can lean somewhat limited. Personally, my primary outlets for learning about British culture have been heavily influenced by memes and internet pop culture: Harr…

If you were in the US or the UK last week, you know that the weather was absolutely bananas. The UK had its highest recorded temperature, which makes it surprising that British Tiktoker @newiszn was filming her videos wearing a winter coat. A fan asked the young woman, "WHY ARE YOU WEARING A COAT??!!!!!!!” She was more than willing to answer, but her answers were probably not what you'd expect.

They seemed to buy it too…

Kids truly are sponges

Are you a fake fan? Did you get into a musician or artist because they were featured in something popular? Are you a sicko like that? Since Season 4 of Stranger Things featured the Kate Bush song ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),’ it has had a significant reassurance in mainstream popularity. While Kate Bush has always had a solid indie fanbase throughout the years, she had yet to achieve major mainstream success in America or have a top ten hit on the Billboard Top 100. However, that ch…

Bloody brilliant content

Contrary to popular (American) belief, not all news across the pond is about Brexit. It doesn't matter where you are in the world—a small town is going to report on small news, and a lot of it can be pretty amusing. Pie shortages, suburban turf wars, illegally imported sprinkles, old men yelling at clouds—global mainstream media could never top the charm of local news stories about ordinary people. Twitter account @CrapLocalNews does a great job of archiving all the weird and comically mundane l

Forever changed

They do things differently across the pond.

Oy.

It's all in good fun.

We love the dumb drama.

Shame.

Time for a vacation.