If you've spent any significant amount of time on the hellscape of a website that is Twitter, then you are aware that not all tweets were created equal. Most of the riffs and rants that people see fit to scream into the Twitter abyss are either totally cringey, borderline (or straight-up) offensive, or, at its absolute worst, maybe even both. There's also the percentage of tweets being flung around that are so basic they actually make us fume. You know what we're talking about. The banal sentim…

Whenever my brain isn't operating at its most optimal level, I find it helps to take frequent breaks. The brain needs chill and restorative time to start working to its best ability, even if the best is a pitiful, nearly vegetative hum. You can't be overdoing it by reading a book or trying to learn Spanish with the help of a dumb app. No, it's during these desperate and mind-numbing moments that we turn to memes. Let's face it: Most memes don't require a lot of intellectual ability. And they're…

If you're into r/thathappened, we'd like to introduce you to Didn't Happen to the Year Awards, a very amusing Twitter account that exposes people who tried to pass off their far-fetched tall tales as true stories. If you ever see a tweet that starts with 'my 4 year old said...' be very, very dubious. Take a look at some of the funny and cringe posts we collected from @_dhotya

Happy Thanksgiving, parents! Today might not be the most leisurely parenting day of the year, but I believe you all will get through it. You're about to enter prime “threatening your kids with Santa” season, and I support you all the way. Nothing will whip a kid into shape better than their fear of the naughty list.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate in November. Thanksgiving is a day of happiness for some - namely our older family members. My family likes to do that whole thing where 30 of us sit in a circle and share what we're thankful for. The moment is one I dread. How the hell do I come up with something even remotely gratitude-adjacent when I feel like life simply sucks? It's a challenge, to be sure. But that moment isn't the only one I dread. I dread having to talk about whatever it is I was…

It seems as though an increasing number of adults in the United States are recognizing that their struggles with focus, task completion, and interpersonal interactions may have been caused by ADHD . Everyone gets sidetracked occasionally, especially when the internet relentlessly attacks your attention span, but attention deficit and hyperactivity can be totally crippling on a completely different level. It's definitely made me feel like a worse conversationalist and a less productive human. An…

Viral content rarely has the same punch on the second and third viewing as on the first. The first time I watched that classic viral video of a car driving on a scenic highway, I was positively spooked by the twist. Unfortunately, I'll never get back the experience of watching it for the first time, but repeat viewing isn't necessarily what “Scary Car Commercial” is made for. It was created to scare the sheltered neighbor kids who weren't allowed to watch YouTube at their house. Even if it does…

Greetings, friends. There's no denying it. As I'm sure my fellow users of the world wide web can attest to, hell is upon us. No, we're not talking about Donald Trump being allowed on Twitter. We're talking about the madness of Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Say what you will about Covid-19, but I was perfectly happy to sit at home, with friends, enjoying a big meal, maybe a bigger amount of wine, and some happy conversation. The years of Friendsgiving were marvelous. No overly concerned grannie…

Sometimes it feels like the Internet exists to make people angry. It's not like we needed any help in the rage department. Here, in the brutal, cold, and heartless world of New York City , I become enraged by everything from small inconveniences to just missing the elusive G train. On the Internet, much like during my commute, anything is fair game. Think it might be nice to cook dinner for your neighbors? People are gonna get mad about it. Are you a man who likes the color blue? Congratulation…

We really should all just stay home.

It should come as no surprise that Twitter has a lot to offer in the funny content department. Comedy writers and aspiring humorists love to create short, pithy tweets that are full of wit and send them out into the world for us unfunny schmucks to enjoy. The only problem here is that the bird app also happens to be brimming with negativity. The political debates, offensive remarks, and persistent trolls feel omnipresent. Because of this sad fact, w e've gathered some of the more recent and amu…

Don't mess with South Park fans.

Believe it or not, the memes you consume daily are not presented to you in some totally random and unorganized order. Memes can be as highly curated as the paintings at a museum. Speaking of museums, I'm going to take a second to share my thoughts on the “immersive experience” versions of museums that have been taking the nation by storm over the past couple of years. I have never been to one, but they all give me such a dark-sided energy. Most of them look like they're just big empty rooms in…

There is a certain way to things, and it's called 'my way'.

Remember to drink responsibly.

Getting older is weird for a lot of reasons, but feeling nearly illiterate where Internet slang is concerned has gotta be up there, at least for me. While being online pretty much 24/7 is kind of my job, I'm still not hip to (or happy about) what kids these days are saying on social apps or even in regular conversation. It feels like people started saying GOAT years ago to describe something that is some variation of “greatest of all time,” but using “goated” as a verb is definitely a more rece…