Today is the day we've all been waiting for. Today nosy people can finally definitively know what music has been playing in their friends' and acquaintances' headphones over the last 11 months. Today's the day when you remember why you're not paying $9.99 for Apple Music. Today is Spotify Wrapped Release Day. Every year, Spotify gives you stats on all of the abjectly embarrassing music you've been jamming to since January. It tells you your top songs and artists and even curates a playlist of y…

Now that the gluttony and ritual of Thanksgiving have come and gone, 'tis finally the season for indulging in Hallmark Christmas/holiday movies. Now, I understand that many of you may consider the “films” (if you can call them that) a low form of entertainment. But gosh darn it, they are predictable! There are not many tropes that compare when it comes to formulaicity, a

Ah, yes, it's another beautiful day on the incomparable internet. And if we're being completely honest, we are feeling just a little bit demoralized. It is far from easy to be chained to your computer when all the news seems to be negative. There's no way to mince words regarding the defeat we feel about the agony we feel. Going about day-to-day life is extremely difficult when you're trying to make sense of senseless violence, and complete disregard for the state of the planet. Climate change,…

Oh my god. I can't believe it's already Sunday night. After a four day weekend, the aptly named “ Sunday Scaries ” feel extra terrifying. It's been a glorious stretch of time spent, well, doing anything but work. While those of you who are not stateside may have had a different experience, the past few days have been a lazy whirlwind of food comas, hangovers, and lots and lots of “Turkey Day” leftovers. Turkey sandwiches. Big pots of turkey soup. Wine mouth that cannot be scrubbed off if I trie…

Some astute observations in here.

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…

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…

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…

We really should all just stay home.

Don't mess with South Park fans.

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…

Do you ever think about how the most important documents of your life are probably locked away in some filing cabinet somewhere? If somebody put a gun to my head and asked me where my birth certificate was, you'd be preparing my death certificate soon afterward. There used to be a time when you literally had to print out everything. If there was a recipe you liked online, you had better print it if you wanted to avoid taking multiple trips to the family computer room while cooking. The printer…