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Why I refuse to give stars for movies on Letterboxd

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Short End of the Sale: How consumerist gluttony continually smothers real craftsmanship

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Why Long-Winded Backstories on Recipe Websites Aren’t Just SEO-Focused Word Dumps, They Actually Encapsulate the Real Significance of Food Culture

Jesse Kessenheimer

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From ‘Bot’ to ‘Bro’: How ChatGPT became a source of companionship in an era of increasingly unavoidable loneliness

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Lost in the Sauce: Why pre-Internet nostalgia is completely unshakable, as modern media drowns in oversaturation

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Almost forgot this was the whole point’: How a trending spoof accidentally created a wholesome space online by glorifying mundane moments

Jesse Kessenheimer

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There Are Too Many ‘Man-On-the-Street’ Interviewers On Social Media and They’re Only Getting Worse

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It’s Good to Age Out of Stan Culture

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Why ‘Main Character Syndrome’ is Inherently Toxic Despite ‘Delulu’ Influencers Claiming Otherwise

Jesse Kessenheimer

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The creative entrepreneur: Why the process, and not the art, is the reason artists succeed on social media

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‘Yogurt dipped Pringles’: A subreddit encouraging terrible home cooked meals is the last authentic place online to be yourself

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Why Gen Z’s technique to ‘lock in’ their focus is no longer just a meme, but a necessity amidst a culture of constant distraction

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Dumbing It Down’: How brainrot memes have satisfied our craving for simplicity through Neanderthalic humor and escapism

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘This is a recession indicator’: Internet memes are helping society collectively process global crises

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We shouldn’t be seeing kids on social media, even those ones

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‘You’re so funny!’: How did the TikTok trend reliant on deep-seated trauma turn much-needed mental health conversations into a competition?

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Aunt contributes $11k to 17-year-old niece's college fund, refuses to give more money when sister spends most of it on her prom: 'Can you spot me $2k just for now?'

Aunt contributes $11k to 17-year-old niece's college fund, refuses to give more money when sister spends most of it on her prom: 'Can you spot me $2k just for now?'

‘Why should they be entitled to anything?’: 38-year-old man is forced to purchase his grandfather's home while his siblings were given homes for free, so he refuses to give them their $30k inheritance to break even

‘Why should they be entitled to anything?’: 38-year-old man is forced to purchase his grandfather's home while his siblings were given homes for free, so he refuses to give them their $30k inheritance to break even

Salaried employee takes a 1hr 18 minute lunch, is docked 2 days of PTO in retaliation: 'There is no specific lunch break time'

Salaried employee takes a 1hr 18 minute lunch, is docked 2 days of PTO in retaliation: 'There is no specific lunch break time'

33-year-old dad demands partner pay travel costs to pick up 10-year-old son 7 hours away , she refuses: 'I feel like I'm being taken advantage of'

33-year-old dad demands partner pay travel costs to pick up 10-year-old son 7 hours away , she refuses: 'I feel like I'm being taken advantage of'

UPDATE: Entitled SIL tells woman she doesn't ‘deserve’ to claim part-ownership over her and her husband's new home due to her lower earnings, parents-in-law reveal their daughter wanted to cash in on her brother's life insurance policy

UPDATE: Entitled SIL tells woman she doesn't ‘deserve’ to claim part-ownership over her and her husband's new home due to her lower earnings, parents-in-law reveal their daughter wanted to cash in on her brother's life insurance policy

Woman refuses her mom’s demands for comfort and a place to stay after her golden-child younger brother, Luke, finally moves out and ghosts their mother, forcing her to face her own favoritism: ‘she’s all alone now and suddenly wants to “reconnect”’

Woman refuses her mom’s demands for comfort and a place to stay after her golden-child younger brother, Luke, finally moves out and ghosts their mother, forcing her to face her own favoritism: ‘she’s all alone now and suddenly wants to “reconnect”’

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