Halloween is a difficult time to be a parent. One week, your kid wants to be a princess. The next week, they want to be a witch. By the time you get close to the 31st, they've come up with an idea for a costume so niche there is no way Spirit Halloween can provide it. Being a parent on Halloween is a difficult balance because you remember what it's like to be a kid on Halloween. You remember the struggle of your parents making you wear a winter coat over your costume, rendering the costume func…

Happy Tuesday, internet addicts! Another beautiful day on the internet, on planet Earth. Just kidding. It's a dreary day here in Brooklyn , and everything kinda feels shitty. Maybe it's the descent into the gross part of fall weather (Scorpio season, anyone?), or maybe it's the seasonal depression setting in. Whatever the case, I'm not feelin' it. This weather just makes me want to curl up with some nice soup, cuddle with my cat, and make hot toddies. Speaking of soup, I made a great one last n…

Happy weekend, friends, enemies, and lovers. If you're seeking some quick and easy entertainment, we would have to recommend ye olde bird app. Twitter , for all its unpleasantry, often acts as a hyper-productive joke factory - one that could probably benefit from many of its users taking a day off or two. While it's true that some of the time the prolific posters churn out some incredibly annoying content (the kind that we try to avoid), it's usually possible to find some clever jokes, hot and…

If you are someone who avoids the dreaded Twitter and has never composed a short and sweet tweet , we really can't blame you. That whole section of the internet can be intimidating or even just downright unpleasant if you say the wrong thing. That said, we do enjoy perusing our way through the witticisms of the people on the bird app who do it right. This batch of fresh and funny Twitter tidbits has a little bit of everything: self-deprecating tweets about the perils of divorce, astute one-line…

One of the most interesting concepts I've learned about from being on the parenting side of social media is a little phenomenon called "mom shaming." Mom shaming occurs when someone criticizes a mom for how she chooses to raise her family. When I look at “mom shaming," I see it as a cyclical problem. We have moms posting

Fantasy television series have been having a moment. We're not sure who had the genius idea to air HBO's House of the Dragon at the same time as Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but it's inspired a lot of comparisons, both good and bad. One thing that the HBO Game of Thrones prequel has over the LOTR prequel is some serious character hatred. And we're not even talking about Queen Alicent Hightower. We're talking about Ser Criston Cole. Criston's character was introduced in a posi…

What a wonderful world.

Having a blast or wasting one's time on the world wide web may seem like an easy feat for many internet enthusiasts, but it's really more complicated than one might believe. Boredom has a funny way of diminishing our abilities to seek out intelligent activities, pastimes, or hobbies. And our attention spans are more pathetic than they've ever been before. I swear, it's nearly impossible for me to make it through a forty-minute television episode without feeling antsy, let alone attempt to watch…

Mamma mia

It's hard to be a parent; one of the hardest things about parenting is that your kid needs to be constantly supervised. If you can't afford fancy childcare, that means brining your child basically everywhere you go, which is stressful for everyone involved. Even without everything else that comes with a trip to the store or the doctors office, physically getting kids from point A to point B is a feat that I salute parents for being able to accomplish. But then there's the hostility that so many…

It feels like an eternity since it was announced that Chris Pratt would be lending his voice to the role of Nintendo's Mario, but it's actually been just over a year. Since then, the internet backlash seemed to fade to a murmur, but it's back, baby, and we're here for it.

If Twitter is a dangerous minefield, you can consider me the website's bravest soldier. It would seem that at every corner on the damn site there's something cringey , disturbing, or just plain idiotic to be seen. Sometimes it's an unhinged rant from some hypocritical political figure. Other times it's a terrible take from somebody who has taken wokeness or conservatism way, way too far. Other times, still, it's simply a minefield that consists of tweets from K-pop stans and BTS fans who insist…

I do not feel good. Why? Because it's been raining cats and dogs in New York. Even worse, it's become much too cold for my liking. As I write this I'm wearing 4 layers and am contorted into a position that nobody should be in while attempting to write. If I didn't have back problems before, I certainly have them now. But what are my options? Shivering at the crappy chair my old bosses purchased for the office? Falling asleep in the bathroom? Drinking all the beers that our office manager bought…

Time To Rise Mothaf*ckas

All of our phobias are the same

Some say that the closest thing to a real-life superhero/supervillain is Twitter user dril. He's anonymous, has a platform he usues for good, and has an iconic look. Nobody knows who he is, but we all secretly want to know who is really behind that blurry picture, sunglasses, and hilarious tweets. The same could be said for Minecraft YouTuber “Dream” who, until yesterday, had never shown his face to his 30 million subscribers. For years, Dream has been building his gaming empire behind smiley f…