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Tipping culture in America is pretty straightforward. If you're eating at a sit-down restaurant, it's expected that you tip your waiter 20% of the cost of your meal in total. This system is in place because paying servers far less than the minimum wage is legal and common, with restaurant owners assuming most of their income will be supplied by tips. Tipped employees in some U.S. states can make as little as $2.13 per hour , which is why it's so important to tip them 20%. Many Europeans visitin…

If there's one thing I hate about Twitter, it's the people who use it . I'm not saying this to be a hater. Still, longtime Twitter users like myself will recognize a type of defensive rhetoric unique to Twitter users that makes the experience of using the bird app kind of miserable. They will always assume the worst about a situation and respond accordingly. They act like everyone is the enemy who needs to get told off by their righteous army. I don't know why Twitter is like this, but if I had…

The kids are not alright

Also: girl tries to articulate dating disappointment, men on the internet get mad.

The transactional friendship final boss

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The Twitter discourse that never dies

Even if you're not on Film Twitter, you've probably heard about some of the drama surrounding the upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. The scandal began when the public found out that director Olivia Wilde had a love affair with Styles while filming the movie, merely months after splitting with her husband, Jacob Sudeikis. Rumors of beef between Wilde and Pugh have since arisen, which were only exacerbated when it was revealed that outside of the Venice Fi…

Let's be honest…it's probably been a while since you've read Catcher in the Rye. If so, no worries, the fine people at GoodReads have summarized the novel in a way that both sparks memory, but doesn't give too much away. “It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Par…

When you're in high school, you have very little freedom. One of the few choices you can make for yourself is which trapper keeper you get from Staples. This is a critical decision, as that multiuse binder won't break for at least three years, so you better make the right choice. The question of “which binder color should I choose for which subject” was never one that phased me. I simply picked the binders with the prettiest colors and chose which subjects they were for based on ambiguous vibes…

Stars, they're just like us? While we're wasting away in the middle seat of seat 45P on Frontier Airlines, the more environmentally conscious (or less wealthy) celebrities live it up in first class . However, some famous people take it a step further, buying their own private jets. While that lifestyle choice might seem glamourous on the surface, the effects it has on the environment can lead to major backlash.

Not all disabilities are visible

Have y'all ever realized that politics can be kind of boring? That's why we're so lucky to have memes to spice current events up with wacky main characters. People who aren't on social media miss out on the fun side of politics facilitated by memes. While the events of January 6th were crazy and memeable in their own right, a new meme man has emerged from the hearings of the storming of the Capitol, and that meme's name is Clark Kent .