It's no secret that many people have grown weary of Airbnb. The fees, the growing lists of rules, and work-intensive clean-ups (while still paying a cleaning fee) make hotels look a lot more attractive than when the site first came on the scene. Hotels are often less expensive, to boot. Why should travelers have to do double or triple the work, and have a hard time getting help, when they could be waited on at a Marriott or even a Days Inn? As customers rethink their options, it appears that so…

Friendship over

Be careful what you tweet!

Airbnb hasn't been the most popular company lately. Hosts are notoriously unreasonable, greedy (and sometimes lazy) , and the cleaning fees are exorbitant. It's absurd to see a home listed for $200 a night when the fees actually bring it to twice that. Unfortunately, this is the reality of renting from the company's hosts, and though more people are turning to hotels for their lodging needs, Airbnb remains an important option for large groups, pet owners, and people seeking extended stays. This…

Awful scenes

It was so different

OUCH

Most “day in the life” videos on TikTok are irritating for a variety of reasons. There's the dreadful trend of stay-at-home girlfriends sharing their green juice and yoga rituals, the tech geeks with their expensive, ludicrous lunches, and then the days of influencers who are somehow still trying to convince us that what they do is work. Most of these videos are laced with privilege. The apartments are spic and span, the fridges full of expensive organic products. They work out at expensive hom…

Puriteens are at it again

Where are the manners?

Um, what?

Dating in 2023 can feel like a minefield. The digital landscape presents unique challenges that simply did not exist for our parents or older generations. While technology has opened up a wider pool of potential matches, it has also introduced a whole new array of pitfalls and problems that make finding true love feel more daunting than ever. Navigating dating apps like Hinge or Tinder can be exhausting. From endless swiping to dead-end conversations, the journey to love often feels like a frus…

Watch your back

ChatGPT has been popping up in almost every corner of the Internet - and even at the parties that my friends throw. ChatGPT (which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. The tool can be used to create AI art, to write papers, and even to create the hard-hitting content that Buzzfeed is known for. We're definitely not even scratching the somewhat scary possibilities of the service, but it seems like every week we learn of a new use. This week, G…

It happens in a second

Anti-intellectualism at it's finest