Picture this: It's August 2022. As the world continues to struggle with a pandemic, and the United States is facing a scary recession, Americans seem to have gained some much-needed perspective. Instead of jumping at the opportunity to go full Karen at the drop of the hat, people are taking deep breaths, and learning not to sweat the small stuff. “Let people live” has become the country's motto, and the internet is a happy place. Instead of raging comment sections, people share compliments, adv…

Parents' expression on social media has only grown in the past ten years. I remember when millennials started having kids and documented their entire parenting journeys via Facebook. The landscape of parenting social media has vastly expanded, with some of the most popular accounts being “gentle parenting” accounts. This content's conceit is to teach parents how to parent their kids without traumatizing them. They post videos of their kids doing something naughty and then show parents how they…

Turning 30 years old is a significant accomplishment. It means the three stupidest decades of your life are over, and you can finally start being a real adult with an actual frontal cortex. While most 20-year-olds are in similar life situations (having horrible service jobs, slugging through college, praying their fake ID won't get taken away), one 30-year-old can be in a very different place in life than the next. Some people are married, own a house, and have three kids by age thirty. I'm 22,…

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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.

The time has finally come for Beyoncé to release new music. While Beyoncé has been the undeniable queen of visual albums over the past couple of years, it's been a while since she's released original music. It hasn't been as long as Rihanna, but the fact remains that the Bey Hive has been waiting patiently for new music, and now it's finally here. This week, Beyoncé's album Renaissance leaked early, with many of her fans vehemently opposing others listening to the tracks before their release…

To stream or not stream, that is the question. New albums by famous artists leaking before their official release is nothing new. The advent of social media has allowed even the least computer savvy among us to pirate music with nothing more than a cursory search. That's why it's not the least bit surprising that Beyoncé's upcoming album Renaissance was leaked on Twitter this week. While some fanbases stream their faves leaked music without any feelings of remorse (I'm looking at you, Charli XC…

There's something ethically murky about posting your kids online. What started as parents posting their kids on Facebook to share with friends and relatives has become an uncontrollable monster. Children are not old enough to fully comprehend the possible repercussions of having a digital footprint, especially one out of their control. In an era where family vloggers and parenting TikTokers can make thousands of dollars from plastering their child's face all over the internet, it's worth questi…

As you move through this world, you will meet some divas with such an insatiable zest for life that it's hard even to conceptualize what it's like to live inside their brains. This attitude can be cute…until it is annoying. There's a delicate balance between having a genuinely positive attitude and trying to force niceness into every situation despite its appropriateness. The latter option is passive aggression, the most toxic positivity man ever invented. If you don't take it too far, having a…

If you've been online in any capacity this week, you've probably heard of the Pink Sauce . The product was originally marketed on TikTok as a delicious and unique sauce that was incomparable to any other sauce currently on the market. However, things fell apart quickly when consumers found that the sauce was shipped unrefrigerated in a flimsy bag and contained multiple errors on the nutrition label. The most worrying discrepancy to many buyers was that the Pink Sauce was a different shade of pi…

Have you ever lied on your resume, saying you were “proficient in Excel?” I have a theory that at least 55% of people who put “proficient in Excel” on their resumes are bold-face liars. Because what is proficiency, really? Proficiency is a journey, not a destination! Do we all just wake up one day and realize that we've crossed the threshold of proficiency

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Cats are weird. They are way more mysterious than their canine counterparts, and have a lot more attitude. While they have a reputation for being cold and calculated, that's hardly the reality. While it's sometimes true, my cats are total freakazoids. They have weird rituals , pile up fake mice as gifts on the foot of my bed, wrestle, sit in strange places. The best is when they stare at walls. What the hell are they seeing that I'm not?? Anyway. My cats are far from the only exception to tired…

Sometimes it's just better to lie