Gen Z made status symbols affordable. They’re just impossible to get.
A cuddly animal wearing a beanie should not incite violence. And yet, this is what occurred in some Starbucks shops ...
Tag: Internet Culture
How routine police stops are becoming viral social media fodder
If you’re arrested in America for a minor charge — say, for speeding or loitering — the punishment from the ...
Why Lily Allen’s new breakup album has the internet hooked
The pop music landscape is currently a loud reminder that love does not always last. And that the heartbreak that ...
Why is the internet pitting Greta Thunberg and Malala against each other?
You probably never thought you’d see Malala Yousafzai lip-syncing to a 4 Non Blondes/Nicki Minaj mash-up on TikTok with Jimmy ...
Are you old, or do you know who Sombr is?
An inevitable part of getting old is no longer recognizing the names of celebrities and musicians. Slowly and steadily, the ...
So the Labubu and Dubai chocolate fads — what was that all about?
If you’re not quite sure why everything is suddenly Dubai chocolate or what exactly a Labubu is, you’re not alone. ...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is an unholy abomination
Really, it’s almost unfair to hold a tech company to its mission statement. From Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” to WeWork’s ...
A political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missing
After the fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week, observers rushed to take part in what’s become one ...
The Charlie Kirk shooting brings out the worst in social media
If you haven’t seen the video of a bullet killing Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah, you’re one ...
The one-sided intimacy of being a fan
A Vox reader asks: What exactly are parasocial relationships and why are they so prevalent now?Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You ...
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