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Every day, every hour, every minute people spend loads and loads of money on stuff. They spend it on things they use, things the don’t use,...
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John Mulaney’s Divorce, and What It Tells Us About Parasocial Relationships
Just a few weeks after leaving rehab from a relapse in drug use, the internet was struck with the news that the beloved comedian John Mulaney...
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Profit-Shaped Content Around 2016, something interesting started happening on YouTube. Content creators who had once churned out shorter, sub-10 minute videos were now regularly uploading 20-,...
Continue reading...I deleted Tiktok, again…
Everybody knows the feeling when you’ve been spending too much time on your phone, often specifically that one app that manages to keep you engaged for...
Continue reading...Anyone got a painkiller? No, just weed.
No, not actually real weed… but a derivative of weed called CBD. There have been some misunderstandings about CBD, such as the fear that it would...
Continue reading...How do you do, fellow kids? Shifted any realities lately?
Let me preface this by saying the internet has always felt like an alternate universe to me. As a young teen growing up on MSN-messenger, the...
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Online – Quick and Cheap
One experience I have had with witnessing social phenomena occurred on ‘Black Friday” a few years ago while I was living in the United States. The...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing and a new horizon for scammers
During the beginning months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a particular videogame grew to be hugely popular. Released on the Nintendo Switch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is...
Continue reading...The Modern Detective
Introduction A cyber sleuth, also known as an internet sleuth, web sleuth, or armchair investigator, is a person who does any kind of detective work using...
Continue reading...Charity streams or scammity stream
In the last two years, there has been more philanthropic content on all social media platforms. From Mr. Beast giving away millions on all his YouTube...
Continue reading...Phones, crutches, and hope
For most of us, our phones are an integral part of our everyday lives. It’s one of our greatest tools for connecting with people far away...
Continue reading...#TikTarot
The social media platform TikTok shows its users videos of a wide array. From funny cat videos to influencers showing off their wealth, you name it:...
Continue reading...Smile for your employer!
Let’s meet ‘Miłek’ [from polish miło – nice], a cute little device based on IA algorithms created by a polish start-up Quantum CX. It is here...
Continue reading...A strange kind of short video in China——Tuwei videos
‘Please turn on notifications!’ – Pros and cons of push notifications
Last Saturday evening I received a push notification about the fact that the CoronaCheck-app was unavailable due to the amount of people using the app at...
Continue reading...Cancel culture in sports fandom
On the first episode of the podcast my guest and friend – Ernestas – and I talk about cancel culture in sports fandom and how it...
Continue reading...Mastering Empathy through Gameplay: Toby Fox’s Undertale
Were you on Tumblr in the period around 2015-2017? Have you been reading on Twitter in the past week or two? Are you even a little...
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