How Rage Bait Replaced Moral Compasses

How Rage Bait Replaced Moral Compasses

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Why Has Taste Become an Internet-wide Obsession?

It appears tech bros are shaking in their boots because... they're being called cringe - even when they buy a Rimowa suitcase and a full wardrobe from The Row. In a now viral essay, writer Emily Segal assigns the term 'tasteslop' to the lack of taste signified by items that used ...  Show more

Is Being Lonely The New Status Symbol?

You're in bed on your own scrolling through your phone. On your screen, a woman your age is entering her new build apartment, making herself a bowl of pasta and a glass of Diet Coke on a lap tray, then sitting on a huge sofa to rewatch Friends with a candle burning. Her caption r ...  Show more

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