As a society, we’ve sort of just decided that animals are here for our benefit. In some ways, this capitalist attitude is harmless, like sheep farmers dotting the pastoral countryside of the UK or alpaca farmers who lovingly sheer their stock for making hats and mittens and things. In other ways, it’s taken on a …
Our planet, cozy, warm, and blessed with an abundance of carbon and water, is such an anomaly in our solar system. When we talk about “strange planets,” Earth is probably the strangest. After all, in the hundreds of billions of planets in our galaxy, we’re the only one (we know of) that can support such …
Hollywood churns out around 700 feature films every year. All that content has to come from somewhere. And while screenplay writers are doing their best, producers often find inspiration in popular novels. After all, they have a built-in fanbase that provides some assurance of a blockbuster opening weekend. But not all film adaptions are hits. …
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While 2020 was a year of big changes for the world. But you know who wasn’t phased hardly at all? Florida Man. The ubiquitous everyman of white-trash hijinks got up to just as much during a pandemic as he usually did. Of course, there’s not only one overworked Florida Man making all the poor decisions …
Thanks to living in a digital age, it’s now possible to know the hijinks you get up to when you’re supposed to be peacefully sleeping. I had a college roommate who talked in her sleep, and I kept a running transcript of the creepy stuff she’d say on our bulletin board. Years later, I can’t …
Grade schoolers have a much easier time deciding their future careers than first-year college students or even college seniors. There’s no societal judgment if you want to work on a garbage truck or join the circus. You can also dream a lot bigger–like aspiring to be an astronaut or the president. By the time you’re …
The United States is a relatively new country, without the same long-standing cultural history as other places in the world. Our is the country of corn dogs, Hollywood, and strip malls. Despite our brief history, we’ve invented basketball and football–not soccer, beloved by the entire rest of the world and largely ignored here. We love …
Remember when the world lost its collective mind because Gwenyth Paltrow named her baby Apple? And then they made a big to-do about her “conscious uncoupling” from Chris Martin? She confirmed her status as the ultimate weird-rich girl back then. Now, Apple is pretty tame compared to some celebrity baby monikers. Elon Musk and Grimes …
In the Social Dilemma, the people who developed the algorithms for social media and streaming services insist that we’re all powerless against their influence. The algorithm is too powerful; they explain. We can’t help but succumb to its control. They say they’ve created a world-ending technology. But here’s the thing, that’s what the Penguin says …
Houseplants are having an actual moment on the internet. It started last year, but the momentum is still going strong across social media. Plant accounts offer viral content about rare and luxury plants, plant care, and how to sneak yet another houseplant into your home without your partner noticing. Internet trends aside, houseplants are beneficial …