Wednesday, September 26, 2018

We're All In This Online Together

How XOXO, a beloved festival for internet creators, affected a disillusioned mope like me.
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FOR THE VERY ONLINE
WHERE THE NET'S NOT SO BAD
XOXO Made Me Rethink Life Online
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How XOXO, a beloved festival for internet creators, affected a disillusioned mope like me.
CRACKING THE CODE
Why Targeted Ads Are The Most Brutal Owns
vox.com
Examining the highly 2010s phenomenon of getting owned by the algorithm.
DOUBLE TAP TO LOG OFF
Is Instagram About To Suck?
nymag.com
The problem is that the features that led Facebook to astronomical growth — and that Zuckerberg would likely want to see in the Instagram app — are the same features that have made Facebook a social-media pariah.
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NO GETTING OVER IT
THE BROKEST GENERATION
How Millennials' Lives Were Changed By Recession 10 Years Ago
buzzfeednews.com
If the Great Recession was 10 years ago, why does it feel like it was yesterday? Millennials share their stories of how their lives are still affected by last decade's financial crisis.
GOOD LUCK, KIDS
How Much Harder It Is To Get Into A Top College Today Vs. In The Mid-2000s, Charted
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Priceonomics looked at the top 51 undergraduate institutions according to US News and World Reports' 2006 ranking and found that 49 of them are harder to get into today. And not just a little bit harder to get into.
IT WASN'T
We Always Thought My Sexual Assault Was The Funniest Thing
lukeoneil.substack.com
We decided to all treat it like a joke because we didn't know what else to do or how to talk about anything due to having the brain damage of being young men.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GOING NOWHERE FAST
Guy Tries To Take Back His Repossessed Truck And Hoo Boy, What A Disaster
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Having your car repossessed undoubtedly stinks, but this is likely to just make things worse. (It did, he got arrested.)
IN THE NEWS
European Scientists Have Made An Intriguing Discovery In Alzheimer's Drug Research
Ancient Bronze Hand Found In Switzerland Mystifies Archeologists
Bill Cosby Sentenced To 3 To 10 Years In Prison
UN Diplomats Laugh At Trump After He Says He's Accomplished More Than Almost Any Other President
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Only five more days until we can wake up Billie Joe Armstrong!