Monday, December 24, 2018

Time To Face The Music

How did America become obsessed with sappy, predictable, low-budget Christmas movies?
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SEASON'S GREETINGS
'TAKE SCRIPT, ADD SNOW'
The Psychology Behind America's Obsession With Hallmark Christmas Movies
longreads.com
How did America become obsessed with sappy, predictable, low-budget Christmas movies?
THE NUMBERS RISE AND TECHNOLOGY COPES
The Monumental Push Behind Getting That Package Delivered By Christmas
npr.org
The explosion in online holiday shopping is resulting in billions of packages needing to be delivered and stressing companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon like never before.
'WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME' IS *TOO* EVIL
The Christmas Music Alignment Chart
theoutline.com
Without further ado, after a careful, scientific examination of all the songs the holidays have to offer us jaded, miserable folks of all religious denominations, I am happy to present the definitive alignment chart for Christmas songs.
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DEEP DIVES
AND THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A ROUGH 2017
I Made A Timeline Of Facebook's 2018 And It Nearly Broke Me
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Having trouble remembering what happened with Facebook this year? This long timeline might help, but be warned: it's not exactly *fun* to take in all at once.
ONE COMPANY TO RULE THEM ALL
Why It's Hard To Escape Amazon's Long Reach
wired.com
The company is known as the "everything store," but in its dogged pursuit of growth, Amazon has come to dominate more than just ecommerce.
IT'S NOT THE FOOD, IT'S CAPITALISM
The Misadventures Of An Idealistic Restaurant In A Cut-Throat New York
nytimes.com
Increasing wages for food service workers is certainly a noble cause, one that aligned with the ideals of Colors when it first opened, in 2006. But good intentions are one thing; running a restaurant in a city as competitive as New York is quite another.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
G.O.A.T GOAT
All Goats Are Hungry, But This Goat Might Be The Hungriest Of Them All
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An interspecies tale of sacrifice and friendship.
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Yep, we can't wait to open our Christmas presents either!