After a long week at work, some people get their energy back by going out with friends, while others put their phone on silent and stay at home instead. If you belong to the second group (or don’t, ...

Sorry 6-7, you didn’t make the cut. 2025 has been a year for the history books, especially if the books are being filled with pictures and memes from social media moments, pop culture discussions, ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

Some situations in life are zero-sum. On Super Bowl Sunday, two teams take the field but only one will emerge victorious, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand. In a presidential election, only one candidate ...

Why has Jon Hamm been dancing in ecstasy all over your Instagram and TikTok feeds lately? Well, it's a story that starts with an Apple TV show from earlier this year and ends with Millennial nostalgia ...

2025 gave us the hero with a hero, bloated Vance, and who could forget the Coldplay couple? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) As the year comes to an end, I’m really at a loss for where to ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

If you work in a corporate environment, you might always see human resources as the bad guys. And you wouldn't be alone in that sentiment: although 71% of American employees trust HR, 39% are wary of ...

The saga of a 61-year-old man jailed for more than a month after reposting a Facebook meme has ended, but free speech advocates are still reeling in the wake. On Wednesday, Larry Bushart was released ...