But like I said, if you don’t get it, maybe you aren’t supposed to. I’m familiar with that feeling, but I feel like many younger than me are not, and it was that cohort that was complaining about this last week. Culture arises from new ingredients. These Internet things are as...
Some bad actors on the site are human mischief-makerswho take a perverse joy in undoing other people’s work.Others are simply botsthat have been programmed to uncheck boxes en masse, Mr. Royalty said. (He has been working to contain them, with mixed success.) Those bots have been parti...
The internet has taken the childhood game of “who would win” to a whole new level with this meme. Used to pose hypothetical battles between two opposing subjects, the “who would win” meme is said to have begun in 2014 when a 4chan user posted the meme using two video games as opp...
I knew everything he said was rational and fair. But all I could hear was the voice in my head saying, “He doesn’t love you as much as you love him.” I did not take his refusal well. I haven’t spoken to the Swede since then, though we did keep up via email over the ...
People talk about how social media bonds young people today. Well, when I was growing up, pop culture bonded our generation. However, that has come apart. Like I said, I used to go to the movies once or twice a week. That was because I went with friends who wanted to see the films...
P.S. Don’t let your embarrassment by proxy cloud what I have just said (Mom). I literally do not care what people think of me. I shed that hangup when I left the church. I just want my family intact and out of this organization. If this essay cuts me out of my family, well...
For example, you might say, “I feel lonely because our jobs take up so much of our time and we don’t hang out as much as we used to,” or “I felt really sad the other day because you walked away when I was telling you about that book I’m reading.” Whatever the root caus...
“yes” and thanked him. Friday we had the same exchange. Then, shortly afterwards I took my computer up to my boss’s empty dark office, said a weepy goodbye to my dedicated laptop, and then went downstairs and took a last few pictures of my empty office. I picked up my backpack, ...
"What we're starting today draws on IBM's long heritage of innovation at the intersection of technology, business and society," said Ginni Rometty, President, Chairman and CEO of IBM. "The potential we see here--as broad as national economics and as specific as the quality of life of ...
Of course, there are times to tell, not show. When dialogue is interesting and clever, let it be said in quotes. If the dialogue is merely informative and delivers zero bam-pop-pow, then it’s time to tell instead of show. Telling: ...