Tag: pop culture
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In the fall of 2023, a clip ripped from a video by Tom Simons and reposted on X (formerly Twitter) saw Irish YouTube entertainer Seán “Jacksepticeye” McLoughlin strapped to a… more ›
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The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/ more ›
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It’s possible, of course, to read ‘manifesting’ as yet another vaguely spiritual wellness trend, up there with sage cleansing or lighting votive candles with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s face on them.… more ›
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These folk ballads also defined a new type of protagonist, now known as the antihero—a familiar figure in film and pop culture, but also an invention of traditional singers. There are… more ›
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This year, news outlets started reporting that people who had gone to see Taylor Swift’s Eras tour live were coming away with a strange, localised amnesia: after the concert, they’d… more ›
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Subcultures are vulnerable because they form around shared common-knowledge texts (even if the shared text in question comprises nothing more than a particular vocabulary of new urban slang). In Web… more ›
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Each group shared cultural as much as sartorial codes, properly known only to insiders. Which is one reason why the establishment reacted so vehemently in the 1960s, because in being… more ›
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Saudi Arabia has a vibrant internet community. In 2014 Saudi Telecom Company (STC) had identified the need for a new service that better met the needs of “the Saudi youth”,… more ›
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If you are a devoted vinyl collector, an obsessive music fan, or — as is often the case — both, Discogs is very nearly a lifestyle. https://www.theverge.com/23899461/discogs-sellers-vinyl-cds-community-fees more ›
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A corrupt Empire is in cahoots with a sect of witches, and those witches are using future predictions to help manipulate events in their favor. https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-wars-dune-ahsoka-nightsisters-bene-gesserit more ›