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6 votes
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The erosion of deep literacy
8 votes -
Best articles of 2020
5 votes -
The Atomic Cafe
3 votes -
Berlin mystery attack targets seventy museum artifacts
5 votes -
In Louisiana, Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity
10 votes -
A GPT-3 bot was posting on /r/AskReddit for a week and routinely getting upvoted and replied to
43 votes -
Americans - What is a "pep rally"?
5 votes -
If you could completely refresh something and rebuild it from the ground up, what would it be and why?
A lot of things we live with have significant technical debt because they were designed and implemented without modern knowledge and understanding. Knowing what we know now, in the present moment,...
A lot of things we live with have significant technical debt because they were designed and implemented without modern knowledge and understanding.
Knowing what we know now, in the present moment, what would you be interested in fundamentally redesigning if you could?
This does NOT have to be technology related, by the way, though it certainly can (anyone want to talk about redesigning usernames and passwords -- please?). It can pretty much be anything: NASCAR races, art criticism, specific social norms, sunglasses, etc.
In your explanation, don't just share what you're interested in tearing down, but how you would rebuild it for the better. What improvements would your methods bring to the table?
39 votes -
World flags: Attending countries introduced with a samurai anime character for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
9 votes -
Fake authenticity
10 votes -
In 100 years' time, what do you think society will look back on and view with distaste?
Inspired by this comment, and thinking about how we today look back on (for example) segregation, or the treatment of homosexuals through the last 100 years. In the year 2120 what do you think...
Inspired by this comment, and thinking about how we today look back on (for example) segregation, or the treatment of homosexuals through the last 100 years.
In the year 2120 what do you think human society will look back on and be disgusted to think about?The big one for me I think will be the treatment of animals, and not just battery farming, but straight up growing them for slaughter: food, clothes, lab-testing, etc. With the nascent industry of 3d-printed/lab-grown meats gaining traction, as well as vegan and vegetarianism on the rise through much of the West, it's not hard to imagine our great-grandchildren being horrified at the thought of their ancestors raising animals just to kill them.
31 votes -
Loving the alien - How UFO culture took over America
5 votes -
Ubisoft fires former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director following an investigation
8 votes -
The historical amnesia of culture warriors
7 votes -
Sweatpants forever
13 votes -
Tilde.Club: I had a couple drinks and woke up with 1,000 nerds
20 votes -
What is your company actively doing to reset or rethink its corporate culture?
Beyond changing work-at-home policies. Diversity? Work/life balance? Team dynamics? Hiring practices? What caused the change? Was this an ongoing conversation and recent events just lit a fire...
Beyond changing work-at-home policies. Diversity? Work/life balance? Team dynamics? Hiring practices?
What caused the change? Was this an ongoing conversation and recent events just lit a fire under it, or is it a new corporate strategy?
12 votes -
The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats
20 votes -
Reddit releases their new content policy along with banning hundreds of subreddits, including /r/The_Donald and /r/ChapoTrapHouse
85 votes -
How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage
2 votes -
From anti-racism to psychobabble
5 votes -
Bad faith is the condition of the modern internet, and shitposting is the lingua franca of the online world
35 votes -
War over being nice
13 votes -
Reclaiming Indian food from the white gaze
19 votes -
Is Asia’s cosmopolitan elite so entrenched with American ‘global culture’ that it fails to see problems at home?
6 votes -
Vulture on colorblind and color-conscious casting
5 votes -
Cards Against Humanity statement
12 votes -
Reflections on being a female founder
7 votes -
How Cooper Black became pop culture’s favorite font
5 votes -
The death of expertise
9 votes -
How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral | A process of moral outbidding is corroding small communities from within
9 votes -
Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigns after controversy over treatment of staff members of color and insensitivity to racial issues
21 votes -
Skyrim grandma is taking a break because of internet assholes
18 votes -
13% of museums worldwide may close permanently due to COVID-19, studies say
10 votes -
Oceania explained
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What does it mean to be a ‘Karen’? Karens explain: As the meme has become more prominent online, its meaning has become confused – with real-life Karens caught in the crosshairs
13 votes -
Cringe
27 votes -
Why Star Wars still matters
6 votes -
Leaving Amazon - Tim Bray (former VP) on whistleblowers, climate strikes, sexism, and racism at Amazon
27 votes -
Why are Western countries being hit harder than East Asian countries by coronavirus?
4 votes -
Prepare for the ultimate gaslighting - "...take a deep breath, ignore the deafening noise, and think deeply about what you want to put back into your life"
18 votes -
Early meme site YTMND has been resurrected with the help of fans
18 votes -
The erosion of deep literacy
21 votes -
2,500 museums you can now visit virtually
5 votes -
In the ’60s, America’s wearable art movement reflected true counterculture
4 votes -
The coronavirus called America’s bluff: Like Japan in the mid-1800s, the United States now faces a crisis that disproves everything the country believes about itself
18 votes -
A shot before last call: Capturing New Orleans’s vanishing Black bars
5 votes -
The golden quarter—Some of our greatest cultural and technological achievements took place between 1945 and 1971. Why has progress stalled?
12 votes -
Kirk Drift: "Womanizer" Captain Kirk and false memories of pop culture
16 votes