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Gen Z brought post-recession hipster fashion back — rebranded as 'indie sleaze'
Equal parts hipstery, clubby, and grungy, the mid-aughts indie sleaze style is seeing a comeback th…
Hillary Hoffower
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Wellness is out and partying is in as Gen Z takes on a 'night luxe' aesthetic
Black is back. Gen Z is savoring luxurious urban nightlife as part of a hedonistic vibe shift follo…
Hillary Hoffower
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The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama.
An 8,000-word story in The Verge asks: Why does Google search suck so bad? It points the finger at …
Katie Notopoulos
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Meet the 19-year-old college student named Mandy who's proud to be called the worst DJ on the internet
Amanda Shultz only started sharing her bizarre and intentional bad mixes a couple of weeks ago, but…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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A glimpse into the subculture of e-girls and e-boys, the teen gamers who are the radical antithesis of the Instagram influencer
The e-girl's emergence this year has corresponded with the rise of TikTok, the short-form video app…
Paige Leskin
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The availability of 'animal crush' content has created a cat-and-mouse subculture of attention-seeking animal abusers and the web sleuths who suss them out
One web sleuth spent 15 to 17 hours a day collecting evidence on a woman the FBI has since charged …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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TwitchPlaysPokemon: Here's One Of The Weirdest Subcultures On Google's Video Gaming Streaming Acquisition
Twitch is a site where users can view other users playing popular video games. The site is also the…
Harrison Jacobs
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Frogs are in an internet golden age — how the animals once grouped with an online 'hate symbol' turned wholesome
Frog content has been gaining popularity online, with platforms like Tumblr and Reddit reporting in…
Palmer Haasch
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The Soylent Subculture: 10 People Tell Us What It's Like Living on Powdered Food
Since we don't have to spend time preparing food we actually get more free time to talk or interact…
Dylan Love
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The FBI says that most serial killers and school shooters abused animals before they murdered people. In the internet age, that animal torture has found a devoted audience online.
Crush fetishists might start by making harmless videos stomping grapes. A small number could then e…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The internet is driving athletes to do crazy things no one knew were possible
Freediver Roberto Reyes begins his practice plunge to 65 feet deep off Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Free…
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'Hawk Tuah Girl' has our attention. Next, she would like our money.
Haliey Welch went viral for her R-rated "hawk tuah!" Now she wants to cash in on all those "likes."…
Katie Notopoulos
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The return of dad fashion matches how Americans feel about the economy
Younger consumers want to dress like dads. It may be because they feel grumpy and pragmatic about t…
Juliana Kaplan
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What is 'smellmaxxing'? A new fad involves mostly men trying to maximize or improve their body scent
An offshoot of the looksmaxxing community, "smellmaxxing" involves mostly men giving each other hyg…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly got mad that someone at Sheryl Sandberg's wedding brought up his widely mocked metaverse avatar
Jokes about Mark Zuckerberg's much-memed metaverse avatar apparently hit a nerve.
Lakshmi Varanasi
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I fell down the rabbit hole of food-inspired fashion aesthetics on TikTok, and now I'm fully convinced I'm a 'baked beans girl'
A Tweet questioning if TikTok aesthetics have gone too far has over 16.5 million views. The mood bo…
Reena Koh
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To combat hustle culture, TikTokers are popularizing 'soft evenings' focused on self-care and relaxation
TikTokers are choosing relaxing activities like reading and gardening instead of hyper-productive a…
Charissa Cheong
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A self-proclaimed incel has pleaded guilty to an attempt to murder after plotting sorority mass shooting
Tres Genco, 21, of Ohio, has pleaded guilty after police found a machine gun and manifesto declarin…
Bethany Dawson
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Extreme misogynist incels are pledging support for Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito's missing boyfriend and person of interest in her murder
The so-called manosphere supports Brain Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, who is a person of…
Bethany Dawson
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Revealed: Vladimir Putin's secret Black Sea bunker
New diagrams of an underground doomsday complex on the Black Sea expose the Russian leader's obsess…