In spring 2020, it’s very likely that most people in your life attempted to learn a TikTok dance. There were many to choose from on top of stay-at-home orders where learning TikTok dances was the most physical movement many people were doing each day. The app became known as the …
Read More »Why Is the 'Eel Daddy' Building a Pit of Eels In His Basement?
Nick Tobler has a rather unusual habit, even for a straight man: he raises eels in his basement. Tobler, who goes by @cowturtle, has amassed 205,000 followers who tune into his TIkTok channel to watch his eel daddy adventures. It all started last March, when Tobler moved into a new …
Read More »How a Gross-Out Food TikTok About 'Spokane-Style Pizza' Went Massively Viral
There is nothing people on the internet love more than to bond over being collectively grossed out by bizarre food videos. (Remember the girl who made a milkshake in a toilet, or the guy who put a Big Mac in a blender? Or for that matter, basically any TikTok Jason …
Read More »Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani Are the Worst Heterosexuals Ever
Throughout history, there have been many heterosexuals who have sullied the good name of penis-in-vagina intercourse. There’s Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, Tom Cruise and basically anyone he’s dated at any given time. Yet no heterosexual couple has arguably done so much harm in concert — …
Read More »Unpacking the Clues and Conspiracy Theories Swirling Around Harry Styles' New Album
Last week, Harry Styles announced that his third album, Harry’s House, will be out in May. This may have been brand-new information to you. But if you’re a Styles stan in the trenches of social media sleuthing, you’ve probably been waiting for this announcement for months. On this week’s episode …
Read More »The Will Smith Oscars Slap Made the Entire Internet Stupid
No event in recent history — not Harry Styles in a dress on the cover ofVogue,not changing the green M&M’s footwear, not even the horny Beto O’Rourke tweet — has inspired so many brain-dead takes as the Slap Heard ‘Round the World, a.k.a. the altercation between Will Smith and Chris …
Read More »The Latest TikTok Saga So Dark and Upsetting We Can't Look Away
As we often see on the platform, TikTok users have a habit of imbuing what would otherwise be minor interpersonal drama with incredibly high dramatic stakes, prompting millions around the globe to play armchair detective. The latest example of something that should have been confined to the group text blowing …
Read More »Dear Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson: Stop Making America Horny
Dear Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson, We are the co-hosts of Don’t Let This Flop, a podcast about internet culture sponsored by Rolling Stone.It is, for the most part, a silly little show where we talk about things like Hilary Duff’s dancing and men who eat sandwiches shirtless and whether …
Read More »Zelensky Thirst Is Making Liberals Look Like Absolute Clowns
Every few years, during times of great political and sociocultural turmoil, liberals seek respite by sexually objectifying the first halfway decent-looking man they see. It happened with Michael Avenatti in 2016, then Robert Mueller the following year, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the 2020 pandemic. Sometimes, this sentiment results in …
Read More »The Queen Is (Not) Dead. Long Live the Queen
If you believe everything you read online, then you may be convinced that Queen Elizabeth died last week. The rumors have been spreading for months. She was suddenly absent from many public appearances and many claimed that the annual Christmas message she shares with the United Kingdom may have been …
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