Most of us can intuitively tell whether something is designed well or if the end result falls way short of what it should be like. The more we’re exposed to ads and products—both great and god-awful—the more our sense of taste develops. Ever since 2011, this popular subreddit has been sharing examples of epic design … Read more
Love it or hate it, the comments section is a mainstay of nearly anything that gets posted to the internet. Indeed, depending on the sort of content you prefer, the comments section can be a veritable gold mine of hilarity, savagery, or just downright good ideas. Netizens from around the world share the best comments … Read more
According to a common definition, chivalry is “the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak.” The word is usually associated with the medieval institution of knighthood when knights’ and gentlewomen’s behaviors were governed by chivalrous social codes.” Today, however, we understand chivalry … Read more
A less commonly talked about “superpower” of the internet is the ability to make thousands, if not millions of people realize that in many ways we are actually a lot more alike than we might think. In fact, if you think about it, memes can only function if there is some shared understanding and frame … Read more
As temperatures drop, the cooler months are getting increasingly more difficult to bear, encouraging people to start playing with their thermostats. This young woman was not given access to the thermostat in her home, though. Her parents asked the AITA community if they were in the wrong for not letting their daughter turn up the … Read more
The modern world provides all of us (okay, almost all of us) with incredibly wide opportunities to access a wide variety of information, useful and useless, boring and exciting. And it’s not surprising that often the locomotive of this access is youth and even kids. But the problem is that openness to everything new often … Read more
Despite the plethora of media around getting married, real, honest depictions of regular married life are few and far between. The result is that many things that couples go through are simply never portrayed, which leads to skewed perceptions among newlyweds. So someone asked women “What are some brutal marriage truths that are not commonly … Read more
For new parents, naming their baby can be both a blessing and, sometimes, a curse. You see, while most moms and dads have at least a rough idea of what name they’re going to register for their little miracle, some do struggle to come up with something original. And this can be a daunting task … Read more
Fashion isn’t always an easy concept to grasp, and numerous are the trends that do not always appear to make much sense. It appears that a new craze has taken the industry by storm, and luckily for us non-model mere mortals, this new conception is rather low-maintenance. Vogue declared the looks of dirty hair as … Read more
Many people feel on cloud nine after expressing their intention to marry each other and this often becomes a starting sign for the wedding preparations to begin, yet it doesn’t always lead to such a resolution. People shared their stories of the latter experience online, answering one Redditor’s question: “People who were engaged at one … Read more