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Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

May I meet you?' is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires | Arwa Mahdawi

Use the four-word line "May I meet you?" while moving in public to initiate romantic conversations and increase spontaneous in-person encounters.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Outkick's Clay Travis Cheers Internet for Turning Bill Ackman's Bad Pickup Line' Into a Winner

An awkward Bill Ackman pick-up line became a meme that could paradoxically help young men reconnect through increased face-to-face interactions.
#algorithms
more#algorithms
fromMedium
1 month ago

Too Different to Belong, Too Ordinary to Stand Out

TLDR: The online world amplifies a deep human paradox: we want to fit in and stand out at the same time. Algorithms reward polish, not practice. Visibility, not depth. The antidote is in reclaiming the messy middle where originality is formed, and letting technology be collaborators, not replacements. I keep circling a question that psychology hasn't yet neatly answered: why does the online world make us feel both too different to belong and too ordinary to matter?
Digital life
fromMedium
1 month ago

Too Different to Belong, Too Ordinary to Stand Out

The online world amplifies a deep human paradox: we want to fit in and stand out at the same time. Algorithms reward polish, not practice. Visibility, not depth. The antidote is in reclaiming the messy middle where originality is formed, and letting technology be collaborators, not replacements. I keep circling a question that psychology hasn't yet neatly answered: why does the online world make us feel both too different to belong and too ordinary to matter? Every one of use
Digital life
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Maintenance Required review Amazon's synthetic You've Got Mail rip-off

Maintenance Required is a derivative, charm-less romantic comedy that copies You've Got Mail's beats but lacks humanity, wit, chemistry, and a satisfying romantic payoff.
Digital life
fromMashable
1 month ago

The Mashable 101: These are the creators shaping the internet in 2025

Digital creators drive trends, shape consumption and identity, and underpin a rapidly growing creator economy while many Gen Z aspire to become creators.
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

After Kirk shooting, Utah governor calls social media a "cancer." Will we treat it like one?

This could have been useful to Extremely Online People like the alleged shooter, who was turned in by some of his own family members and who might have been dissuaded from his actions had he engaged more directly with them. (Of course, simplistic advice like this is often wrong; difficult family members and broken relationships might mean that in-person connection is also unhelpful for some.)
Digital life
US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Here's what some of the bullet casing engravings in the Charlie Kirk shooting mean

Unfired cartridges recovered with the killing contained engravings blending anti-fascist symbols and online/video-game slang, indicating ideological motive and internet subculture influence.
Video games
fromBusiness Matters
5 months ago

Lost in the digital world: how porn and gaming are sapping young men's desire to work

Young men are increasingly retreating into digital distractions, impacting their workforce engagement.
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