Ten Luxuries Americans Enjoy Without Fully Appreciating
The standard of living is going down for most of us, but we still have quite a few luxuries that we might not even recognize.
The standard of living is going down for most of us, but we still have quite a few luxuries that we might not even recognize.
Everyone's favorite entertainment reporter returns with questions, insults and backhanded compliments for the comedian.
No, it's not just nostalgia. See the technical reasons behind the glaring difference. (From 2023)
Because English is spoken around the entire globe, extremely diverse accents have arisen. Here's what they actually sound like.
This TikTok sketch perfectly captures the absurdity of the demands that you stop air conditioning your house.
I think I speak for everybody when I say that we desperately need this, maybe now more than ever.
Please note how massive the military spending is for a nation that is ostensibly at peace.
Dark mode doesn't seem to actually make it easier to read, and now we're going down the path of graphic design hell.
Dua Lipa, often the butt of the joke, was the one doing the smirking this time.
The answer will shock you: eating popcorn is good. That's the number one thing, according to the research.
"Hot Girl Summer" is so 2021. This year? We're all the way cool, baybeee.
This week, someone who notices $500 missing from their wallet every time their girlfriend sleeps over, a doctor who refused to treat a patient after learning she planned breast implants and a three-way miscommunication among two friends and a sex worker.
How this one scene, which was thankfully removed, nearly ruined the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (From 2021)
Things get exceptionally spicy during the filming of everyone's favorite chicken wing-based interview show.
Imagine seeing everyone behind you make mistakes, and then you end up making the last one.
For some of us, the happily-ever-after moment doesn't go exactly as planned.
In this classic 2008 episode of "Late Show," David Letterman got Bourdain to talk about getting really sick in the Kalahari Desert.
The nagging discontent with the look of new homes reveals big problems with how they're built — and even larger flaws in the American dream itself.
The Daily Mail asks the question: What if "SNL" was real life?
We're not sure what sort of impression Pat Sajak was trying to aim for here, but it's always a delight to watch this clip. (From 2020)
Cinephiles online are feasting on the first official details and shots of Ridley Scott's sequel starring Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal.
Hoping to get promoted this year? Don't bet on it.
A curious shutterbug discovers some old, undeveloped film inside a vintage camera he purchased and went to a professional lab to see what it contained. (From 2020)
Turns out, nobody had ever figured out this clever way to calculate pi. How many more novel formulas are just waiting to be discovered?
Select words by dragging on the grid, tapping each letter individually, or typing on the keyboard.
This TikTok skit is funny, but it's sadly more accurate than any real rejection letter would dare to be.
A group of people, not directly elected by citizens, decided today that crime is legal if you're the President of the US, or an inevitable future dictator.
It has a surprisingly wholesome ending. (From 2021)
Donald Glover stars, directs and scores a post-apocalyptic thriller about a popstar fighting for survival.
A man struggles after his wife becomes a famous online streamer.
The doctors of Reddit sound off on their patients who refuse to use their brains.
The slurpee slinger is falling behind stateside, so its owners are making this American icon a whole lot more Japanese.
A shocking photograph. Blowback from a Trump meeting. Alleged sexual assault. The Kennedys have voiced support for Joe Biden, but certain aspects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s character are only just now coming to light.
Sadly, it turns out that you don't need a good product to make the big bucks in the modern world.
Lavigne will turn 40 this September, but she's still got the goods — a true pop punk princess.
Is pizza the best food ever? It's also a gigantic business that everyone wants a slice of.
No, you're the one sobbing at your desk in the middle of the day. Shut up!
This review from Snazzy Labs isn't exceptionally negative overall, but it doesn't pull any punches about the legitimate design failings of Tesla's weird polygonal truck.
The west coast sure does love hallucinagens.
How accurate are Zillow ‘Zestimates,’ really?
From his bankruptcy court filings, we can see how Giuliani spent thousands while still owing $153 million to about 20 people or entities.
According to a letter written by Reynolds in the '80s, his favorite home was this very "house in the mountains."
A Business Insider reporter ranked five of the most popular cheeseburgers from Burger King, including the Whopper and the Bacon King.
This burger chain is wildly popular, but how do they keep getting away with such outrageous prices?
When you reach a certain level of wealth, you just become untethered from the rest of humanity.
We're all having a hard time, and we could really use an easy mode right about now.
The Gully Washer at Six Flags Fiesta Texas stopped working when some men decided it was time to jump ship.
When did rock fall out of the zeitgeist, and why?
In other news, @killatrav met @princeandprincessofwales.
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