Category: Entertainment

Did you know you can set up Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on […]

If you haven’t been to the movies in a while, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that, like everything else, tickets are getting more […]

I’m sure you’ve seen the “male enhancement” displays at your local gas station, liquor store, or drug treatment center. With names like “Rhino Power 4000,” […]

The last week of summer 2025 was marked by a lot of number-related slang, a blockbuster movie you may not have heard of, and a […]

There is a growing movement of self-proclaimed financial advisors online who are trying to change the perception of personal bankruptcy. Instead of seeing bankruptcy as […]

Did you know you can set up Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on […]

Last week, alarming reports began circulating on social media about a sharp increase in missing children in Virginia. Videos and posts claimed that dozens of […]

This week in pop culture, everyone is pointing and laughing. Gen Z has discovered the millennial music madness that everyone wants to forget, the entire […]

Most people put on a VR headset to shoot zombies, socialize, or watch movies, but there are a growing number of VR experiences on Meta […]

For the past few weeks, the internet has been obsessed with the strange case of Julian Brown, a 21-year-old inventor from Georgia who has supposedly […]

Whether it’s group lunches or voting for “most likely to succeed,” exclusion and inclusion have always been central themes of adolescence — how can you […]

Death is a special moment . Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne, and Malcolm Jamal-Warner all died within days of each other, and celebrity death misinformation is […]

Time isn’t really a flat circle; it’s a downward spiral, and each turn takes you further away from understanding what 16-year-olds are talking about. “What […]

Whether it’s WAP , Wednesday , or The Box , TikTok has always been known for its dancing, and three new steps are gaining popularity […]

The buzz surrounding Coldplay’s recent kiss with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron is still raging. The latest: According to viral posts on X , Facebook , […]

Welcome to The Out-of-Touch Adult Guide to Kids Culture, where you’ve joined my new religious group just by reading this. This week, we’ll look at […]

The term “Gen Z stare” has been making the rounds on and off social media this week. It refers to a blank expression that’s supposedly […]

If you’re looking for art, and I mean high art with a capital “H,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the place to find it. […]

If you’d rather plan ahead , you can pre-order tickets for early screenings of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey now, a full year before the film’s […]

This week, I’m covering my favorite type of fake news: the kind where people think a children’s toy is leading little ones straight into the […]

Prime Day 2025 runs from Tuesday, July 8 through Friday, July 11, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and […]

Have you heard of The Velvet Sundown? Me neither. But the indie rock band has been heating up the Spotify charts this week, with nearly […]

This week’s Out-of-Touch guide is represented by the “M” for misinformation. We’ve got TikTok challenges that probably don’t exist, student loan hacks that definitely won’t […]

If you’re over, say, 28, chances are you’re completely baffled by what young people are doing offline and online — I write about youth trends […]

I’m fascinated by the fictional information infrastructure many of us (maybe all of us) live in. The expanded universe of fake news encompasses everything from […]

If there’s one theme among young people these days, it’s the lack of it. It’s fractional here, cousin, which is why this week’s column is […]

On April 4, 2025, an anonymous user on the infamous 4chan forum posted a file called ” roy_jay_pjs ” with this cryptic message: “This is […]

This week’s journey into the cultural subconscious of young people is darker than usual. Memes are more chaotic, Pokémon cards are harder to get, and […]

Disinformation tends to metastasize. The lie mutates with each retelling until the end product bears no resemblance to the original. This phenomenon is especially evident […]

Summer, when young people throw away their textbooks and have a little fun. But for this generation, fun has a different definition than it does […]

Since its 2021 premiere, the HBO Max comedy Hacks has earned near-universal acclaim, an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and a legion of fans. The […]

Being a fan of Apple TV+ ‘s Out of the Game takes patience. Hopefully the wait for season three won’t be as interminable as the […]

You’ve probably already been fooled by an AI video, whether you realize it or not. On May 20, Google released Veo 3 , its latest […]

If you’re an adult who’s confused by the non-adults among us, I hope this weeklong trip down the rabbit hole of Gen Z and Gen […]

Language learning apps tend to fall into one of two camps — either they’re too rigid and boring, or they gamify things so much that […]

Another week, another “gotcha” video debunked. This time, it’s “ Cop Pulls Over Black Judge and Lives To Regret It,” a mockumentary street drama that […]

Welcome back to The Out of Touch Adults Guide to Kid Culture, your weekly reminder that the internet is raising kids in ways no one […]

A few weeks ago, I published an article about the spread of artificial intelligence-generated fake news videos about press secretary Caroline Leavitt . Because I’m […]

It doesn’t matter much to those who have jobs, but summer is approaching and only the low-grade students are still paying attention to school. The […]

Mother’s Day should be rewarding and boring: flowers, a Hallmark card, maybe doing some chores at least once. But the American version of Mother’s Day […]