Category: Life in General

Cold weather is officially here (at least in areas where it is usually cold at this time of year). (I’m not talking about southern California.) […]

We live in the most interconnected time in history. We can collaborate with people who live thousands of miles away, visit places virtually from the […]

Living in the neighborhood can be an enjoyable experience of friendly support, backyard barbecues, and unforgettable memories. Or it could be a years-long exercise in […]

If you unboxed a new guitar this Christmas season, or if your dad gave you his old ax, you probably need to tune it professionally. […]

How many New Year’s promises have you made in your life? How much have you saved ? We all know that the greatest resolutions, if […]

New Years is soon. Even if you think New Year’s resolutions are bullshit , I would say that the beginning of a new year is […]

No matter what we say to ourselves, the vast majority of New Year’s promises are not kept . The promise that next year will be […]

Astronomers, scientists and space lovers around the world are nervously nail-biting this holiday season due to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on […]

About once a year, I clean out my wardrobes of unnecessary clothes, be it jeans that no longer fit, T-shirts that I wore in tatters, […]

Socks can appear in this world as a pair, but they almost always leave this world alone. Luckily, you don’t have to throw away socks […]

In Tom Hanks’ filmFinch, a massive solar flare destroys the ozone layer, destroying nearly all life on Earth (and leading to the invention of pesky […]

A week has passed in the world of children’s popular culture. I guess everyone’s too busy preparing for their final exams and holiday shopping to […]

Google has just released its annual Year of Search , a collection of new, most searched searches for 2021. According to Matt Cook, head of […]

The holidays are coming (and the Omicron variant) and you know what that means: now is the best time to cry. While December and all […]

The American subtitling company and the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) recently released reports on the most mispronounced words of the year, the hardest […]

New Years came, and with it came the big night for booze. Holidays are usually accompanied by a lot of celebrations, from Thanksgiving to drunken […]

At the height of the holiday season, young people travel to different dimensions, denying the existence of Ancient Rome and learning more about snowflakes than […]

With winter weather approaching, preparing for ice and snow removal is an important preparation. Digging up a car and clearing paths and aisles can be […]

This BBC article made me feel so disgusted with altruists that I can finally say what most of us think: unselfish people are the worst […]

A loaded tongue surrounds us. Whether it’s the media, politics, or the people around us, someone is always trying to use words and phrases to […]

We’ve all had a rough couple of years (decades?), But that doesn’t mean things will keep rolling downhill. I may be a stupid optimist, but […]

The headline you see above sparked minor controversy in the Lifehacker comments section last week, with several readers wondering if there was a bug. Of […]

A signal for help is a simple gesture – show your hand, palm outward, then close your fingers on your thumb – but it can […]

Since then, philosophers, economists, and conspiracy theorists have developed many complex theories about the nature of society and the motives for human behavior. From the […]

I understand that the world’s oceans provide half of the oxygen we need to survive as a species, but these eleven underwater creatures and facts […]

Most of us buy things as needed: pantry snacks, a haircut, a new mattress, or a laptop. In addition, there are certain things that we […]

If you’ve ever gotten stuck at an airport with a duty-free shop, or visited the makeup and makeup section of a department store, chances are […]

Are you eating? Then you experienced very unpleasant side effects when you shoved piles of things into your mouth and rubbed them with your teeth. […]

It all started with the fact that I could not remember if the aperitif was a drink before or after dinner. (Correction: I said it […]

There is nothing less sexy than a giant hooded sweatshirt under a large coat, but this is the winter fashion for you. It’s easy to […]

Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and, as a rule, different spellings. Some are easy to distinguish (flat and simple, […]

If you pronounced the words above like duh- trai -tus , ti -nuh-tuhs and chaach -kee , well done. You did it. If not, then […]

Ageism is “the last acceptable bias,” at least according to the AARP . While age biases are more often directed towards older workers, they work […]

As Generation Z-er (sort of) that is online (extremely), it is common in my circles – both online and offline – to hear occasional “eat […]

This TikTok video went viral recently . In it, a student in the lecture hall uses Apple’s new Live Text feature to take a photo […]

We all know that it is very important to wash your underarms and lower areas while bathing – there is no doubt about that. We’re […]

From the green bean casserole on the dinner table on Thanksgiving to the obedient Pledge of Allegiance by American schoolchildren, many of our cherished traditions […]

I remember about 50/50 bringing home leftover food from the restaurant. The food is so delicious that I make a special effort to bring it […]

Well, a year has passed. And, like all the years, some new interesting terms have irrevocably entered our lexicon, as evidenced by their inclusion in […]

Have you ever considered turning your life into a video game? And no, we don’t mean this TikTok trend . Whether you’re trying to improve […]