Tag: internet

15 Reasons You Should Be Banned From The Internet

Over the weekend, my brother from another mother—and The Frisky’s Mind of Man—John DeVore posted a link to a funny slideshow on Dumb as a Blog called “10 Reasons You Should Be Banned From The Internet.” Such reasons include “you still check your MySpace account,” “you stalk your ex,” and “you obsessively Google yourself.” Fair […]

What The Heck Is 4chan?

When I first went to 4chan.org, I didn’t know what the heck was going on. It’s a pretty plain-looking site with long lists of random topics that users can click on. However, once I unlocked the secrets of this site, I realized that it’s basically like an internet army. It’s turned into a place where […]

Reddit Bans “Fat People Hate” And Other Subreddits Accused Of Harassment

As part of a new anti-harassment policy at Reddit, several subreddits known to harass people have been shut down, including r/fatpeoplehate (sadly, one of the fastest growing subreddits in recent history, with 151,000 subscribers). Via Reddit: Today we are announcing a change in community management on reddit. Our goal is to enable as many people as […]

Radiohead’s New Album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ Is Finally Here

Die hard Radiohead fans can now rest easy, for their band has at last released their highly anticipated new album [which they also just released the name of] called A Moon Shaped Pool. And also have returned to the internet after doing a disappearing act as part of their publicity stunt. Fans have been waiting since April […]

9 WikiHow Articles On Epically Simple Topics

Occam’s Razor is the principle that the simplest solution is usually the correct solution. WikiHow authors have apparently never heard of it, because WikiHow articles on topics like basic human functions and fundamentally simple tasks wind up getting elaborated into processes that take tens of steps. To be fair, sometimes those over-complicated articles provide useful […]

“Confused Cats Against Feminism” Tumblr Puts An Eyeroll-Worthy Social Media Meme To Bed

There’s only one way to address an Internet meme where dumb, mostly-white women insist not to “need” a social justice movement from which they have benefited enormously, and that is with cats. These two Tumblrs have more in common than you think: spoiled, pampered, oblivious … [Confused Cats Against Feminism] Original by: Jessica Wakeman

The Top 10 Clueless Moments From Bustle’s Bryan Goldberg In His New Yorker Profile

If you were on summer vacation when Bustle.com launched this summer, allow me to catch you up on the startup community’s version of a shitshow: in a piece on the tech blog PandoDaily, the founder of Bleacher Report, Bryan Goldberg, announced he had created a website for women. Bustle.com is not just not just any […]