04 2023 July
Extreme Pride in Being American Remains Near Record Low
A new Gallup poll released just in time for the 4th of July leads with the eye-catching headline that extreme pride in being American is at...
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09 2022 July
Why Coffee Might Make You Impulsively Buy Useless Junk
In addition to the old advice about never going grocery shopping when you're hungry, you should also make sure you're not overly caffeinated before doing any kind of shopping. Otherwise, you might end up with a closet full of sad and useless candles and other crap you'll regret ever owning.
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04 2019 April
The One Reason So Many Brand Pranks On April Fools Day Failed This Year
Why do some branded April Fools Day jokes work while others fall flat?
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22 2019 March
How The Non-Obvious Trend Of “RetroTrust” Started Taking Off
One of the most popular trends from this year’s edition of Non-Obvious was a trend I called RetroTrust – the idea that we trust in...
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28 2019 January
Why We Should Stop Trusting Viral Videos
Last week one of the inescapable stories in the United States was a controversial video showing a group of Catholic students appearing to clash with...
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21 2019 January
The Dangerous Side Effects Of Marie Kondo’s Tidying Movement
Japanese organizational guru Marie Kondo recently launched a show on Netflix and has inspired millions of people to get rid of the clutter in their...
Read Now08 2018 November
Why Do Critics Hate Movies That Real People Love?
The Queen-inspired film Bohemian Rhapsody film was poorly rated by critics, yet became a big box office hit. Earlier this year, the same thing happened to Hugh...
Read Now01 2018 November
How To Cure Your Social Media Addiction
This was a week filled with more social media stupidity than usual. In a single day I read two disturbing stories that got me thinking...
Read Now15 2018 October
Do Fantasy Sports Dehumanize Athletes And Make Us Worse People?
As Washington Redskin’s running back Chris Thompson shares, “Fantasy football, it makes us not human. It’s almost like people think we’re just robots out there,...
Read Now09 2018 September
How To Tell If You’re An Asshole (And Why It’s So Hard)
Last week a small army of cruise ship passengers disrupted a funeral in the tiny Norwegian city of Honningsvåg and took pictures of the mourners. According to The...
Read Now17 2018 August
New Study Finds Robots Can Emotionally Manipulate Humans Easily
A team of German researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany studied how humans interact with robots. In a paper published in PLOS ONE – they...
Read Now14 2018 August
Why Does The Internet Make Stupidity So Viral?
Earlier this week the US government had to officially ask people to stop jumping out of moving cars to dance in the streets in response...
Read Now12 2018 August
Why Netflix Uses Taste Communities Instead of Demographics
Last week Netflix announced that they would be stopping their long standing policy of asking customers to vote on early pilots for programs to see...
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