Tag: culture
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An Emoji Keyboard For The Emoji… Enthusiasts Out There
We’re not gonna comment on the sad state our culture is in when some of its constituents recognize a market for an Emoji keyboard. No, we’re not gonna do that because we also realize that it would make us grumpy old farts unable to adjust to a changing social landscape. We won’t comment… Instead, we’ll…
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IKEA Hotplate Forces You To Ditch Your Smartphone For Dinner
Dinnertime conversation… Some of you might remember the days where you’d actually, you know, talk to one another at the diner table, rather than peck away at your smartphone between bites. If these memories are felt with a sense of fondness, maybe you can bring that old tradition back. IKEA Taiwan has a put out…
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I Don’t Want To Live On This Planet Anymore: Bridal Selfie Sticks Are Now A Thing
Selfie sticks… you either hate them or love them. Considering their popularity, we suspect we’re the ones being snobbish about a product the marketplace is clearly clamouring for… but there’s just something so freaking irritating about them. Maybe it’s their intrinsic narcissistic quality, the fact that they’re built specifically for taking better pictures of yourself.…
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Leave The Millenials Alone
If you’ve spent any time reading the news (and chances are that you have, since you’re here reading news about gadgets), you may have noticed a relatively recent trend of opinion columnists complaining about the generation of people born between 1980 and 2000. The Millenials. According to this trend, these kids are tech obsessed, self-centered,…
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A Typical Reaction To A Chris Nolan Movie
The Dark Knight Rises is out and while not breaking records, it’s been fairly well received by critics. And the above comic pretty much nails down a typical reaction to a Chris Nolan movie. I’m just about ready to go watch it a second time, despite the bunch of holes I punched right through its…