Shohei Ohtaniphoto: Getty Images Baseball is wacky nowadays. Just a few nights ago we watched Tampa Bay outfielder Brett Phillips pitch to reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani. The very next day, Ohtani was on the mound pitching to Phillips. When was the last time something like that happened? We’ve got the universal DH now. This … Read more
In 2014, I was fresh out of college and thought I had my life all planned out: Go to medical school, get a six-figure job as a doctor, and make my parents proud. None of that worked out. I realized I hated blood and needles, and got rejected from more than 15 medical schools. My … Read more
NOTE: This article contains details and descriptions that are graphic and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. In today’s online culture, almost anything can be subject to memeification, and the most high-profile domestic violence trial in recent memory is no exception. After only a few minutes spent on TikTok — a platform often, though … Read more
Image: Getty Images With how politically driven the United States Supreme Court is these days, do you know how bad someone’s case must be for a 9-0 verdict not in your favor? Welcome to the NCAA vs. Alston. The decision stated in the NCAA can’t limit compensation when it comes to education-related benefits, and as … Read more
Nearly one in three travelers turn to social media for holiday inspiration, according to a new study. The figures are even higher for younger travelers. Some 60% of Gen Zs and 40% of millennials use social media for travel purposes, according to an April 2022 report by the travel company Arrivia. On TikTok alone, the … Read more
KABUL: The Taliban ordered a ban against video-sharing app TikTok and the survival-shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) game on Thursday, insisting they were leading Afghanistan’s youth astray. The phone apps are popular among Afghans, who have been left with few outlets for entertainment since the hardline Islamists returned to power last year and banned music, movies … Read more
illustration: getty Television ratings are one of the most archaic ways to measure what people care about. We’re more than 20 years into the new millennium. Who has time to be held to a live television schedule? I remember as a child watching an episode of Home Improvement when Tim “The Toolman” Taylor was trying … Read more
As news of soaring gas prices splashed across headlines, Yasmine Camilla saw her energy bill double “almost overnight.” Filling up the tank now costs 30% to 40% more, she says. But this rising cost of living is something she would never have noticed eight months ago. “I had always just filled up my car when … Read more
Sydney Sweeney is best known for her roles in two wildly popular HBO dramas: The White Lotus, in which she plays rich, mean teen Olivia Mossbacher, and euphoria, in which she plays needy, boyfriend-appropriating teen Cassie Howard. A generational sorts at 24, she has accumulated serious followings on Instagram and, inevitably, TikTok. But while she … Read more
The woman declined the job offer, she announced on Twitter. (Representative Photo) A woman has claimed that she received a bizarre message from a hiring manager who labeled her a “piece of crap”. She posted the screenshot of the text message received on TikTok, which has divided the internet. The woman, identified as Jasmine by … Read more