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It: Chapter 2 Mounts A Defence Of The Social Media Mob
Of all the complaints that could be leveled against It: Chapter 2, the most curious is that its opening moments represent a case of stark homophobia.
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'Internet Language' Creates Community - and Creates Division
If I started a sentence with "Ermahgerd," misspelled "the" as "teh" or dropped a "1" in a string of exclamation points, and that sentence made sense to you - congratulations: You're an Internet Person.
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The Only Thing Better About The New Lion King Is The Hyenas
Instead, let's take a look at one thing that improved the story and consider briefly why it did so.
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Why Tony Stark Is The Best Thing About The Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is best when focused on Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and the ways in which he has changed.
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Facebook's Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Freaking You Out? Stop. Targeted Ads Are Great
Seeing a few ads here and there based upon your online behaviour seems like a small price to pay for instant and free access to Facebook.
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Babe's Aziz Ansari Piece Was A Gift To Anyone Who Wants To Derail #MeToo
Bad dates - including terrible ones that leave one person feeling humiliated - aren't actually newsworthy, even when they happen to famous people
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Is Rotten Tomatoes The Biggest, Baddest Villain Of Hollywood?
The new Hollywood powerbrokers are a far simpler sort - you've probably never heard of most of them. They're little more than data points, truth be told
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Bill Skarsgard's It Tosses Out The Most Powerful Part Of Stephen King's Novel
Stephen King's It was a great American horror novel, a literary glimpse into the terrors it has cultivated through the years. Now, it's also film
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In Ridley Scott's New Alien Movies, The Xenomorphs Are Really Trojan Horses
Alien: Covenant, like Prometheus before it, mines a nearly-40-year-old mythology in an effort to keep a hugely successful franchise running
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In Game of Thrones, It's Time to Start Rooting for the White Walkers
Westeros is desperate for change: Wracked by war for generations and faced with nothing but sociopaths on all sides, it's time for a change. Westeros needs a man who is more than a man to sit on the Iron Throne. Who better than the Night King to make Westeros great again?
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Batman v Superman Copied the Worst of Marvel Movies: Their Villains
In the end, Lex, the villain of Batman v Superman is just ... kinda evil, and for no good reason. Simply put: We don't care about Lex's plan because Lex's plan doesn't make any sense. There's very little to empathize with, very little common ground. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice released on March 24
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How to Use Twitter Without Going Insane
Abusive people on Twitter are a problem and Twitter still hasn't quite figured out how to handle it.
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How To Use Twitter Without Going Insane
Over the past few weeks and months (and years, really) there have been a series of essays/think pieces about the growing irrelevance or uselessness of Twitter. Google "quitting Twitter" and you'll find stories about intellectual luminaries as varied as Salman Rushdie and Lena Dunham either quitting Twitter or thinking about quitting Twitter or quit...
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It: Chapter 2 Mounts A Defence Of The Social Media Mob
Of all the complaints that could be leveled against It: Chapter 2, the most curious is that its opening moments represent a case of stark homophobia.
-
'Internet Language' Creates Community - and Creates Division
If I started a sentence with "Ermahgerd," misspelled "the" as "teh" or dropped a "1" in a string of exclamation points, and that sentence made sense to you - congratulations: You're an Internet Person.
-
The Only Thing Better About The New Lion King Is The Hyenas
Instead, let's take a look at one thing that improved the story and consider briefly why it did so.
-
Why Tony Stark Is The Best Thing About The Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is best when focused on Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and the ways in which he has changed.
-
Facebook's Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal Freaking You Out? Stop. Targeted Ads Are Great
Seeing a few ads here and there based upon your online behaviour seems like a small price to pay for instant and free access to Facebook.
-
Babe's Aziz Ansari Piece Was A Gift To Anyone Who Wants To Derail #MeToo
Bad dates - including terrible ones that leave one person feeling humiliated - aren't actually newsworthy, even when they happen to famous people
-
Is Rotten Tomatoes The Biggest, Baddest Villain Of Hollywood?
The new Hollywood powerbrokers are a far simpler sort - you've probably never heard of most of them. They're little more than data points, truth be told
-
Bill Skarsgard's It Tosses Out The Most Powerful Part Of Stephen King's Novel
Stephen King's It was a great American horror novel, a literary glimpse into the terrors it has cultivated through the years. Now, it's also film
-
In Ridley Scott's New Alien Movies, The Xenomorphs Are Really Trojan Horses
Alien: Covenant, like Prometheus before it, mines a nearly-40-year-old mythology in an effort to keep a hugely successful franchise running
-
In Game of Thrones, It's Time to Start Rooting for the White Walkers
Westeros is desperate for change: Wracked by war for generations and faced with nothing but sociopaths on all sides, it's time for a change. Westeros needs a man who is more than a man to sit on the Iron Throne. Who better than the Night King to make Westeros great again?
-
Batman v Superman Copied the Worst of Marvel Movies: Their Villains
In the end, Lex, the villain of Batman v Superman is just ... kinda evil, and for no good reason. Simply put: We don't care about Lex's plan because Lex's plan doesn't make any sense. There's very little to empathize with, very little common ground. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice released on March 24
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How to Use Twitter Without Going Insane
Abusive people on Twitter are a problem and Twitter still hasn't quite figured out how to handle it.
-
How To Use Twitter Without Going Insane
Over the past few weeks and months (and years, really) there have been a series of essays/think pieces about the growing irrelevance or uselessness of Twitter. Google "quitting Twitter" and you'll find stories about intellectual luminaries as varied as Salman Rushdie and Lena Dunham either quitting Twitter or thinking about quitting Twitter or quit...
