> To give in and play Halloween by the internet’s rules results in an inevitably stressful few weeks of fall. I have to come up with a costume that’s the exact right combination of referential and recent, something that happened online in the past few months but not something that everyone else is going to be.
Ma'am, perhaps therapy is a better approach than trying to change how millions of people celebrate a holiday.
As as old fart it's pretty impressive what fellow old people will get upset over. Skibidi toilet Ohio costumes isn't one of them -- for me. LUL, KEKW and all that jazz.
EDIT: Punctuation, because that's what us old folks care about.
As an 45 year old fart im glad I kept Skibidi toilet and other memey things away from my kid and not because I hate them, I just think there’s a whole lot of better stuff to introduce to a young mind. Eg. https://thekidshouldseethis.com/
These are kids. The “chronically online” is how I would describe adults who need to go touch grass rather than letting themselves get reprogrammed into reactionary outrage machines on topics they are either miseducated or undereducated on by “traditional” media and social media alike.
> To give in and play Halloween by the internet’s rules results in an inevitably stressful few weeks of fall. I have to come up with a costume that’s the exact right combination of referential and recent, something that happened online in the past few months but not something that everyone else is going to be.
Ma'am, perhaps therapy is a better approach than trying to change how millions of people celebrate a holiday.
The author is getting older and angry they dont understand kids these days.
As as old fart it's pretty impressive what fellow old people will get upset over. Skibidi toilet Ohio costumes isn't one of them -- for me. LUL, KEKW and all that jazz.
EDIT: Punctuation, because that's what us old folks care about.
As an 45 year old fart im glad I kept Skibidi toilet and other memey things away from my kid and not because I hate them, I just think there’s a whole lot of better stuff to introduce to a young mind. Eg. https://thekidshouldseethis.com/
> jazz.
Cursed vibe
These are kids. The “chronically online” is how I would describe adults who need to go touch grass rather than letting themselves get reprogrammed into reactionary outrage machines on topics they are either miseducated or undereducated on by “traditional” media and social media alike.
They have? I spent $30 on candy and took an hour out carve a pumpkin (badly) all for nothing?
Was the M.O. anything like the Grinch's?
If this article (and other similar articles from The Atlantic) pisses you off - that's on purpose (and is also a symptom of being chronically online).
The Atlantic made an editorial and tone changes 3-4 years ago in order to drive revenue [0]
Steve Job's widow got tired of bankrolling writers and wanted some RoI back [1]
[0] - https://www.wsj.com/business/media/how-the-atlantic-went-fro...
[1] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-atlantic-propped-up-by-stev...
Author may want to borrow my cloud. It's easy to yell at, and it's fairly cheap to rent by the hour.
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