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"Love Bombing" and the Internet's Overuse of Psychology Buzzwords

The terms have taken over TikTok, but they're thrown around so liberally they've lost all meaning.

How “lol” and “lmao” Became Punctuation Marks

How the text acronym for laughing out loud evolved into a punctuation mark

Nike Is Fighting a Small Business Owner Over the Name “Just Succ It”

The multibillion-dollar company is claiming a small plant-themed business' name infringed upon the "distinctiveness" of Nike's "Just Do It" motto

Why Are There Only Two Acceptable Groomsmen Gifts?

There are two gift options: A knife or a flask. Let's change that.

TikTok Is Finally Cracking Down on Disordered Eating Content

The video-sharing app says it will start to remove videos that promote overexercise and short-term fasting

A Beginner's Guide to Winter Olympics TikTok

The accounts and athletes to follow for highlights and behind-the-scene content from Beijing

Spotify Pledges to Offset the $100M They Gave Joe Rogan With Investments in "Historically Marginalized Groups"

In other words, a bunch of artists are being made to share the same amount of money paid to one white guy who has a history of using racial slurs

Joe Rogan Apologizes for Past Use of Racial Slur

Spotify also removed dozens of episodes of his podcast

Twitter Expands Testing of Reddit-Style Downvote Feature Globally

According to the social media company, the feature is helping users filter out the types of replies they find offensive or not relevant to their interests

Jon Stewart Says Neil Young Leaving Spotify Is an "Overreaction"

The former "Daily Show" host weighed in on the issue on Thursday's episode of his podcast

There Are Now Multiple Reasons Why Artists Are Leaving Spotify Over Joe Rogan

Graham Nash and India Arie are the latest artists to leave the platform, with the latter citing Rogan's comments on race as her reason for leaving

Group Chats Aren’t Dead. Everyone’s Just Hanging Out Without You.

Is it the "natural progression" of the group chat or are you just annoying all of your friends?

Of Course All It Took Was a Financial Hit for Joe Rogan and Spotify to Address His COVID Misinformation

The controversial podcast host apologized and promised to book "more experts with differing opinions" on his show

All 37 New Emojis, Ranked

Including a horny lip-biting emoji and many distraught smileys