Duolingo adds Klingon to its language tutorials
You can’t learn Japanese or Mandarin, but you can learn to talk to aliens.
On Apr 10, 2015 by Aja Romano
The ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot is already generating a sexist backlash
In the words of Frozen, Let It Go.
On Jan 29, 2015 by Ramon Ramirez
7 better choices for Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year
Culture? Nope, that’s garbage. These are the most important words of 2014.
On Dec 16, 2014 by Miles Klee
LiveJournal just rolled out a major update, but is anyone there to notice?
Increasingly, LiveJournal is peddling its changes to tumbleweeds. Will the latest redesign help or hurt the diminished community?
On May 22, 2014 by Aja Romano
The Comic Sans comeback is the perfect expression of our cultural confusion
Do we turn to Comic Sans because we’re criticizing it or because we’re embracing it?
On May 6, 2014 by [email protected]
When it comes to transgender representation, anime has room to grow
The interest in stories that represent characters from across the gender spectrum is growing.
On Apr 15, 2014 by Aja Romano
JuggaloCoin turns virtual currencies into a circus act
Yes, it’s real—and it’s insane.
On Apr 9, 2014 by Kevin Collier
The Internet is killing most languages
But some will still survive in the “meat space.”
On Apr 3, 2014 by [email protected]
People now literally getting high off Bitcoin
Some Bitcoin users have found a new way to go to the moon.
On Mar 24, 2014 by Kevin Collier
Twitter users post 10,000 racist slurs every day, study finds
Most of the 10,000 slurs we tweet every day aren’t intended to be derogatory, but that doesn’t make them any less disturbing.
On Feb 13, 2014 by Aja Romano
#SoWhiteOutside is the funniest part of this awful snowstorm
The weather just got personal.
On Feb 13, 2014 by Miles Klee
Former NFL star counters every argument against gay players
“If any NFL team can’t ‘handle the media coverage’ of drafting Sam, then your team is already a loser on the field.”
On Feb 11, 2014 by Chase Hoffberger
‘Google Bus’ is the soundtrack to impending class warfare in San Francisco
Move over Macklemore, “The Google Bus Song” is the working man’s jam of 2014.
On Jan 18, 2014 by Sarah Weber
Official French language snobs have a new word for ‘sexting’
It’s a mouthful.
On Dec 18, 2013 by Miles Klee
Cleverest video of 2013 puts translators in a whole new light
You’ll want to wait for the twist.
On Sep 4, 2013 by Miles Klee
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