Oct 31 2019
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The advertising industry is a cesspool of manipulation and misinformation. And now you can use it to convince your…
Nick Douglas
nickdouglas
Staff Writer, Lifehacker | Nick has written for Gawker, Valleywag, the Daily Dot, and Urlesque. He currently runs the scripted comedy podcast "Roommate From Hell."
Oct 31 2019
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Tonight you can get free candy from strangers. But you can also get some free sweets from Krispy Kreme and other…
Oct 30 2019
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Dogs are good. Dog owners are dicks. Not all of them, but clearly a lot of them. Because in my city, every patch of…
Oct 30 2019
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Emerson College, founded in 1880 as the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art, is one of the…
Oct 29 2019
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“Racist boss harassed Puerto Rican employees and broke labor laws. Ended up getting deported.” “I got him thrown in…
Oct 29 2019
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If you haven’t heard of Blinkist, a company that took $34 million in VC funding to sell people summaries of books,…
Oct 28 2019
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How fast can vampires take over the entire human population? Omni Calculator gives you not one answer, but six,…
Oct 28 2019
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This game is illegal. Razzle, aka Razzle-Dazzle, is a scam posing as a carnival or street game, where you roll…
Oct 25 2019
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Saturday is National Pumpkin Day, a pretend holiday that matters because you can eat some things for free. Here are…
Oct 25 2019
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Disney+, the newest and cheapest major streaming service, gives you less bang for your buck than Netflix, Hulu, and…
Oct 24 2019
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Creative block is over, if you want it. If you’re stuck without ideas in a brainstorm or a project, you just need to…
Oct 24 2019
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Libra season is over. On October 23, Facebook founder and Turing Test dropout Mark Zuckerberg testified to Congress…
Oct 23 2019
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This month, Netflix gets Billy on the Street, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Grease, Rosemary’s Baby, Step Brothers,…
Oct 23 2019
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The National Dance Institute involves thousands of children each year in classes, performances, school partnerships,…
Oct 22 2019
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If you combine FOMO with aphasia, you get the feeling of going on Twitter or Reddit or Facebook, seeing everyone…
Oct 21 2019
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Not only can you play shuffleboard in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus, but you can even join a league, as I…
Oct 21 2019
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Most people can’t really innovate, says Hartmut Esslinger, founder of frog design. He and his company (now…
Oct 18 2019
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The like button ruined the internet. Social media and comment sections have trained us to channel our negative…
Oct 18 2019
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When you plug stuff into the back of your monitor, computer, or TV, you have a few options, all annoying. You can go…
Oct 17 2019
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The pauses were excruciating. My parents and I stared across the room at my chemistry teacher and his wife. We…