Weird, Wonderful & Wildly Entertaining
Forget eating ice cream and watching sad movies — the modern American breakup now comes with a product line, a TikTok following, and a trademark pending. We went deep into the gloriously unhinged world of divorce merchandise and revenge-branded businesses to ask the important questions: Is this healing? Is this capitalism? Is this both?
Something strange is happening across social media: the people we once watched religiously are getting dropped faster than a sponsored post disclosure buried in a caption. We dug into the great influencer exodus to figure out exactly when 'parasocial relationship' became a dirty phrase — and which creators are somehow still standing.
The average American household now shells out more on streaming subscriptions than they ever paid for cable — and somehow has less to watch. We did the math, cried a little, and then wrote this article instead of canceling anything.
Professional line-sitters. Pet psychics on Zoom. People paid to teach artificial intelligence what sadness feels like. The gig economy has officially gone off the rails, and honestly? Some of these people are doing better than your 401(k). Here's a tour of the weirdest ways Americans are cashing checks in 2024.