Not that it happened — that part felt inevitable. It’s how fast it went from fringe behavior to muscle memory. According to a new Pew Research Center study, 1 in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020. Three percent to twenty before anyone really…
Category: Social Media
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The Great Chili Stampede-When a Viral Rumor Turned a Village Farm Into a Free-For-All
There’s a special kind of chaos that only social media can produce — the kind where a village wakes up expecting a normal workday and instead finds half the province rummaging through its chili fields like they’re at a clearance sale. That’s exactly what happened in Liujiangou, a rural village…
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How a Foodie Freeloader Exposed NYC’s Soft Spot for Small Crimes
New York has seen its share of characters: subway poets, rooftop pigeon trainers, guys selling “vintage” iPhone 6s outside the L train. But every once in a while someone shows up who just… breaks the simulation. Enter Pei Chung, the foodie influencer who apparently views every restaurant in the five…
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Kids Don’t Shake Piggy Banks Anymore — They Check Their Balance
Somewhere in an attic — next to the Beanie Babies and the box of VHS tapes nobody wants to throw out — sits a ceramic pig with a coin slot carved into its back. It had a good run. But like most analog traditions, it’s now being replaced by something…