Molly

Granting the premise that the phone is an antidote to living, though, I was wondering: what is it I personally don't want to live through? If I paid attention, at precisely the moments my attention tried to veer away, what would I find I was doing and feeling and thinking? What about existence makes me reach for my pocket?

Gen Z has abandoned the “bases” system in favor of an entire glossary: sneaky links, zombies, breadcrumbing, flirtationships, etc. Many Gen Zers describe emotional vulnerability, like holding hands or defining a relationship, as scarier and more meaningful than sex itself. Among today’s young people, “it’s almost reversed,” said one 18-year-old... See more

Gen Z has abandoned the “bases” system in favor of an entire glossary: sneaky links, zombies, breadcrumbing, flirtationships, etc. Many Gen Zers describe emotional vulnerability, like holding hands or defining a relationship, as scarier and more meaningful than sex itself. Among today’s young people, “it’s almost reversed,” said one 18-year-old... See more

Identifying as a “foodie” used to be cringe. Junaid Bhatti, a sophomore at New York University, doesn’t care. “I’m a big foodie,” he said. “Beli has a changed the game for me.” There’s a typo in that last quote, or perhaps he just said it in Mario voice:

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I have talked a lot this week about a perplexing experience I had last Saturday night at the Perfectly Imperfect 5th anniversary party [SIC] homie Tyler Bainbridge was kind enough to invite my chunc ass to. The London rapper Fakemink was headlining and I was curious to see what the kids are into for myself. It was ... shambolic (as rappers playing

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As our economy grows steadily more unequal and unforgiving, many of us have doubled down on our fantasies, hoping that in ceaseless toil, we will find whatever it is we are looking for, become whoever we yearn to become. This, Malesic says, is a false promise.