We Love the Internet 2020/35: The Teen movie bracket edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Death of Bon Appétit Is Proof Media Companies Have No Idea What Makes Videos Work
• The number one reason white men give for not getting involved with diversity and inclusion
• Instagram Reels’ biggest problem is replicating what TikTok does best
• How TLC Built Its 90 Day Fiancé Empire
• Microsoft Flight Simulator players are flying into Hurricane Laura

Reference points:

• The most important metric you’ve never heard of
• On all that fuckery

Longer reads:

• Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk
• Sex, lies, and video games: Inside Roblox’s war on porn
• Pinduoduo and Vertically Integrated Social Commerce

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• The wisdom of memes
• Antiques Roadshow, Hexham 1991

Things to look at/read:

• We won’t remember much of what we did in the pandemic
• Gun Enthusiasts Celebrate Man Who Shot Himself in the Balls as Their King
• How Boomers Changed American Family Life (By Getting Divorced)

Animal corner:

• he’s so embarrassed
• cat
• This was in my drafts
• Dinky
• Got Treats!????
• Cat lover
• Okay this was funny
• Cat vs dog who’s winning?

Tweets of the week:

• What was once a funny meme is just now four moods leaving the house during covid.
• when the Zoom call ends and I am left with my thoughts
• An opinion thread on #London railway termini.
• https://twitter.com/HanaaTameez/status/1298256278876127234
• me: come over Malcolm Gladwell: I cant
• i frolicked for the first time ever today bruh. y’all ever frolic before???? why no one ever tell me about this
• Today in a Zoom class my professor casually mentioned her cat and one brave student spoke up:
• Poundland Jedward

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Teen Movie Bracket
• The Plans Were Never Finalized: The Long-Awaited Return of Bright Eyes
• How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries
• The Top 50 Greatest Landfill Indie Songs of All Time
• The Endgame of the Olympics
• Built to last

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