We Love the Internet 2019/16: The 15 months of fresh hell inside Facebook edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

· Disney and the Future of TV

· When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online

· How NYT Cooking Became the Best Comment Section on the Internet

· Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.

· Why parallax scrolling needs to die

· Incognito mode won’t keep your browsing private. Do this instead

· Game of Thrones won’t be the last TV show everyone cares about

Reference points:

· DC Universe: DC’s new TV and comic book streaming service explained

· Free Image and Photo Resizer

· All The Presidents’ Meals

· ‘Game of Thrones’ Meme Bracket: Jon Snow Claims His Crown

Longer reads:

· 15 months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook

· Inside The Brand-New Opening Credits For “Game Of Thrones”

· Why HBO Isn’t Worried About Its Post–Game of Thrones Future

· How to escape pseudo-events in America: The Lessons of Covington

· When Your Favorite Streamer Turns Out To Be A Creep (Or Worse)

· The Secret History of Women in Coding

· A Brief History of Porn on the Internet

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

· Here’s A Perfect, 12-Second Internet Video

· Can You Hear the Difference Between a Cheap and Expensive Violin?

· Van Throws Police for a Loop

· .500 S&W Magnum explodes in his hands

· Car gets away from Police chase at Maddington station

Things to look at/read:

· The magical thinking of guys who love logic

· Would Tony Soprano be a MAGA guy?

· Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein

· Reaction of the rich to the Notre Dame fire teaches us a lot about the world we live in

· When It Comes to ‘Vanilla Sex,’ No Two People Taste the Same Flavor

Animal corner:

· weekend goals: feeling *this* proud of yourself

· People walking around Winterfell: Bran:

· “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISTER ELTON JOHN!”

· My mom got her dog’s feet shaved so that they wouldn’t get as dirty when she went outside………

· Therapist: The cicada that shouts “AWW YEAAAH” isn’t real, he can’t hurt you. The cicada that shouts “AWW YEAAAH”:

· Thank you hooman

Tweets of the week:

· my bf just sent me this video of his brother’s house getting “ding dong ditched.” My, how the times have changed — i’m DEAD

· YouTube algorithm vs. Katie Bouman

· Hello my tube is having a breakdown

· Did I respond to this correctly?

· Y’all, my nephew found the electric shaver and went wild

· “Clean your room or I’m taking the PlayStation.”

· Bruh!

· Spare a thought for these two, bloody love their cathedrals.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

· Financial Windfalls: 15 Stories of the Money That Changed Everything

· The Making (and Unmaking) of Tekashi 6ix9ine

· 17 Indie Artists on Their Oddest Odd Jobs That Pay the Bills When Music Doesn’t