I continuously read on Facebook what a racist country America is. Racism in the United States is so bad, we don’t even have a black president anymore. Roseanne Barr is a racist? Considering all this, I was a little surprised when I learned ABC canceled the TV show Roseanne over a tweet the show’s namesake, Roseanne Barr, made about Valerie...
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ tanked hard
Solo: A Star Wars Story came out in theaters on May 24 and the verdict is in: it tanked and it tanked hard. It made only $143 million worldwide on its opening weekend. For comparison’s sake, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story made $290 million worldwide on its global opening weekend. How bad was Solo: A Star...
Read MoreWhy are popular YouTubers whining about YouTube?
It seems as though the more popular a YouTuber is, the more likely they will complain about YouTube and the way it presents content to viewers. I don’t get it. At first, it was mostly Steven Williams, the man who plays Boogie2988 on YouTube complaining about the algorithms and how it was resulting in fewer people...
Read MoreBoogie2988 admits YouTube random giveaways are fixed
Steven Williams, the man who plays Boogie2988 on YouTube, admitted on Twitter that when he and other YouTubers do “random” giveaways, they vet the winner online to see if they are an “asshole” and if they decide they are, they then randomly pick someone else. https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/996141815425323011 I don’t know if this is illegal or not. I’m not...
Read MoreAllow me to mansplain the fallacy of ‘white male privilege’
For a while now, I’ve heard about something called white male privilege. As a white male who has never felt privileged, I never quite understood what the term was trying to refer to. I think I first heard about it when one of my favorite science fiction authors at the time, John Scalzi, wrote about it on...
Read MoreWorst day of rideshare driving ever
I don’t know why, but yesterday was the worst day I’ve ever had as a part-time Uber and Lyft driver. It was like somebody came to Hagerstown and gave everyone who didn’t have a car a free one if they agreed to delete the Uber and Lyft app from their phone. I had a total...
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