Can You Actually Learn to Play Music From a Video Game?
Photo: Chan2545 (Shutterstock) I’ve been playing music games for the past 10 years and playing music-music for longer than that, and I’m fascinated with how much musicianship you can learn…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Are Vabbing and Mucus Fishing?
Whether they’re toddlers, teenagers, or 23-year-olds, young people are disgusting. Old people are disgusting too of course, because being gross is the human condition. So let’s celebrate it by digging…
Another Day, Another Dangerous Social Media Challenge
Photo: phBodrova (Shutterstock) If you haven’t been already, you’re about to start hearing a lot about the so-called “blackout challenge,” which is causing an uproar online. TikTok is being sued…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Who (or What) Is Horace?
This week’s roadtrip through the collective unconscious of people who are much younger than me takes us to some strange tourist traps. There’s a dancing baby-man named “Horace,” makeup recommendations…
How to See Who Has Looked at Your TikToks
Photo: XanderSt (Shutterstock) As long as social media has existed, there have been people asking, “Can you see who looked at your profile?” For the most part, the answer has…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Meme-ing the Oscars Slap
Kids all know that Facebook is for old people to share political memes, but that isn’t stopping Mark Zuckerberg’s company from going after the hearts and minds of the young.…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Who Is Ninja?
Photo: lev radin (Shutterstock) This week, the kids are testing each other’s loyalty through TikTok, clowning on a gamer for his ignorance about women’s anatomy, and making their dads famous…
11 Animal Accounts We All Should Be Following on Social Media
This week we mourn the passing of Pot Roast, a beloved cat who millions of TikTok users were lucky enough to have grace their algorithms in recent years. While we…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide To Kid Culture: Should You Watch ‘Euphoria’ or ‘Yellowjackets?’
Teenage culture can be depressing, dark and senseless, whether we’re talking about hopeful movements falling apart for no reason, game show winners being bullied, or bleak adolescent TV dramas. Should…
15 iPhone Apps Every Tween Needs
Photo: Luiza Kamalova (Shutterstock) Kids and their devices, am I right? Parents are constantly worrying about whether and how to limit screen time. But maybe we need to accept the…