Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There’s a certain amount of nostalgia that goes along with the past, but I have to say, they really had language nailed down. Their terms were funnier, and meant hilariously specific things, and once you read through this list, I really don’t think you can disagree. These 11 terms will instantly make you the funniest...

Some people don’t need any help being funny. It comes naturally, and their jokes always land, and the rest of us envy their ability and ease. If you’re someone who isn’t like that at all, but wish you were able to make people giggle at least once in a while, here are 13 words that...

McDonald’s and their offering of ice cream cones, shakes, and McFlurries is something of a joke, because on any given day, in any given establishment, there seems to be around a 25% chance that the ice cream machine is actually working. If you’re having a craving and thinking of running out for a late night...

Some people take themselves and their businesses super seriously, which is a totally acceptable choice. Other people think “I need to name my business,” and instead of doing market research and floating options to friends and focus groups, just come up with amazing puns and call it good. Or maybe it could be both, I...

For a brief explainer on time crystals, check out this article – and once you’ve got an idea of what we’re dealing with, all of this is going to seem much more exciting. tl;dr for those of you too lazy to click over (you are my people), time crystals are a recently discovered 4th state...

If you haven’t heard about time crystals, get ready to be wowed by physics – which is not a phrase I utter every day. The main reason this discovery is so exciting is that they point to a whole new world of “non-equilibrium” phases that scientists have never even had the opportunity to study in...

There’s always pushback when we talk about all of the jobs that computers and robots can and will likely be qualified to do in the near future. This is because we don’t want to think about the people who used to do those jobs no longer have a paycheck and stability, right? Well, this Redditor says...

Most people are at least a little curious about where they came from – their ancestors, the timeline of events, names and places, that sort of thing. I image that being Native American, part of that curiosity is a bit of duty to carry on a culture that now belongs to far too few. This...

There are so many downsides of the internet, when you get right to it, but listen – there are also a lot of good points to be found, too. One of those is there’s always someone there ready and willing to make us laugh when we need it – whether it’s a silly joke, someone...

On the surface, it seems like common sense that anyone has the potential to be a formidable opponent in a given situation. Whether we’re talking about sports, or intellectual sparring, or an actual physical altercation, people have the ability to surprise you – a fact that’s perfectly illustrated by this thread on Tumblr. This probably...

Jimmy Fallon and his hashtag games generate some pretty great engagement, and funny replies, on Twitter. People have great stories, and it seems like the way he asks them encourages folks to open up, no matter how personally embarrassing the details might be. This one, #MyWorstCar, is fun because most of us started our driving...

If you’re someone who grew up in the age of the internet, there’s a good chance you’ve been accidentally scarred by something you came across on accident. YouTube is a minefield, as are many of the games played by minors, so if you’ve escaped it, I think you’re just lucky. If you grew up before...

It takes humans a long time to mature. Like, a long time. Which is why so many of us make the same mistakes, have to learn the same lessons, despite literal generations of other humans living similar lives before us – and being willing to pass along their knowledge. We want to believe we know better,...

Experience is a great teacher, and yes, sometimes it’s the only way we manage to learn a certain lesson. We don’t want to listen to those who have been there, don’t want to believe those older and wiser, but in the end, we wish that we would have. These people are recalling 17 lessons they...

Companies who have managed to build empires and reputations don’t let go of either of those things easily – they will do everything in their power to bury, or dismiss, or simply rewrite history when it turns out they were on the wrong side of it. Which is why these 13 companies – who have...