Intelligencer
The Cut
Vulture
The Strategist
Curbed
Grub Street
Magazine
Subscribe to the Magazine
Give a Gift Subscription
Buy Back Issues
Current Issue Contents
New York
Shop
Subscribe
Sign In
Account
Profile
Sign Out
Menu
Menu
Close
Close
Search
Intelligencer
Politics
Technology
Business
Ideas
The Cut
Style
Self
Culture
Power
The Cut Shop
Vulture
TV
Movies
Comedy
Music
Books
Art
Theater
What to Stream
Curbed
Cityscape
Design Hunting
The Real Estate
Best of New York
The Strategist
Gift Guides
Sales
Beauty
Home
Kitchen
Fashion
Travel
Tech & Electronics
Fitness
Kids & Babies
Grub Street
Restaurants & Bars
The Thousand Best
The Magazine
Crossword
Current Issue
Subscribe
Gift Subscriptions
Buy Back Issues
More
About
New York
App
New York
Shop
Newsletters
Podcasts
Videos
Best Doctors
Top Rated Lawyers
Sign In
Subscribe
Search
Like Us
Follow Us
Follow
Search
Search
Close
Subscribe
Give A
Gift
Menu
Menu
Close
Close
Search
Intelligencer
Politics
Technology
Business
Ideas
The Cut
Style
Self
Culture
Power
The Cut Shop
Vulture
TV
Movies
Comedy
Music
Books
Art
Theater
What to Stream
Curbed
Cityscape
Design Hunting
The Real Estate
Best of New York
The Strategist
Gift Guides
Sales
Beauty
Home
Kitchen
Fashion
Travel
Tech & Electronics
Fitness
Kids & Babies
Grub Street
Restaurants & Bars
The Thousand Best
The Magazine
Crossword
Current Issue
Subscribe
Gift Subscriptions
Buy Back Issues
More
About
New York
App
New York
Shop
Newsletters
Podcasts
Videos
Best Doctors
Top Rated Lawyers
Sign In
Subscribe
Search
Like Us
Follow Us
Follow
Search
Search
Close
MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:
Jay Hathaway
Feb. 1, 2016
YouTube Community Turns on Fine Bros. After ‘React’ Trademark Controversy
The most popular videos on Reddit today are all critical of the Fine Bros. attempts to own the “react video” genre.
select all
Jan. 29, 2016
YouTubers Go to War Over Fine Empire’s Attempt to License ‘Reaction’ Videos
YouTubers react to the “React” controversy.
Jan. 29, 2016
How to Use Instagram’s Secret, Awesome ASCII Mode
Instagram has been quietly converting your pictures to text. Very cool Easter egg.
Jan. 29, 2016
A Cockney Accent Almost Makes Donald Trump Sound Like a Hard Man
Peter Serafinowicz is mocking Trump again. It’s wonderful.
Jan. 29, 2016
This Model Deals With Unwanted Dick Pics by Contacting the Dicks’ Girlfriends
Your girlfriend is going to be hearing about this, scumbag.
select all
Jan. 28, 2016
After Tony the Tiger Rejects Furries, Chester Cheetah Becomes Their New ‘Daddy’
Which anthropomorphic cat mascot will furries call daddy? A PR dilemma for our modern times.
select all
Jan. 28, 2016
This 20-Year-Old Norwegian Woman Is Living Her Life As a Cat
She’s not a furry, she’s just … a cat.
select all
Jan. 28, 2016
Coca-Cola GIF-Maker Was Probably a Huge Mistake
This is probably not what they had in mind. And it’s great.
select all
Jan. 28, 2016
Author and His Dog Find Woman in Car Trunk
A funny thing happened to this author when he was out with his dog in London the other night.
select all
Jan. 28, 2016
Local News Thinks ‘Be Like Bill’ Is a Scam or Virus, But It’s Just a Bad Meme
This is a real problem, but “Be Like Bill” is probably not part of it.
select all
Jan. 27, 2016
Teen Nearly Dies While Trying to Escape the ‘Duct-Tape Challenge’
He fell while trying to get free.
select all
Jan. 27, 2016
Forget That Flat-Earth Nonsense and Look at This Artist’s Curved-Drone Photos
It looks like you’re about to fall into the frame.
select all
Jan. 27, 2016
A 71-Year-Old Pianist Is the New King of Video-Game Streaming Site Twitch
He’ll play anything, and they love him for it.
select all
Jan. 27, 2016
More Than Half of Trump’s Retweets Are White Supremacists Praising Him
Sixty-two percent of his RTs have white-nationalist connections.
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
A Tanuki, the Japanese Raccoon Dog, Is the Cute Animal of This Internet Moment
Tanuki: They’re real, and they’re spectacularly cute.
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
You Must Watch This Hilarious, Incomprehensible, and Deeply Australian Interview
He busted his plugga, mate.
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
These Giant Gummies That Look Like Popular Drinks Are a Weird YouTube Phenomenon
Fluff Berry Puff’s giant, squishy candy videos are strangely soothing.
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
Found: The Tiny Internet Sensation in the Plastic-Bag Messi Jersey
Now he’s going to get a real Messi shirt.
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
Maybe the Most Obsessive Mario Video Ever Made
This is the
A Beautiful Mind
of Mario 64 videos.
Jan. 25, 2016
Cops Rescued This Adorable Sloth and Turned Him Into a Meme About Being Alone
“When u happy being alone.”
select all
Jan. 25, 2016
Clever Response to a YouTube Copyright Takedown
The “fixed” version is way better than the original.
Jan. 25, 2016
Most of Your Facebook Friends Are Not Real Friends, Study Says
Dunbar’s number holds true online, says Dunbar.
select all
Jan. 25, 2016
New Yorker Posts Brooklyn Igloo on Airbnb During Blizzard, Only $200 a Night
Airbnb didn’t approve of the alt-lifestyle Greenpoint igloo experience.
select all
Jan. 22, 2016
Canadian Court Finds Man Was a Twitter Harasser, Just Not a Criminal One
The court said the victims didn’t “reasonably fear for their safety.”
select all
Jan. 22, 2016
Does This Game Developer Really Pee in a Bottle?
Did Jonathan Blow seriously build a homemade catheter, or is he just screwing with us?
select all
Jan. 21, 2016
This Man Who Always Falls Asleep After Very Little Wine Is Totally Me
Wine: It’s what’s for dinner.
select all
Jan. 21, 2016
When Google Autocomplete Writes a Dating Profile
Get laid while you can, before we’re all replaced by algorithms.
select all
Jan. 21, 2016
Woman’s Big Brother Scares Off Her Dates by Texting Them Hannibal Lecter Quotes
He just won’t take no for an answer.
select all
Jan. 21, 2016
Why Jen Selter Keeps Her Instagram Alerts Off
Jen Selter is not reading your Instagram comments.
select all
Jan. 20, 2016
Kid Tries to Call a Snow Day by Pretending to Be the School Board on Twitter
The local news wasn’t falling for it.
select all
Jan. 20, 2016
This Stalin-Mask Selfie App Is Trending on Russian Instagram
On Russia’s hot new selfie app, Joseph Stalin is the default filter.
Jan. 20, 2016
Nursing-Home Employee Arrested for Snapchatting Nude Video of Elderly Patient
Unfortunately, it’s part of a horrible trend.
select all
Jan. 20, 2016
When You See the Last Parking Spot, Then Someone Else Pulls In
Disappointed LeBron James is extremely relatable.
select all
Jan. 20, 2016
This Iggy Azalea–Sarah Palin Mash-Up Is Perfect
If Iggy is hip-hop, so is Sarah Palin.
select all
Jan. 19, 2016
Finally, Answers to a Chilling YouTube Mystery
The dark secrets of “11b-x-1371” have been revealed, but now there’s a sequel.
select all
Jan. 19, 2016
Washing Machine With a Brick in It Has Brief Moment of Glory on Trampoline
It’s so cute, just jumping up and down.
select all
Jan. 19, 2016
This Guy Built a Robot to Write New Episodes of
Friends
“Joey: Seriously give me a clown on the table that’s all.”
select all
Jan. 15, 2016
‘Dear Fat People’ YouTuber Responds to Ex
Arbour’s side is quite different.
select all
Jan. 15, 2016
The Rise and Fall of Stolen, the Hot Twitter Game That Enabled Harassment
A game about “stealing” Twitter profiles led to a takedown.
select all
Jan. 14, 2016
Instagram Playboy Dan Bilzerian’s Twitter Got Hacked by a Few ‘Kids’
And then they gave it to a Snapchat celebrity.
select all
Jan. 14, 2016
Kangaroo ‘Grieving’ His Dying Mate Was Just Horny, Experts Say
We’re all victims of “naïve anthropomorphism.”
Jan. 13, 2016
Gay Comedian Snaps GOP for Using His Viral
Jeopardy!
Snap in Promotions
Louis Virtel didn’t appreciate the Republicans appropriating his big moment.
select all
Jan. 13, 2016
This Guy’s Pizza Story Is Weird and Infuriating
Why did he keep holding the pizza that way? What was wrong with him?!
select all
Jan. 12, 2016
YouTuber Accuses His Controversial Ex of Abuse
Matthew Santoro used to date the woman from the “Dear Fat People” video.
select all
Jan. 12, 2016
YouTuber Tries Video Editing for the First Time, Accidentally Creates UFO Hoax
Even astronomers fell for it.
Jan. 12, 2016
Fugitive Hates His Police Photo, Texts Cops a Selfie They Can Use Instead
“Here is a better photo that one is terrible.”
select all
Jan. 11, 2016
Simon Pegg Didn’t Post the Viral Bowie Tribute, and Neither Did Simon Pegg
The BBC and some other outlets got it wrong.
select all
Jan. 11, 2016
People Can’t Find the Words for David Bowie’s Death, But They’ve Found This GIF
How do you remember someone when you didn’t really believe he could die?
select all
Jan. 8, 2016
Some People Think These Funny Fake Clinton-Blair Conversations Are Real
“I beat this ham to pieces. I do it all the time.”
Jan. 8, 2016
Today Is the Day That
Blade Runner
Replicant Roy Batty Was, Uh, ‘Born’
Rutger Hauer’s replicant got what he wanted: to be remembered.
More Articles