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There’s nothing new about recreational nitrous oxide—you may know it as “whippets.” But a garish brand and a bunch of extremely viral videos have turned an old-fashioned drug into a terrifying new meme.

Unless you're a far-right rioter, the veteran actor would like to wish you a very good weekend.

“This whole aura generation we’re in, everything’s about looking cool,” explains one viral TikTok star.

Online "looksmaxing" communities have a seedy reputation. Could this one possibly be the exception?

GQ columnist Chris Black finds himself on a plane without Wi-Fi and begins to reconsider his long-term relationship with the internet. How extremely online do we really need to be?

The comedian behind viral video tours of men’s shockingly messy living spaces describes the wildest thing she ever saw in a room and the most important thing a guy can do to avoid repelling his visitors.

“Everything boils back down to the point of somehow feeling defective or not enough,” says the TikTok and podcast personality, who launched a live nationwide tour this month.

In the age of the For You page, there’s a very real chance that your pal has already seen the hilarious post that you just sent them. The interaction that follows can be perilous for your self-esteem—but it doesn't have to be.

“People meet me, they don’t think I'm a real person,” says the TikTok star. “They think there’s no way a guy can be this positive.”

In a new Hulu docuseries based on a 2021 Wired article, a chorus of cultural luminaries discuss the jokes, memes, and transformative social movements generated by Black users on the popular social-media site.

An ode to the loose-cannon celebs, unhinged influencers, and filterless literary legends whose unpredictable social-media presences keep us from deleting our accounts.

“A TikTok ban would not stop me. I'm going to the top regardless,” says the model-slash-creator, who has recently expanded into stand-up (“I crushed”), music (“it’s fire”), and acting (the goal: entering the “Sam Levinson universe”).

The Instagram and TikTok star says his videos celebrating middle-class normalcy are misunderstood: “I just wanna create a safe space for people to know that what you're doing is completely fine”

William Conrad quit his tech job to cook, clean, and serve as the “seamstress” for his girlfriend. One fan describes his soothing TikToks about their lifestyle as “lobotomy-core.”

The chiseled face of the strong-jawed “chad” is no longer just a meme: It’s an actual pose, also known as “Gen Z lip-sync face,” that young guys have adopted as their new go-to on TikTok—and it is not, one writer argues, a joke anymore.

The younger Scorsese has been on a heater posting delightful videos of Marty.