Posts in Cultural Exploration

18 Ways to Turn Your Love of Dolphins into Cash

Some people love dolphins. Some people love money. This post is for the rare and beautiful person who loves both. Here’s the catch: nobody pays[…]

Fax Machines Are Dead. So Why Is Every Hospital in America Still Using One?

Somewhere in a hospital basement right now, a machine older than the smartphone is quietly running American healthcare. Ask anyone under 35 what a fax[…]

If Hobbits Aren’t Real, Then Who Are Homo Floresiensis?

In 2003, a team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists digging through a limestone cave on a remote Indonesian island were looking for evidence of early[…]

Was Graeber Right About “Bullshit Jobs” All Along?

In 2013, an anthropologist wrote an essay claiming 40% of jobs are pointless. The internet lost its mind. A decade later, the evidence suggests he[…]

Lazy Girl Jobs and BS Jobs: The Dream vs. The Trap

“I work maybe 10 hours a week and get paid for 40. Living the dream!” …Or are you? In 2023, TikTok discovered “lazy girl jobs.”[…]

Recruiters, Staffers, Agents: All Breeds & Flavors – A Field Guide

This article is for entertainment purposes only. If you’ve ever tried to navigate the hiring world—whether as a job seeker, an employer, or someone considering[…]

How Staffing Agencies Have Excuses for Every Unethical Practice (And Why They’re All BS)

Disclaimer: This article is for entertainment purposes only. The staffing industry operates in a peculiar space where practices that would get an individual prosecuted for[…]

The Dark Side of the Staffing Industry: What Candidates and Employers Don’t See

Disclaimer: This article describes practices observed across the staffing industry based on insider accounts, public records, and industry analysis. Not all agencies engage in all[…]

Top 10 Discontinued Breakfast Cereals We Still Crave

Somewhere in a General Mills vault, there’s a file marked “Mistakes We’ll Never Admit.” Inside: focus group data showing that Sprinkle Spangles failed because parents[…]

Leprosy – Your One-Stop Guide

Leprosy. Hansen’s disease. The Big L. The OG outcast illness. For thousands of years, it was the disease that got you exiled from society, marked[…]