We Love the Internet 2018/37: The How millennials killed mayonnaise edition

Simon Kendrick
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

· How Funny Does Comedy Need to Be?

· If a Group Text Gets Read and No One Reacts, Did It Happen?

· Finding new music in the algorithm age

Reference points:

· “Johny Johny Yes Papa”: the meme born from YouTube’s hellscape of kids’ videos, explained

· The Future of HBO, Pt. I and The Future of HBO, Pt. II

· Wiki death

· What Makes a Hit

· Amazon, Airbnb, and Asos are all investing in this one simple design idea

Longer reads:

· Spotify’s $30 billion playlist for global domination

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

· This ‘Rick And Morty’ Green Screen Tattoo Might Actually Be Genius

· Tandergee soapbox race 2018. Worst crash ever

Things to look at/read:

· How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise

· ‘All In’ Just Showed Us the Future of Pro Wrestling

· Every Shit You’ll Ever Do

· The Sad Boys of Sadcore

Animal corner:

· Incredible moment ONE MILLION army ants worked together to build a bridge in order to attack a wasp

· I love this !!

· When you’re out for dinner and everyone gets their food before you.

· My dog has a FEW weird habits. Here is one of them.

Tweets of the week:

· Me walking past white people in my Nike’s

· Can’t stand y’all

· This video will forever have me weak

· I Can’t Masturbate to This Videogame: A Tragedy in Four Acts.

· this transcends languages

· I have made a new bathroom door lock of finest European oak, featuring what I believe to be the best ever use of boggly eyes.

· This lady reacting to a skateboarding trick is the wholesomeness the internet needs today

· The best decathlon ever

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

· Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

· My Life As a Psychopath

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