Posts by Alex Lin

Ever since March, we’ve been living with a new normal. Quarantine, forest fires, the universe generally falling apart have confined to our homes like mice in a box. With fall finally here, students are going back to school in an entirely different way – mostly online. These 13 people confessed the struggles of resuming their...

Let’s be real. Adulting is hard. Life doesn’t come with an easy-access handbook, so we’re pretty much left to our own devices. Luckily, we have each other for tips, tricks, and easy fixes. This tumblr user mined the web for solutions, and the internet denizens did not disappoint. Here are some adulting life hacks that...

Sometimes, when I’m gossiping about somebody to my friends, I accidentally text the person I’m talking sh*t about. It’s pretty awkward trying to explain why you just called someone “really sweet but kind of weird” to their face. Then, there are times that wrong number texts are completely unsalvageable. They totally go off the rails,...

According to data from NASA’s Grace satellites, Greenland lost 532 billion tons of ice over the course of 2019. The severe dwindling of ice sheet has researchers claiming that this could be the biggest loss of the century, if not the millennia. Greenland’s annual glacier loss has been an average of 255 billion tons since...

What did the nucleus say when it divided itself? “Ex-cell-sior!” Puns are still cool, right? Okay, I can read the room. I’ll see myself out. But before I go, check out these 15 science-based jokes from people a lot smarter and funnier than me. 1. Pavlov’s Dog Ivan Pavlov is sitting in a bar. The...

Ever wish your life was a rom-com? Same. Too bad my five previous relationships were absolute dumpster fires. So far, none of my exes have showed up at my house and confessed their undying love for me in the pouring rain like Ryan Gosling in The Notebook. If they did, I’d probably punch them in...