World Culture

If you’ve ever wondered when you need to start protecting your laptop and phone, etc, with passwords so that your kids can’t “accidentally” (or otherwise) go on a shopping spree online, the answer is probably as soon as they’re born. At least, that’s what New Jersey mom Madhu Kumar would tell you after packages she...

People make all kinds of dietary choices for all kinds of different reasons – whether they’re because of ethics, concern over the environment, or health, it’s really no one’s business but their own. That becomes more debatable, though, when their choices start to affect those around them. We’ve seen stories where people trying to put...

If you’re “older” – like, over the age of 25 – there’s a good chance that you’re not using emojis in your texts or social media the way that the “cool kids” do. Basically, the emoji game is constantly changing, with even the meaning of a given emoji being different from one month to the...

I think that most good and honest people would love to say that they left the world better than they found it, even if it’s just in one small way. If we had the opportunity to change things for the better for everyone, well, wouldn’t we do it? This is the question posed to Redditors,...

There’s so much we don’t know when we’re fresh out of college (or just getting started on an independent life and career) but that’s really the way it’s supposed to be, right? We learn by doing, and by experiencing things and figuring out what works and what doesn’t, and so expecting young people to be...

I imagine there are more jobs in the world than we think where there are hazards we honestly can’t really fathom without doing them ourselves. I also think pretty much any job where you have to clean up after other human beings probably falls into this category, and there’s no way that hotel maids haven’t...

If you’re someone who has been to college (or sent kids to college) then you know that you have certain expectations for the professors who are getting paid to deliver that super expensive education – and that there are way too many teachers who don’t even seem to be trying to meet them. That said,...

I know that teaching college is supposed to be better than teaching younger kids because you don’t have to deal with parents and, since your students are adults, you can get away with a lot more stuff. That said, there are professors who get away with way too much – if you went to college,...