I made $100K from a dick joke(imgur.com)

472 points by imglorp 1 year ago | 223 comments

An Imgur gallery post recounting how the author made $100K selling a novelty gag gift that mailed bags of penis-shaped candy and confetti.

American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were(derekthompson.org)

82 points by ozozozd 5 months ago | 61 comments

On Being a Dad(derekthompson.org)

8 points by NaOH 7 months ago | 4 comments

Tokyo Is the New Paris(noahpinion.blog)

41 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 19 comments

Bébé Bibliophile(ymeskhout.com)

32 points by Michelangelo11 2 years ago | 14 comments

I stopped tracking my time. Now I can't focus(newsletter.masilotti.com)

50 points by joemasilotti 4 months ago | 53 comments

Being Raised by the Internet(jimmyhmiller.github.io)

792 points by DamonHD 2 years ago | 265 comments

Personal essay by Jimmy Miller about growing up poor with an absent mother and a father with schizophrenia, and how the internet helped raise him.

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale(afterbabel.com)

474 points by cwwc 1 year ago | 471 comments

An After Babel Substack essay arguing that TikTok causes widespread harm to children and teens.

YouTube is a mysterious monopoly(anderegg.ca)

338 points by geerlingguy 1 year ago | 432 comments

Blog post discussing a recent drop in YouTube views reported by creators like Adrian Black and Jeff Geerling, and YouTube's opaque monopoly position.

Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online(ellsberg.substack.com)

598 points by macawfish 1 year ago | 793 comments

A Substack essay by Michael Ellsberg arguing a Supreme Court ruling effectively ends free speech protections for sexual writing online, and asking whether his literary site is now illegal.

Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)

347 points by binning 11 months ago | 146 comments

TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.