Stephen Johnson
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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Uncanny Valley Makeup
Pop culture is like a disturbing science fiction movie this week. Young people are intentionally styling themselves as nightmarish quasi-humans, having their eyes burned at weird parties in Hong Kong, and sharing the trailer for a new Mean Girls movie. Uncanny valley makeup, explained The corner of TikTok devoted to makeup tutorials is on something…
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Evil Week: 20 Unethical (but Brilliant) Life Hacks From Reddit
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory. The Lifehacker staff are all upstanding members of society…
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How to Prepare for the Dentist if You Haven’t Been in Forever
Despite the time-honoured wisdom that we should visit a dentist for a checkup and cleaning every six months, many of us just … don’t. According to the CDC, around 35 per cent of Americans have not visited the dentist in the last year. If it’s been a long while for you, and you’re planning to…
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Where to Stream the 2023 Cricket World Cup
Before the explosion of streaming services, watching certain sporting matches could be a sticky wicket, but these days, it’s easy, mate. Badgers (extreme cricket fans) can watch all 48 matches in the Men’s ICC ODI Cricket World Cup from their living rooms, even if they don’t have cable TV, so there’s no excuse to miss…