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  • You Can Bring ‘Blob’ Emojis Back to Your Android Phone

    You Can Bring ‘Blob’ Emojis Back to Your Android Phone

    I’m generally an Apple man, but even I can admit Android’s “blobs” were the superior emoji. They’re cute, they’re fun, they’re unique, and they were unjustly retired in 2017 in a move to make Android’s emojis look more like everyone else’s. It’s a damn shame, but not a shame you have to live with anymore.…


  • Why the Hell Did We Ever Stop Wearing Sweatbands?

    Why the Hell Did We Ever Stop Wearing Sweatbands?

    Sweatbands, popular in the ’80s, now only really exist as a symbol. Just like a floppy disk lives on as the “save” icon, and an old-school telephone handset is the image we tap when we want to make a call on a smartphone, a set of sweatbands are a cheesy way of indicating that somebody…