Meta-Irony and Gen Z There's a notion gaining popularity that meta-irony is the dominant comedic point-of-view of Gen Z [https://www.wyspr.co.uk/post/understanding-gen-z-post-ironic-humour]. I was resistant to this notion, at first, because I try to remain skeptical of any kind of trends overstatement, especially generational overstatements, but as I've sat with
trends Liminal Spaces may be the most 2020 of all trends There's something going happening on the internet right now with the idea of liminal spaces. Liminality is a concept that has its roots in anthropology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminality], describing the in-between period in a rite of passage and the sense of disorientation that comes from being now
blog How I'm (Slowly) Taming My Internet Addiction My dissatisfaction with the time I was spending on the Internet really began to surface all the way back in 2017, a feeling which inspired the relaunch of this blog [https://www.earnestpettie.com/fresh-start/]. Back then, I wrote: > As part of my fresh start, the first thing I’ve
blog An Afternoon at Art Capital 2020 I’m on vacation in Paris, and today I took a trip to the Grand Palais, which, as with what feels like every building here, is ornate with a delicate grandiosity. If you were to sculpt the froth on a hot cocoa, that’s what Paris feels like. As with
bits The Biggest Day Of Tony The Tiger's Life TONY: (Picks up ringing phone) TT, here. Talk to me. ELLA: Are you sitting down? Tell me you’re sitting down because… TONY: I’m sitting down. I’m in the office. I just got back from biking, surfing, playing soccer, and talking about the importance of breakfast with a
blog Saw this Easter Egg at work I opened a door to a bay of cables in a table at work and saw this: It made me laugh, and I wondered how many other people in the room would recognize Bob.
blog For @Clairewaves and anyone else in need of a video pick-me-up Who could’ve known that the long tail of the internet would become so heavy and hard to carry? Well, here we are in 2019, and everything that seemed fun about the internet, particularly the world of video, has been clouded by every imaginable controversy and controversies that were, frankly,
bits My Day, Rated Waking Up – Three Stars This had a really slow start, but after it got going, I could see what all the fuss was about. Would definitely do it again. Getting Dressed – Three Stars I come to this closet quite often, and I have to say, the experience has remained consistent
bits The Agreement Between Me And The Fly It was with great fanfare that the fly and I brought our quarrel to a close with the signing of a compact by which we would both be bound. The fly and I had both spent the winter buzzing around my apartment, me in search of something to do while
trends My Favorite BlackPink Ddu-Du Ddu-Du covers I’m not the biggest fan of BLACKPINK’S Ddu-Du Ddu-Du, but I’ve found myself a bit immersed in Blackpink covers over the past couple weeks. Some of these covers have introduced me to interesting YouTube channels, and I thought someone else out there might enjoy watching these videos
bits A Brief and Seriously True - Seriously - History of Young Sheldon Summer 2008: Big Bang Theory premieres on CBS, featuring four socially-awkward but brilliant scientists and engineers, including Sheldon Cooper played by actor Jim Parsons. Fall 2010: Sheldon Cooper learns about rap from a documentary and begins rapping in his spare time. He adopts the rap name Yung Sheldon. Spring 2011:
blog Somewhere along the way, Facebook banned me from making apps, indefinitely Sometime in 2013, Facebook restricted me from creating apps, indefinitely. As you can see from the image below, this took place in 2013, the same year Cambridge Analytica was being spun up. I want to apologize to America. The app I created on Facebook for a website called Trailercuts.com
music My Top 15 Pop Songs of the Year These are the 15 songs that gave me more life, this year. It was pretty easy to put together this list of 15, which speaks highly of the kind of year in music we had. I could quite easily have added another ten. Check out the list, and let me
trends The Sweet 16: 16 of My Favorite Videos of the Year Boyoboyoboyoboyoboy, how do you pick just sixteen videos out of the wealth of videos uploaded to YouTube over the course of the year to call your favorites? Well, a few of my favorites have already been captured in this other list of my favorite videos from the world’s most
trends Here's my top 11 of the world's top 10 trending videos lists As part of YouTube Rewind, our year-end wrap-up of YouTube’s trends of the year, I worked with a lot of local country teams to help deliver year-end lists of their countries’ top 10 trending videos. That means I’ve seen a million Despacito parodies, and it also means that
blog Some Advice on Dealing With Online Hate 2017 has been the most difficult year I have ever spent online. I began the year realizing that I had an unhealthy addiction to Facebook (particularly to arguing with people on Facebook), moved on to receiving tons of unwanted attention after being sucked into a negative campaign targeting someone else,
blog 40 For 40 (Part 2) Welcome to the second half of 40 For 40, forty things I’ve learned in my forty years on this planet. Yesterday’s 20 was fun. [http://pettie.us/40-for-40-part-1/] I’ll try to be more serious this time around. 1. Surround your self with good people, and marry the
blog 40 For 40 (Part 1) As of today, I have been alive 40 years, and in that time, I’ve learned a few things. Today, I’m pleased to share 20 of those things with you. 1. A lot of people say age is nothing but a number. That’s obviously untrue. It’s a
blog I took my mom to Take Your Parents To Work Day Last Thursday was Take Your Parents To Work day at Google. This balloon arch greeted parents as they arrived at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View. If you’ve ever heard of Project Loon [https://x.company/loon/], you probably know about our attempts to use balloons to get internet to
