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Allow Yourself to Be Disappointed
Kelli Dolan
Something I've noticed a lot of people doing lately is going to talk about their frustrations with the COVID-19 shutdowns but then hedging their statements by saying "I know some people have it a lot worse than me." While this is true, we're all going through a hard time right now whether someone else has it harder than you or not. One of the important things in life that people always tell ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Rediscover Songs You Forgot
About a month ago, some friends and I were making an exhaustive playlist for a party I was having. We were trying to come up with a good mix of current songs and throwbacks we all loved at one point in our lives. We ended up coming up with some forgotten gems that would get each one of us excited in turn as we shouted out each one. There was one artist whose music was escaping me, nagging at ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Instant Gratification and Your Brain
It's funny to think about how antsy and bored we get when we don't have stimuli 24/7. We need to be watching a movie, reading a book, playing a video game, or on our phones to not be totally driven mad by inactivity. Most of us probably can't even just sit and listen to music without doing something else at the same time. And this isn't just younger generations, so we can't even say it's a ... ...more
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Tom Brady Has Left the Patriots and New England is Raging
In one of the first, big non-corornavirus-related news breaks, Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots. Although it comes as a huge dig to Patriots and Tom Brady fans, it's not a complete shock as he was fairly candid in the drafting process that he was potentially looking to move to another team. But that still didn't lessen the blow for a lot of New England. New Englanders were ... ...more
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Ponder Session: Are Traits or Values More Important?
In the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, there are quite a few more wizarding schools besides Hogwarts. But in looking at Hogwarts house sorting methods in comparison to the American wizard school Ilvermorny, it got me wondering about the nature of what we deem important in ourselves. At Hogwarts, students are sorted based on their most prominent personality trait. Bravery and loyalty is ... ...more
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Season Three of Westworld Premieres Tonight; These Are My Thoughts.
Mild spoilers ahead. Be fair warned; if you haven't seen the first two season's of Westworld on HBO, tread carefully. Go binge watch the first two seasons, and then come back for this discussion. Westworld has taken us on a journey of cowboys, robots, and existentialism for two seasons now, and I honestly wondered at the end of season two where they were going to take things. As a story, ... ...more
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Hot Takes: Beauty Trends
Beauty trends are stupid. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve definitely given in to trends myself. Whether consciously or unconsciously, I’ve purchased an item of clothing or painted my nails in a new way because of a hot new trend. However, I at least follow these trends because I think they’re fun and I genuinely like them, but I feel like some people go out and hop on the band wagon because they ... ...more
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Hot Takes: Male-Female Friendships
I’m getting very tired of the old belief that men and women can’t just be friends. While it’s not as widely believed, referenced, or inferred as it was a long time ago, there is still residual jokes and standards that are upheld today in society that imply some people just can’t let it go. (Not that I’m trying to make this an “okay boomer” moment, but this does tend to occur with some of the ... ...more
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Hot Takes: YouTube Culture
This is a column that I started doing before my break that I would like to get back to. In Hot Takes, I share my full, unbiased opinion on different topics that seem relevant or interesting to talk about. Anyone who may have a suggestion for a topic to cover, let me know! -- YouTube has been around, in a fully-fledged capacity, since 2006. Back in those innocent days, the content there was ... ...more
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Hot Take on Facebook Memories Feature
No one quite remembers when the Facebook 'memories' feature was added to the platform, but suddenly one day it was there to remind as all of the cringe-worthy things we used to say and post to our profiles. A lot of people seem to enjoy it. It was a smart move on Facebook's part. Give the people a way to track their online history by digging it up for them and presenting it as a way to share ... ...more
