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Breaking: Nerds Work Out

Hey nerds, guess what? Being smart is no longer an excuse for being fat. The "ripsters" thing Nick Sylvester made up comes to terrifying life in today's Observer, where Doree Shafrir investigates tall tales of New York boys who read contemporary fiction but secretly have defined abdominal muscles. These literary Lotharios are real, and they're totally embarrassed about how they look good shirtless: More »

1:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By rebecca
7,423 views, 79 comments

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The Latest Trend In Trend Stories Is Making Up Words

Like every other New Yorker, I have no idea what's happening around me until it's reported as a trend in the popular press. Like new moms who become absent-minded due to the stress of raising a young child: they're no longer every parent everywhere, but sufferers of the new disease "momnesia." See by adding mom to amnesia, you speak to the larger trend of moms losing interest in everything except their little angel, with the added bonus of reinforcing gender stereotypes about caretakers. And, as two more anecdotal examples followed by a cute coinage will conclusively prove, trend stories grasping at memorability with made-up words and phrases are now themselves a trend. More »

2:05 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By rebecca
1,744 views, 58 comments

Latest by Meeg: I read this article like a year ago from the New York Times Magazine or something that was talking about 30yos who are redefining what it means to be an adult (listening to music the kids like, dressing casual, playing more »

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Sleep Pods: The Trend That Won't Die

When I moved to New York, I had no idea that it was going to be im-fucking-possible to get a decent night's sleep, ever. I also have the frequent urge to retreat to a dark room and curl up in the fetal position whenever I'm in the city—but don't we all? Still, I never imagined paying for a nap in a special, quiet, warm, nap-pod. Nor could anyone imagine that this early-mid 00's trend would still be kicking it! More »

11:45 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Sheila
5,910 views, 45 comments

Latest by Trixie from Toronto: @Pope John Peeps II: That's what I want to know. Is it relentlessly noisy 24/7? more »

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New Vacation Trend So Totally Mind-Blowing

Have you not heard? No one is taking long vacations these days! (Um, except all of us here! Apparently we are shiftless and lazy.) The new trend, we hear, is for employees to take a few four- or five-day breaks, instead of a full week or two. Oh, and everyone brings their BlackBerries and "checks in" with the office while they're poolside. Wow! Sounds like such a great life! And the Times was so eager for us to hear about this new trend that they wrote two articles—one in Metro, one in Styles—about it this weekend. More »

2:25 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Doree Shafrir
3,096 views, 34 comments

Latest by ellagood: @LolCait: actually did see this. can't sleep. thank you... more »