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STORY ANGLES - Cultural Commentary: Explores societal trends and behaviors, often tying them to pop culture or lifestyle phenomena.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 17, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Vox
- Top 100K sites
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Meet the man who spent $15K on Beyoncé tickets (opens the original)
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What it costs to be a superfan in the era of super-pricey shows. From a fan perspective, seeing the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, attending the US Open and sipping on Honey Deuces, and getting a seat to Olivia Rodrigo’s Unraveled Tour and sing-screaming to “Stupid Song” couldn’t be more different. But they do have one thing in common: They’re all expensive. Attending a live event has become a luxury purchase. Not that long ago in 2019, the average price of a concert ticket was $92. Maybe your
“It’s the fitness space’s Eras Tour”: How Hyrox became the exercise cult of the moment (opens the original)
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The $270 million event lets everyone buy into the fantasy of being an elite athlete. A simple push-up can debase the most dignified humans, transforming them into helpless little halibuts, unable to unmoor their bellies from the floor. Squats and lunges can leave their victims crouching like tiny goblins or trembling against gravity’s will. Have you ever willingly watched yourself run at full speed? Only if you have self-esteem of steel. But for certain people, the most physically demanding exp
The FOMO of not seeing The Odyssey in 70 mm IMAX (opens the original)
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“I saw it in a regular theater and I felt like a loser.” In late July, Universal and IMAX extended 70 mm IMAX showings of The Odyssey through mid-September. In New York City, these screenings basically sold out immediately, save for a few seats in the front row. People trekked to AMC Lincoln Square 13 — one of only 25 theaters in the US, 41 in the entire world, that can screen the film in this format — to wait in line to buy tickets in person because the app was constantly crashing. Similarly, S
What makes Meta glasses cool also makes them super weird (opens the original)
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The plight of owning “pervert glasses” when you’re not a pervert. The comical charm of Meta’s new AI-enhanced, smart glasses is that they’re seemingly made for someone unimpressed, perhaps thoroughly, with the way they’re experiencing life. Being unhappy with life in its current state is, of course, intrinsically human and a problem that is as old as time. In fairy tales and folklore, the motif ends with a lesson — sometimes with the aid of magic, divine punishment, and maybe a witch or two — to
Spoiler! How prediction markets broke reality TV. (opens the original)
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If it looks like cheating and smells like cheating, it’s probably cheating. We live in an era where you can bet on anything: sports, elections, wars, the temperature in Los Angeles tomorrow, company profits, and everything in between. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that people are spending millions of dollars on online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket to bet on reality TV. Right now, you could place a bet as to who’s getting eliminated on Big Brother or whether former New York C
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