The Outline
Kevin Munger
It’s all reality TV on the internet
As the divide between content creators and consumers flattens, we have started seeing “Drama” nearly everywhere we click.
Fast Times at Cringemont High
Teen movies aren’t popular anymore. You can blame the power of cringe content for that.
We are already ruled by “private governments,” and they suck
The “private governments” created by companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook are as stupid and corrupt as conservatives think our real government is.
Emotional burnout is fueled by envy
You probably can’t usher in the revolution we need to fix our exhausting reality, but you can definitely log the hell off.
Who gentrifies the gentrifiers?
In the future, we will all live in renovated warehouses.
How everything on the internet became clickbait
The “Laurel or Yanny?” phenomenon was the logical endpoint of 300 years of American media.
Old people can’t open new tabs and it’s fueling our descent into hell
For the elderly, the internet can be terrifying. And as bad actors get better and better at fooling them, it’s going to become everybody’s problem.
Buzz off, Boomers
Baby Boomers were set up to succeed. So why do they love complaining about Millennials so much?
Influence? In this economy?
Tech-savvy young people take internet literacy for granted, and that can cause all kinds of problems.