Eric Spring lives in New York City. He has poor vision and cooks a good egg. Most of his money is spent on live music and produce. He usually wears plain, solid color sweatshirts without hoods because he assumes loud patterns make people expect something big. Typically, he'll bypass a handshake and go straight for the hug.
We all know it’s worth the extra few seconds to scan that email draft or go through an essay before submitting it. And yet, we’re often so excited it’s done we just hit send without a second thought. Then, in a bizarre example of masochism, we read through the whole thing after it’s too late […] More
Traditions have a way of connecting us to our past. We learn them from our parents, our grandparents or even an understanding of our cultural background. And it can be comforting to carry out many of these traditions. They give us a sense of long-term regularity amidst all the chaos of current events and people […] More
Job interviews are a major head game. On one hand, they’re very exciting. An invitation to interview is one of the later steps in the journey to landing a new job. And yet, they’re wildly performative, forcing us not to be ourselves, be polite, show off our skills and demonstrate general likability all in less […] More
We all love a good fun fact. They expand our mind just a tiny, gentle amount. Sometimes they bring a smirk to our face. And other times they’re reliable as hell during an awkward ice breaker. So it’s not a bad idea to keep a few in your back pocket for when, say, you’ve just […] More
Humans have long been obsessed with exploring outward. People have always roamed the earth to see what there was to see. And in the last 50+ years, we’ve launched into outer space, charting sights and objects further away than we can even comprehend. But we don’t have to go further than our own skulls to […] More
As time trudges on, technology seems to advance at a lightning pace. Way back when it began with simple tools like wheels and arrows. Then came irrigation and buildings. After that, industrial machinery was a game changer, followed by computers and the internet. But despite every generation’s rose-colored descriptions of the future, has it all […] More
One of the coolest things about reading history is realizing just how bananas all those real people were. Kings, military leaders, pioneers of art, and explorers—there are countless examples of people who, if they’d been dreamed up in a book or a movie, would be too far-fetched to even believe. And yet they were very […] More
As often as we were told not to believe—or spread—them, we tended to love rumors in high school. Whether it was an overheard tidbit flying around the hallways or some juicy gossip in the lunch room, it wasn’t uncommon to find ourselves bending our ears to hear every eye-widening detail. Apparently Redditor tall_hopelessromantic was feeling […] More
As much as we’re all aware they’re morbid, morally destitute, and thrive on violence above all else, we are fascinated by the lives of serial killers. Surf through any streaming site and you’re sure to see at least a few documentaries and fictional dramas whose subject is some guy on a killing rampage. But whether […] More
It’s by now common knowledge a profoundly high amount of marriages end in divorce in the United States. Bearing that upsetting news in mind, we’d like to think each of those relationships meet their end for a worthy reason, full of movie-like passion and the strong convictions of both partners. But a recent Reddit thread […] More
Everybody loves a good fun fact. They’re worth their weight in gold when you find yourself at an intimidating team-builder or other ice breaker situation. On top of that, if you can master the art of injecting them into conversation without sounding like a middle school science teacher, you can rely on them to turn […] More
