A leaked internal memo from MrBeast‘s production company has surfaced online, revealing that the YouTube mogul’s staff were placed under strict food restrictions in order to help him stick to a personal diet plan. The message, which began circulating on social media outlined a set of rules that extended well beyond Jimmy Donaldson himself, targeting … Read more
A group of Gen Z TikTokers has declared their own country, and the story is stranger than it sounds. What began as an imaginary nation dreamed up by a teenager has evolved into a self-declared state complete with a president, a parliament, an intelligence agency, passports, and a cryptocurrency controversy. The country calls itself the … Read more
Katie, a Florida-based adaptive athlete and influencer who posts on TikTok and Instagram under the handle @slightlyoff.balance, went viral after sharing body cam footage of a traffic stop that quickly became one of the more widely viewed law enforcement encounters on the internet. On the morning of February 11th, around 8:04 a.m., Katie was driving … Read more
A YouTuber known as Fique Wamiq Ayub is now facing a lawsuit that could cost him well over $100,000 after pulling the same prank at a Canadian university twice. In October 2024, Fique walked into a lecture hall at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, pulled out a portable stove, and began cooking curry in … Read more
YouTube, the world’s largest video platform, is quietly becoming a dumping ground for low-effort, AI-generated content. A study conducted by Kapwing found that for a fresh, unsigned-in account, YouTube is already 20% AI slop, with 104 of the first 500 videos, or 21%, confirmed as AI-generated, and 165 of those 500, or 33%, classified as … Read more
What began as internet drama surrounding Akaash Singh‘s wife Jasleen has apparently cost him more than just his reputation. Within a matter of months, Singh went from co-hosting one of the biggest comedy podcasts in the world to walking away from it entirely, and the situation may have taken his friendship with Andrew Schulz along … Read more
Facebook Marketplace users have discovered a weird but surprisingly effective trick for selling items that would normally attract little to no attention: adding AI-generated models to their listings. While Marketplace has become one of the internet’s go-to platforms for buying and selling used goods, getting people to actually choose on a listing can be difficult, … Read more
On episode #2507 of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan took aim at comedians who have criticized roast humor, accusing them of abandoning the craft for personal clout. Rogan began by explaining that roast culture had largely disappeared from television for nearly a decade before major events like the Tom Brady Roast brought it … Read more
George Lopez sat down with Shaquille O’Neal on The Big Podcast with Shaq and opened up about a real-life encounter with the Secret Service that stemmed from a joke he posted on Instagram about former President Donald Trump. Lopez explained that the incident began when news broke that Iran had allegedly offered an $80 million … Read more
Stavros Halkias is one of the few comedians with firsthand experience inside Joe Rogan’s comedy orbit who has openly criticized both Rogan and the political direction surrounding Austin’s comedy scene. Having performed at The Mothership in 2023 and appeared on several podcasts connected to that circle, Halkias spoke about what he believes the scene has … Read more
