“

For a long time, we discussed the improbable vitriol that people level against each other online. Personal attacks from people who don’t know each other. Vicious professional critiques from folks with no background in the field they’re commenting on.

“

Presumably, when we place our ephemera into a time capsule, whether it’s a ziploc baggie in a shoebox in the backyard, or a municipal vault sealed on the occasion of some locally-relevant anniversary, we hope to impart an accurate snapshot to the future — a selective recreation of life as we know it.

“

Signed to Red NY Management, Bradley Soileau starred in the new viral Lana Del Rey music video, “Born to Die,” which currently has over 3 million views on YouTube.

“

14-year-old Rebecca Black has reportedly dropped out of school due to excessive bullying about that one song she put out on the internet. Poor girl apparently couldn’t take the heat anymore.

“

When away from the internet, say at the grocery store or in line at Chipotle on your lunch break from an office job that requires you to be on the internet 8-10 hours a day, you actually experience these consistent twinges of visceral longing to check your email, kind of like if you checked it you’d feel normal again, or satiated in some way.

“

Do not flirt with the cute male assistant in our department. Odds are I’ve slept with him and it’s awkward between us. He’s only talking to you to hurt me.

“

The shorts are autobiographical snippets of Yilmaz’s life, thick with sarcasm and refreshingly light on philosophy. Yilmaz’s voice is pitched low with nasal overtones, turning each video into a three minute sigh…

“

Fireworks and such all up close and personal. Epic? Scary? Coolest thing ever? Video after the jump.

“

Middle schoolers are the most terrifying form of human. They hate everything, especially themselves, and they’re on the hunt to make people hurt as much as they do. Whenever I find myself near a middle school, my heart starts beating fast and I have to run to the other side of the street.

“

On one hand, we use the internet in a very public way. We tweet pictures of our food, send work emails and talk with our friends. A lot of what we do is meant for public consumption. On the other, the internet is also used to indulge in our most private fantasies.