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Inside TikTok’s Unhinged Home Remodeling Videos

Inside TikTok’s Unhinged Home Remodeling Videos

Along the way, the aesthetic and style of these videos started to change. The early viral renovation videos from Designer Bob were silly but could sometimes be mistaken for genuine design content. Newer videos were more ludicrous, the renovations more fantastical, their action narrated by a droning AI voice. That’s just the way TikTok’s remix culture works, says Alex Turvy, who studies digital culture.“We’re going to see trends like this become more and more absurd until they burn out,” he says.There’s even a spin-off meme specifically about “galvanized square steel,” to the point where some users have questioned whether the…
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WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!

WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!

On a recent trip to Giant Eagle, my local grocery store in Pittsburgh, I noticed something new in the fruit section: a single pineapple packaged in a pink and forest-green box. A picture on the front showed the pineapple cut open, revealing rose-colored flesh. Touted as the “jewel of the jungle,” the fruit was the Pinkglow pineapple, a creation of American food giant Fresh Del Monte. It cost $9.99, a little more than double the price of a regular yellow pineapple.I put the box in my cart, snapped a picture with my phone, and shared the find with my foodie…
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