She may only be twelve, but she’s “a hard twelve,” as Tween Hobo’s Twitter profile proclaims. This quirky character isn’t just a joke, though. Tween Hobo’s creator, Brooklyn-based playwright Alena Smith, aims to reflect on the profound changes in our culture driven by technological development and how young teens interact with it. The sassy @tweenhobo is a reflection of the digital-native tween culture, hence her naïveté about Pearl Jam but tech-savvy witticisms and fanatical infatuation with Justin Bieber. And why “hobo?” Smith explains that the “hobo culture” of being a nomad and meeting random strangers is a metaphor for how people interact online — such as tweeting at someone you’ve never met, or checking out a stranger’s Instagram photos, actions that have become engrained into the tween psyche. In the wise word of @tweenhobo, “Sometimes I silence my phone and pretend it’s the olden days before mom let me get one.”

Filed Under: What’s Cookin? Food Raps

Ice cream, pancakes, and bagels may not sound very gangster in their literal form, but the latest stop-motion short from production duo BankShot makes the food do the talkin’ to classic lines from Biggie Smalls, Raekwon, Q-Tip, Method Man, and more notable rappers. Sponsored by LRG, this video serves up some platinum marketing. 

Filed Under: The Hipster Games

If you’ve been staying up on your pop-culture mocking YouTube videos, you might remember the Hipster Olympics that came out in 2007. Well now there is a new video that will soon take its place, The Hipster Games, but this one plays off The Hunger Games (of course). It’s worth taking a look just to laugh and also interesting how on the surface not much has changed in hipster culture in the last four years (or at least to those who are making fun of them). The outfits have gone from sarcastic to outrageous but PBR seemingly still has a choke hold on the group.  

Filed Under: Props to Jim Yong Kim

Hopefully you’ve heard that President Obama nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. Economic development policies aside, this hilarious video of Jim Kim getting his Will.i.am impersonation on dressed as a space man bedecked in glow sticks at the Dartmouth Idol performance last year shows that a mix of pop culture and politics isn’t always a distaster.

Donuts put it all in perspective. 

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Possibly one of the most amusing parts of the SOPA protests were the people who totally did not understand what was going on. And thanks to @Herpderpedia, who retweeted every funny freak out from the day the hysteria can live on forever. 

TUMBLR OBSESSN OF THE WEEK! ANIMALS TALKING IN ALL CAPS IS…JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE! CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF!

HERE’S THE LATEST POST:

SHHHHHH. SPEECH IS FUTILE. LET US COMMUNICATE THROUGH PURE THOUGHT, UNDILUTED, OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS DISSOLVING IN A COMMON POOL, MINGLING, BECOMING ONE.

YES, LET US MERGE MINDS. OUR SPIRIT IS THE LIGHT, REFLECTED AND REFRACTED, WHILE WE ARE BUT FACETS OF THE SAME JEWEL. COME CLOSER. CLOSER. YES. THAT. SEEMS. TO BE. WRRRRKKKNNNNG.

… WAIT, ARE YOU THINKING ARBY’S?

YEAH, YOU TOO?

WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST SAY THAT?

After many a public political/celebrity/college/athlete scandal, we’ve all learned from others’ mistakes to think twice about taking drunken, debaucherous photos. Because you never know who may find that lost camera…it could be this guy! The creator of I Touched Your Driftwood was strolling along the beach this December, found a camera that had washed ashore, and uploaded all the pics to create a charming Tumblr with the wonderfully scandalous 127 party photos! He (she?) has even gone the extra mile and fabricated characters and a decent storyline to accompany the embarrassing photos. Morally questionable? Maybe. Whatever, I’m pretty sure we get fresh karma in the new year, so this can just be strike one. 

Maybe you’re trying to quit a foul habit (tobacco), or maybe you’re just facilitating another one (caffeine). Either way, grab some Grinds Coffee Pouches. Just like smokeless chewing tobacco, Grinds come in round canisters packed with pouches of flavored coffee, not cancerous junk. Although we suspect there may be similar havoc wreaked on teeth, at least you won’t need a nasty spit cup. Perfect for a “quick kick any time or any place,” it’s like insta-brew in your mouth…well, we guess anything’s better than chewing tobacco, so get grinding!