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My portable CD player became an extra appendage—and a way of preserving youthful memories.

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Hello, Discman, my old friend: a Millennial love letter to portable music's black-sheep king

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Here are 5 thought-provoking films that explore free speech.

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For absolutely no reason, here are 5 thought-provoking films about free speech

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Movie fans say these are the most unintentionally hilarious scenes ever

"I cried laughing when I saw [it], and I kept rewinding it to cry laugh some more."

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Seth MacFarlane perfectly explains why there aren't any hopeful characters in TV and film anymore

"'The White Lotus' is brilliant, but no one [on the show] is someone you'd want to be."

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Alanis Morissette updated 'Ironic' for today's problems and it's hilarious

"It's like Amazon but your package never came..."

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Why dogs tend to look like their humans, according to science

“Women with longer hair tended to prefer dogs with long ears.”

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One simple song lyric can tell if you are a Millennial, Gen Z, or Boomer

A stand-up comedian uses the song lyric to spot different generations in her crowd.

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John Mulaney tells Jon Stewart his secret for eternal youth: fighting teenage boys

“Everyone should fight three teenagers once a year.”

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Asked about David Lynch's surrealism, David Foster Wallace's perfect response involved peanut butter

How do you describe the indescribable?

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After Paul Reubens died, Conan O'Brien found an old birthday message: 'I was just stunned.'

"In a way, it felt like he was saying goodbye"

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11 intelligent characters in movies and TV shows that make you say 'well played'

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together?

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John Lennon had a UFO sighting so vivid, he referenced the phenomenon in a song

"It wasn’t a helicopter, and it wasn’t a balloon, and it was so near."

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Nirvana's subversive performance on a teen pop show is one of the funniest TV-music moments ever

Obvious miming and deep-voiced weirdness.

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The beloved Looney Tunes movie people thought was lost forever is finally getting released

Wile E. Coyote is finally getting his day in court.

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What's the 'most millennial' song? Semi-charmed strangers have all-star debate

Some popular answers include Jimmy Eat World’s 2001 emo-pop classic "The Middle," Chumbawamba’s temporarily inescapable 1997 chant-along "Tubthumping."

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5 movies that you can just listen to like a podcast

Exciting scores and engaging dialogue allow people to just listen to a movie.

The often misunderstood condition that killed Garry Shandling

The beloved comedian's 2016 death highlights a little known disease

5 of Rory’s Favorite Books That Perfectly Explain Gilmore Girls

Rory Gilmore, a rolemodel for a generation of bookish young women, expressed herself best through literature.

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