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We may be in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, but it also seems like we’ve never had more ways to meet a new friend, like dating apps that pivoted into friendship apps and online forums where everyone can congregate and get to know one another. And yet, according to a new study, even with all these modern advancements in finding friends, we still look for the same things in our friends we did back when we were cavemen: would they make a good hunter-gatherer? According to a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior by researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, friendship is more than shared hobbies and a similar sense of humor. We evolved to form long-term bonds with people who look like they knew what the hell they were doing. We like people who are reliable hunting partners or good foragers. People who know how to survive. How Scientists Found Our Caveman Friendship Instincts To test the idea, the researchers paired up strangers for a 30...

We all know inflation is adding more stress to our everyday lives, but what about its impact on dating? It’s so bad out there that there’s a new dating trend thought to combat financial stress. “As costs rise due to inflation, there is a new trend that has been coined ‘infladating’ in the relationship space,” says Susan Trombetti, matchmaker and CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking. In other words…we’re all struggling so much that we combined a dating trend with a financial wellness trend. What Is Infladating? Trombetti describes “infladating” as “being more mindful about spending on dates due to rising costs.” I mean, that sounds quite rational to me. “This doesn’t have to be a negative thing at all and can actually help people realize they can plan something probably more romantic for a date without spending a ton of money,” she explains. “Think going to get a coffee and walking in the park, having a picnic, etc.” For exampl...

Geek rock hit a peak in the 1990s. Geeks everywhere found an alternative outlet as well. Geek rock bands were foreshadowed by groups such as The Cars and Devo. In the 1990s, many alternative subgenres were created, and geeks found alternative bands to resonate with. These are three no-skip geek rock albums from 1996 that we still geek out to 30 years later. ‘factory showroom’ by they might be giants They Might Be Giants are one of the quirkiest bands of the 1990s. Notably, they performed the Malcom in the Middle theme song. They sounded like a hybrid of Weird Al and Devo, creating some of the best geek rock of the 1990s. Their sixth studio album, Factory Showroom, was the band’s last on the Elektra label. They left following the release, feeling that Elektra hadn’t promoted the band well enough. In a legendary geek rock move, the band recorded “I Can Hear You” on a wax cylinder at Edison Laboratory without the use of electricity . ...

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By Friday, you can usually feel whether a week delivered on what it promised. This one did — it just didn’t always do it all that politely. Pluto opposing Mercury today means conversations go somewhere heavier than anyone planned, stargazer, so think carefully before you speak this morning. The Moon conjuncts Uranus midmorning and hands you a surprise from the inside — something you didn’t know you were about to realize. That’s always the more interesting kind. By late afternoon the Moon sextiles Jupiter and the whole register opens up considerably. A fitting way to close out a week that asked a lot. Let tonight be the exhale it’s supposed to be. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 You’ve put out a ton of energy this week, and today the tank isn’t running the same way. Neptune squaring Mars has that effect — it doesn’t kill the drive,...

Nowadays, everybody’s phone is either on silent or vibrate. Most of the time, our voicemail box is full, and we don’t even remember what our greeting sounds like. In the formative cellphone years of the 2000s, it was very important to have a cool ringtone or song on your voicemail greeting. We had to hold the phone up to our CD player to record a song for a voicemail greeting, and we perfected this technique. Times have changed, and therefore, these 4 songs will forever remind us of our old ringtones or voicemail greetings in the 2000s. “crank that (soulja boy)” by soulja boy I hope people realize how big Soulja Boy was in the 2000s. His debut single, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”, created a nationwide dance craze in 2007. Therefore, many used their phones to film themselves dancing to the track. His debut album, brilliantly titled souljaboytellem.com , hit No. 1 on the US Top Rap Albums chart. This ringtone was everywhere during the heigh...