Get stories worth sharing delivered to your inbox.

Waiting in line to pay for groceries, it’s hard not to notice all the ridiculous tabloid headlines: So-and-so wore shorts yesterday! Who’s cheating on who? People are on diets! As entertaining as it all may be, shouldn’t *real* stories get the kind of attention the pointless ones do?

Morgan Shoaff

Jul 18, 2014

Add to Google News

More for You

bartender, tending bar, observant, bar, restaurant

People Skills

People who ‘read’ others for a living share what they can pick up on about someone in 10 seconds

gen z, iced coffee at job interview, ice coffee

Culture

Recruiter calls Gen Zers with iced coffee at job interviews unprofessional. But they’re not budging.

Westminster, National Centenarian's Day, makeover, high school

Generations

Glow-up after 100: Centenarians at Austin senior living community get ‘glamorous’ makeovers from high schoolers

alec baldwin, actor alec baldwin, robert de niro, robert de niro impression, alec baldwin impression

Culture

Alec Baldwin performs a De Niro impression so good it truly shocks interviewer

Skills

A manager demanded a doctor’s note for a single sick day. It backfired immediately.

Get stories worth sharing delivered to your inbox.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.

Email *

By subscribing, you accept beehiiv's Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. Our site's Privacy Policy applies.

Featured

All Featured Stories →

tiny home, tiny homes, tiny house, tiny houses, divorced woman

Skills

Divorced Tennessee woman on disability shows off adorable tiny home that costs just $450 a month

Emily Shiffer

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, replica, movies, 1980s

Pop Culture

The original cut of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ had two siblings edited out. Gen X now sees the clues.

Cecily Knobler

Olivia Bean, Beth Tanner, Pls.Find, teachers

Wholesome

Young woman looked for her 4th grade teacher for 22 years. Finding her created a beautiful twist.

Cecily Knobler

daniel pink, daniel pink writer, lazy worker, sleepy man, office

Science

Behavior expert says discipline isn’t the key to productivity. Instead, ask these 2 questions.

Tod Perry

At Upworthy, we make the best in humanity more visible so it becomes more possible. Together with our community, creators, and partners, we create stories, ideas, and experiences that change how people see themselves and the world, and inspire them to add more good to it.

Company

Topics

Instagram
LinkedIn
Facebook
TikTok
YouTube

They Took A Tabloid And Made It More Realistic. No Celebrities Included.

Tags

More for You

People who ‘read’ others for a living share what they can pick up on about someone in 10 seconds

Recruiter calls Gen Zers with iced coffee at job interviews unprofessional. But they’re not budging.

Glow-up after 100: Centenarians at Austin senior living community get ‘glamorous’ makeovers from high schoolers

Alec Baldwin performs a De Niro impression so good it truly shocks interviewer

A manager demanded a doctor’s note for a single sick day. It backfired immediately.

Get stories worth sharing delivered to your inbox.

Featured

Divorced Tennessee woman on disability shows off adorable tiny home that costs just $450 a month

The original cut of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ had two siblings edited out. Gen X now sees the clues.

Young woman looked for her 4th grade teacher for 22 years. Finding her created a beautiful twist.

Behavior expert says discipline isn’t the key to productivity. Instead, ask these 2 questions.