Posts by Arvyn Braich

Most people know that algorithms decide what you see on your phone, but what’s less obvious is how much they quietly guide what you do next. You don’t get every…

Getting pushed out of a job rarely happens in one big moment and, instead, it usually starts with small changes—things just feel different & people stop replying. You might still…

Posting online is part of our everyday lives now and people share meals, outfits, plans, opinions, and whatever else comes to mind—even though what feels normal sometimes goes a bit…

In the rural South, people don’t simply remember traditions, but rather, they live them every day because life here moves at its own pace. Some of these customs are so…

Despite what you might’ve heard, long-term relationships usually succeed because of the small things that each partner does every day. It's not always the big gestures that are important—it’s little…

Middle-class families are already feeling the pressure of higher prices—but the bad news is that they can expect things to get even tighter in the next few years. Wages aren’t…

Boomers grew up with a set of habits that felt totally normal back in the day—but now, a lot of those everyday behaviors seem pretty strange. In some cases, these…

As Americans, we have a bunch of everyday words that we use without ever thinking about them—until someone from another state looks at us confused. Beyond the spelling changes or…

Before everyone had a smartphone glued to their hand, browsing meant getting out of the house, with people wandering through stores with no plan to buy anything. It was a…

Some songs hit big and take over radio stations, before they disappear along with the artist who sang them—that’s exactly what a one-hit wonder is. These songs were everywhere for…