JUST THE GOODS

Hello,

I have absolutely nothing profound to say to you today. I’m gonna give you some hot goss, then we’ll pick it back up next week and strap in because we’re going to be doing a deep dive into West Elm Caleb, online harassment, and what it means when people cross the line on TikTok. Do I hate Caleb? Yah DUH I hate Caleb. Do I think what happened to him was uncool? Also YAH DUH. I don’t want to spill the beans before we get too deep into it but “West Elm Caleb” is currently a viral TikTok conversation stemming from one TikTok-er who had a bad date. Then a bunch of women realized they all dated the same guy in NYC. It’s like Couch Guy. We’ll talk more. Do some research, prepare your opinion, get your popcorn ready. We’ll talk.

Lest you all forget, I am an internet CRITIC. I do not just blindly love the metaverse. I’m not a complete simp for TikTok (all of the time). I do not wear an Oculus and wander around my home glued to a world outside my existence. And there are plenty of times when I have to wonder WHY ON THIS GREEN EARTH the internet behaves the way it does. West Elm Caleb was one of those moments.

Ok longer letter later,

here’s the goods:

A tweet

from a Wharton School professor went viral after her students seemed to think the average salary in America was $800k. This is definition “babe…you good?” I wish I could punt these students. But also this tweet is very valuable as well to counteract all that dialogue in your head that’s like “well NOT EVERYONE at Ivy Leagues are rich!!”
Pete Davidson and Colin Jost

just bought a Staten Island Ferry. Truly love this for them. Go off boiz. Plz DO restore NYC.
Do you know Abby?

No literally, I’m asking you if you know who Abby is on TikTok. You SHOULD.
Twitter is doing this thing

where they’re allowing you to make your profile pic into an NFT.
Speaking of NFTs,

I am officially in love with this man who made his selfies into an NFT and then made millions of dollars. #business #stonks
Adele

has postponed her Las Vegas residency because COVID has overcomplicated it to the Nth degree.
I wrote a while ago

about Sienna and Jack from Hype House and how Sienna had been accused of SA Jack. He’s now posted a video about his experience. This is absolutely huge news in the young TikTok creator community and will surely create more waves than we know as more details and lines get drawn in the sand.
Artist KAWS

is the latest in creators taking to the metaverse to unveil his exhibit via Fortnite. New Fiction is the first show to be recreated on Fortnite.
This new sound

is popping on TikTok and it was obviously launched by the queen herself, Emily Mariko. The girl can do more than just salmon.
Walmart has plans

to create cryptocurrency and NFTs. K. I mean I get it. But also perhaps Walmart should consider the access to these very elite forms of currency and their demographic audience and whether or not that makes sense from a grander socioeconomic access perspective. IDK WALMART THAT’S JUST ME. But I respect the innovation. I do.
The Bronx

experienced a devastating fire and Cardi B is stepping in big time to support her community.
When We Were Young festival

popped up last week on Instagram and everyone aged 30 and up went nuts while Gen Z couldn’t figure out if this was aimed at them because, while wildly drawn to the marketing, they had no idea who half the acts were.
The Twitter campaign

that is actually pretty cool but more so has advertising people in a tizzy. This is such a good example of when advertising is speaking to advertisers. DNGMW, this is an elite campaign, I think it’s genius, but also what value did this provide to users? If you tweet it, you can be it????? I mean sort of 😬 but also, kudos.
Vogue editor,

André Leon Talley passed away at age 73.
Sailor Moon subway cards.

Yes. The Moon Stick IC Card is a true-to-size detailed replica and it costs about $65. Very extra. Very cool.
People are getting sooooooo offended by Wordle

and how popular it is and I do think that’s because they’re just bad at it. But maybe that’s just because I have a 99% completion rate 💅🏻
Apple

is working on a product that could shut off noise cancellation when you use a ~secret word~ K LIKE ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO LEVEL IT UP TO HOGWARTS AT THIS POINT?!
Meat Loaf

DIED!!
Everyone’s getting all hyped up

about Pickleball.
What is 🅿️?

This was one I had to ask my 23-year-old cousin. But he didn’t shame me because he said it took him a minute too so don’t feel bad about this one.
Priyanka Chopra and her husband, Nick Jonas

had their baby.
Netflix

has confirmed season 2 of Squid Games.