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Atending your first company team-building event can feel a little intimidating—especially when you’re not sure what’s on the agenda. Will it be icebreakers, problem-solving challenges, or just casual bonding? The good news: you don’t need to know everything to make the most of it. Start by going in with an open mindset. Team-building events are designed to strengthen collaboration, not put anyone on the spot. Be willing to participate, even if activities feel outside your comfort zone. Showing effort matters more than being perfect. Dress appropriately by checking the event details ahead of time. If it’s off-site or activity-based, comfortable attire is usually your best bet. When in doubt, business casual works for most environments. Most importantly, use the event as a chance to conne...

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Once upon a time, fandoms lived on the fringes — comic book shops, niche forums, and weekend conventions were the sacred spaces of the passionate few. Fast forward to today, and “geek culture” has taken the global stage, reshaping what’s cool, wearable, and worthy of the spotlight. From the runway to the radio, Marvel heroes, anime icons, and video game aesthetics now drive some of the biggest trends in fashion, music, and entertainment. The shift began with storytelling. Marvel’s cinematic universe didn’t just dominate box offices — it redefined the cultural narrative. Characters like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Spider-Man became style muses, inspiring entire clothing lines and collaborations with major fashion houses. Streetwear brands dropped capsule collections emblazoned with com...

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Longevity app calculates your life expectancy – but will it make us healthier? Would knowing the date of your death influence your actions? It did for Tiberius Caesar. Convinced by the court astrologer Thrasyllus that he had many years of life ahead of him, the paranoid old emperor chose to postpone the murder of his heir Caligula. But by believing Thrasyllus’s prediction and letting his guard down, Tiberius inadvertently gave Caligula enough time to poison him first. The rest, as they say, is history – which Thrasyllus had altered by deliberately overestimating his employer’s life expectancy. While many of us are unlikely to find ourselves in Caesar’s position, knowing how many years we have left may influence many aspects of our life – including when to retire, whether to take a lon...

For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains. Picture a packed stadium of fans in extreme weather, all clad in their favorite jerseys, cheering and cursing at their favorite American football team or European soccer club. Or a crush of screaming fans, singing and dancing in unison at a Taylor Swift or K-pop concert. Or a sea of costumed “Star Wars” fans, lightsabers aloft, filling up movie theaters on opening night of a new movie. Plenty of people like to watch sports, attend concerts and go to the movies. But what about those fans – the die-hard ones, if you will – whose dedication goes even further? The fans whose daily lives are deeply intertwined with their interests? Die-hard fans tend to have a detailed, intricate knowledge. They collec...

For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become a canvas for regular people to be seen and heard. The three qualities that matter most in real estate also matter the most to graffiti artists: location, location, location. In Miami and Los Angeles, cities that contain some of the most expensive real estate in the U.S., graffiti artists have recently made sure their voices can be heard and seen, even from the sky. In what’s known as “graffiti bombing,” artists in both cities swiftly and extensively tagged downtown skyscrapers that had been abandoned. The efforts took place over the course of a few nights in December 2023 and late January 2024, with the results generating a mix of admiration and condemnation. KTLA 5 news highlights public outrage over a graff...

The Stanley craze: How a reusable cup became the latest symbol of overconsumption. A dad and his daughter recently staked out a Target overnight, hoping to score the limited-edition reusable Starbucks x Stanley cup. As the dad documented on TikTok, they were able to secure one of just 40 cups released that day after leading a line that stretched the length of the store when doors opened. At other Targets across the United States, the scenes were more chaotic, with women rushing displays to grab the special Stanley produced with the coffee chain in what have been dubbed Stanley “stampedes.” Another such stampede recently ensued over limited-edition Valentine’s Day Stanley cups. The tumblers, known as the Stanley Quencher and first released in 2016, aren't much different from the myriad reus...