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The Internet diet: clickbait, listicles and cute animal pictures

The Internet diet: clickbait, listicles and cute animal pictures

List-based articles, or \'listicles\' have been around for quite some time in popular media formats. But it would appear they have gained popularity with the advent of sites like BuzzFeed, Cracked and Newsworthy and their penchant for listicle-style clickbait..

  • Slipping into the saddle: a grapple with fear

    I\'m sitting here in the stinking hot summer sun. A consistent cloud of dust is swirling above my head and the pervading sound of crunching gravel is accompanying the sound of crickets, the calling of birds and the occasional sound of cows from the farm next door.

  • Everyone's a racist

    When President Obama was running for his second term in office, a BBC poll was released to show what the result could look like if countries outside of America were to have an influence. Staggeringly, every country surveyed voted in favour of Obama, except one: Pakistan.

  • Dry bones

    One of my favourite passages of scripture is Ezekiel chapter 37: The Valley of Dry Bones.

  • Why vulnerability can be scarier than sharks

    Trying to maintain, and live in relationships with others, and, even further still, to be vulnerable with someone is a little treacherous. It\'s like stretching your limits and enduring wind, rain, sore muscles and hunger while hiking a mountain.

  • Changing Sports

    Some athletes are so talented their skill can transfer across a number of sports. There are a select few whose natural talent and work ethic have seen success when they changed sports.

  • Nothing to fear

    Recent world events have highlighted the fallen nature of the world. Violence and evil seem to prevail. Threats to our society and religion seem imminent. Yet despite all the threats the world faces, we have little to fear.

  • A fortified mind

    ­­­­­Those who follow me must take up their cross daily...

  • Three coats of paint

    Lego bricks ruled my childhood games. As far as I was concerned, it was \'the game\' and everything else was simply second fiddle.

  • 5 little ducks—a story of gross negligence

    It\'s a child\'s worst nightmare: getting left behind or forgotten by a parent. Maybe it has happened to you? Or worse, were YOU the guilty parent who forgot their child somewhere?

  • Empathy, without sympathy, without action

    Recently my boss spoke to me about the need for empathy in the workplace. Empathy is described as the capacity to understand another\'s situation or circumstance, commonly described in the phrase, \"putting yourself in another person\'s shoes\".

  • Recovering chivalry

    I recently sat down with a few friends to discuss what it means for a Christian man to be manly. We had mixed opinions on what it exactly Christian masculinity is. So that weekend I set out to examine what Christian masculinity means in our modern age.