It's the Fucking PointOpinionated, no-BS commentary on Tech, Culture, and Money.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/The iPhone isn't a better phone. It's a permission slip to belong.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/android-is-better-and-iphone-people-know-it/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/android-is-better-and-iphone-people-know-it/Android does more, costs less, and doesn't dictate how you talk to your friends. None of that has ever been the point, because Apple was never selling you a phone. It was selling you a way to not be the green bubble.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechPHONESThe scandal wasn't the thong bikinis on that cruise. It was everyone back home who couldn't handle we had fun.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/lifestyle/we-booked-a-spring-break-cruise-in-our-40s/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/lifestyle/we-booked-a-spring-break-cruise-in-our-40s/We came back from a spring break cruise happier than we've been in years. The judgment started before we'd even unpacked.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTlifestyleTRAVELThe algorithm didn't radicalize you. Boredom did.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/the-algorithm-didnt-radicalize-you/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/the-algorithm-didnt-radicalize-you/Blaming the recommendation engine skips the part where you opened the app in the first place, thirty seconds after finishing the last video, looking for something — anything — to feel.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechSOCIAL MEDIASelf-care became a marketing category the day it stopped being free.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/self-care-became-a-marketing-category/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/self-care-became-a-marketing-category/Rest, boundaries, and saying no used to cost nothing. Then someone noticed you'd pay for permission to do them, and packaged the permission.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcultureWELLNESSYour grocery bill isn't inflation anymore. It's just the new price.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/your-grocery-bill-isnt-inflation-anymore/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/your-grocery-bill-isnt-inflation-anymore/Inflation is a rate of change. Once the rate goes back to normal, the price doesn't go back with it — and pretending otherwise is doing a lot of quiet work for somebody's margin.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyECONOMYNobody is 'touching grass.' They're just offline for an hour.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/nobody-is-touching-grass/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/nobody-is-touching-grass/We turned 'not looking at your phone for sixty minutes' into a wellness milestone worth posting about. Read that sentence again.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcultureTHE INTERNETThe 'side hustle' is just a second job with worse hours and no benefits.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/the-side-hustle-is-a-second-job/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/the-side-hustle-is-a-second-job/We renamed 'not making enough at your first job' into an entrepreneurship story, so the math wouldn't have to change.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyWORKYour smart home isn't smart. It's a subscription with extra steps.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/your-smart-home-is-a-subscription/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/your-smart-home-is-a-subscription/The bulb, the lock, and the doorbell all worked fine as dumb objects you owned outright. Now they need an app, an account, and a monthly fee to keep doing the same job.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechSUBSCRIPTIONSYour startup doesn't have a growth problem. It has a nobody-wants-this problem.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/your-startup-doesnt-have-a-growth-problem/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/your-startup-doesnt-have-a-growth-problem/Every pitch deck says the same thing: "we just need more users." Almost none of them are willing to look at the one chart that explains why the users they already have keep walking out the door.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechTEARDOWNThe group chat is the last good thing left on the internet.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/the-group-chat-is-the-last-good-thing/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/the-group-chat-is-the-last-good-thing/Everything public got optimized into a slot machine. The last un-optimized room left is the one with six of your actual friends in it.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcultureTHE INTERNETAI didn't take your job. A spreadsheet did, in 1994.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/ai-didnt-take-your-job/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/ai-didnt-take-your-job/Every wave of software has 'eliminated' jobs by quietly turning them into different, worse-paid jobs. The chatbot is just the latest spreadsheet with better manners.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechAIStop "finding your passion." It's the worst advice ever sold.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/stop-finding-your-passion/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/stop-finding-your-passion/Passion isn't a hidden object you locate. It's a byproduct of getting good at something hard enough that quitting would sting.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcultureWORKCrypto isn't back. It just never learned how to leave.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/crypto-isnt-back/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/tech/crypto-isnt-back/Every rally gets called a 'comeback.' It isn't. It's the same six people repricing the same promise to a slightly different room.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechCRYPTO"Quiet quitting" is just doing the job you're paid for.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/quiet-quitting-is-just-doing-the-job/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/culture/quiet-quitting-is-just-doing-the-job/We invented a scary-sounding phrase for the radical act of not doing unpaid overtime. That should tell you something.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcultureWORKOpen offices were about cheap rent, not collaboration.https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/open-offices-were-about-cheap-rent/https://itsthefuckingpoint.com/money/open-offices-were-about-cheap-rent/The pitch was 'spontaneous collaboration.' The spreadsheet said 'fewer square feet per head.' Guess which one won.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmoneyWORK