jobs
This Is What It’s Like To Be a Professional Mermaid
“All my life, I had a strong desire to bring whimsy into the world.”
Matt Selvam
6.30.21
Lunar New Year
What Chinese New Year Is Like When You’re Mixed-Race in Singapore
Because I’m mixed, people often can’t pinpoint what my background is. The confusion is amplified whenever Chinese New Year rolls around.
Matt Selvam
2.8.21
japan
Click to Bow: How Japan’s Work Etiquette is Adapting to the Age of Zoom
From Zoom seating charts to digital bowing, Japanese business etiquette gets creative.
Hanako Montgomery
1.12.21
christmas
7 Non-Christmas Movies to Watch During the Holidays
Some funny, others suspenseful, but all random recommendations from people in need of some counterprogramming in December.
Matt Selvam
12.17.20
Animation
Watch Some of the Best Indie Animated Films in This Cyberpunk Virtual World
Cartoons Underground features short films, Q&As with artists and directors, and a treasure hunt within its dystopian world.
Matt Selvam
12.9.20
Gaming
4 Friends Rent a Cinema Just to Play Xbox
The guy who planned it all reached out to over five cinemas before one agreed to the unconventional request.
Matt Selvam
11.26.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now
Single People Can Now Find Love While Speed Dating on a Flight to Nowhere
“Fly out alone, return as a couple,” EVA Air's promo goes.
Matt Selvam
11.20.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now
A Store in China Labeled Large-Size Women’s Clothes ‘Rotten’
Small and medium sizes were tagged “skinny” and “beautiful.”
Matt Selvam
11.19.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now
This Pringles Can From Japan Is Taller Than Kim Kardashian
A snack fit for a whole day of binge-watching.
Matt Selvam
11.16.20
body
Korean Guys Swear by This Remedy for Getting Hit in the Balls
And yet a lot of men probably have never heard of this.
Matt Selvam
11.12.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now
Japanese Engineers Create Robot Hand for Lonely People to Hold
It's a warm, humanlike hand that 'sweats' and squeezes back.
Matt Selvam
11.9.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now
Man Found ‘Tickling’ in His Earmuffs Was Actually a Huge Spider
He felt something moving in his ear while working and wondered where it came from.
Matt Selvam
10.16.20
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