Emily Shiffer

4 days ago | upworthy.com | Emily Shiffer

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4 days ago | upworthy.com | Emily Shiffer

As the world becomes increasingly more concerned with the ways that humans perpetrate bias across many different traits, such as race, ethnicity, income level, sex, gender, and sexuality, a spotlight has been shone on the advantages that people get for being good-looking. It’s another way some thrive because of their genetic luck, while others must work much harder for equal treatment. Sure, looks aren’t 100% genetic.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Emily Shiffer

An estimated 56 million US adults were reported as being affected by scam robocalls, resulting in $25.4 billion in losses, according to a 2023 Truecaller U.S. Spam and Scam Report. This means that about 21% of US adults were victimized by phone scams in 2023 alone. Surprisingly, the report also found that, despite the stereotype of seniors being the biggest victims of phone scams, young adults between the ages 18-44 were three times more likely to be taken advantage of than older adults 45 and up.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Emily Shiffer

Humans have debated things large and small over the millennia, from democracy to breastfeeding in public to how often people ought to wash their sheets. But perhaps the most silly-yet-surprisingly heated household debate is the one in which we argue over which way to hang the toilet paper roll.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Emily Shiffer

Generation X, those born between 1965 and 1980, hold a unique place between Baby Boomers and Millennials. But its a previous generation that many are claiming to relate to even more: the Silent Generation. In an online community of Gen Xers, a member named @bravenewwhorl shared with fellow Gen Xers about the similarities they share with the Silent Generation, those born between 1925 and 1945. "My parents were born before World War Two and my older siblings are younger boomers.