news • Feb 22 2018

Kapitalism Kween Kylie Jenner just lost Snapchat $1.3 billion with a single tweet

Who’s King Kylie now, bitch?

Kylie Jenner. You can love her, you can hate her, you can cry your eyes out while you watch “To Our Daughter” for the millionth time, but one thing you can’t do is deny this SEX ICON has clout.

According to Bloomberg, Snap Inc. (the parent company of Snapchat) has lost $1.3 billion in market value since yesterday. Why? Because Kylie tweeted she hated the new Snapchat update.

sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad.

— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) February 21, 2018

Kylie’s stories are the most popular on the app by a long shot. And if the queen of Snap isn’t happy, neither are investors. I mean, I don’t blame them. This is 2018. I’m only on Snapchat to look for pics of Stormi. Communicating via flower crown-adorned selfie is very 2013.

But really, this is kinda crazy. Can you imagine? The power to take down a whole tech company with the tap-tap-tap of your iPhone. A Kardashian-Jenner superpower. Truly iconic.

Yes, Nicki Minaj is now dating a registered sex offender and convicted killer

Here’s the full court record

by Nian Hu

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An Asian guy took an ancestry DNA test only to be told that he’s ‘100% Asian’

Surprise! You’re Asian!

by Nian Hu

Pretty much everyone I know has taken one of those ancestry DNA tests. And yeah, they're expensive but I can definitely see the appeal. The level of detail in the breakdowns — 56 percent Irish, 20 percent Balkan, 12 percent Iberian — isn't something you could get from a conversation with your grandma. And it's…

The guy behind the sexist Ocasio-Cortez tweet also tweeted about making ‘hot’ children masturbate

And then tried to defend it

by Nian Hu

Eddie Scarry, a reporter at the Washington Examiner, recently came under fire for a tweet where he posted a photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's backside as she was walking, and wrote: "Hill staffer sent me this pic of Ocasio-Cortez they took just now. I'll tell you something: that jacket and coat don't look like a girl…