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Cory Manento2022/09/21< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Metaverse—Fad or Fade?

Allow us a brief moment to get meta and discuss Trendlines from within Trendlines (trust us, we tried to make a “between the lines” pun work. It’s not possible). For those of you ...
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Cory Manento2022/09/08< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Time to Retire, Grandpa

The global business environment isn’t just uncertain for employers, it’s also uncertain for Labradoodles who can’t comprehend human commerce. That, and employees. Among those who ...
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Cory Manento2022/08/17< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Rob Me Once, Shame On Me

We like pretzels. So much so that, sometimes, we like to twist a representative sample of Americans’ minds into a pretzel (with a side of beer cheese) and see how it tastes. This ...
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Sarah Binns2022/07/21< 1 min read

TrendSegments: “I’ll Take Geography for $500.” Said No One.

What’s that on the map? It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Ukraine? Spoiler alert: It’s probably not Ukraine if you’re 73% of Americans trying to find it on a map. In the spirit of ...
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Brendon Ellis2022/06/22< 1 min read

TrendSegments: mindblown.gif

Who remembers the Snapple facts craze of the early 2000s? Any one of a number of reality-shattering facts lay waiting just under the lid. But several bottle cap claims were ...
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Cory Manento2022/06/08< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Don’t Roe it Away

Last month, a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked, indicating that the Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John Roberts was very upset about the leak because he ...
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Cory Manento2022/05/04< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Involvement Means Involvement

Back in late February we asked Americans whether they’d support U.S. military involvement in Ukraine, and less than half were supportive. Now, two months later, a majority (53%) ...
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Brendon Ellis2022/04/21< 1 min read

TrendSegments: With a Little Yelp from My Friends

Since the dawn of the internet, Yelp has harnessed the power of the online hivemind to rate every known restaurant, granting everyday Americans both the power to make informed ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/04/06< 1 min read

TrendSegments: What Does the Hand Say to the Face?

There are three things we do not talk about at Gradient: Bruno, Fight Club, and above all else, Jada Pinkett Smith. In this special edition of Trendlines, we break our silence on ...
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