Culture

The Outline’s most-read stories of 2017

From Apple’s design flaws to the truth about Diet Coke.
Culture

The Outline’s most-read stories of 2017

From Apple’s design flaws to the truth about Diet Coke.

Wow. What a year! We have had so much fun making The Outline, and we hope you have enjoyed reading it. Here's a look at our top-performing articles of the year.

1. The unbearable wrongness of Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow at a goop launch party 2014.

Gwyneth Paltrow at a goop launch party 2014.

People really love to read about why Gwyneth Paltrow is bad.

2. Apple is really bad at design

Apple's Magic Mouse 2 has its charging port located the bottom of the mouse, making it impossible to use while charging.

Apple's Magic Mouse 2 has its charging port located the bottom of the mouse, making it impossible to use while charging.

They also like to read about why Apple is bad.

3. Hollywood made a white version and a black version of the same movie

A promotional poster for Girls Trip, out July 21.

A promotional poster for Girls Trip, out July 21.

The similarities between summer films Rough Night and Girls Trip are remarkable. That is, except for the skin color of the leading cast.

4. Chiropractors are bullshit

Daniel David Palmer, the founder of chiropractic.

Daniel David Palmer, the founder of chiropractic.

Please do not entrust your spine to the care of a profession that is largely based in pseudoscience.

5. Leaked recording: Inside Apple’s global war on leakers

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivering the opening keynote address at the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California.

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivering the opening keynote address at the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California.

Besides being bad at design, Apple uses former NSA agents, secrecy members on product teams, and a screening apparatus bigger than the TSA to prevent information from leaking.

6. Programmers are confessing their coding sins to protest a broken job interview process

Person with computer.

Person with computer.

Not only are so-called “whiteboard interviews” are widely hated, they also discriminate against people who are already underrepresented in the field of computer programming.

7. David Avocado Wolfe is the biggest asshole in the multiverse

David Avocado Wolfe on Healing Sound Movement television.

You’ve likely clicked on one of his ubiquitous Facebook posts. Here’s why you should close your tab on him right away.

8. The new MacBook keyboard is ruining my life

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller announces the new MacBook during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller announces the new MacBook during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

See No. 2.

9. Diet Coke is not killing you

Really great news for D.C. addicts everywhere.

10. The death of the internet

The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things

If net neutrality fails, everything we love about the internet will die.

Thank you for reading and please keep reading next year!