"From the Block to the 'Gram: Why Everybody Soundin’ Like Auntie These Days"
">Remember that one neighbor back in the day—the one who never left the window? Yeah, the one who knew everybody’s business before you even stepped off the porch. You’d swear they had a PhD in neighborhood surveillance. That was the OG Miss Benita energy—leanin’ on the windowsill, eyes sharp, ears sharper, and a mouth that ran faster than the city bus. Fast forward to now, and social media done turned everybody into the new-age nosy neighbor. But here’s the twist: it ain’t just the aunties anymore. Nah, it’s a whole lotta men out here soundin’ like Chatty Pattys, spillin’ tea, throwin’ shade, and actin’ like they got a front-row seat to everybody’s life. Scroll your feed and it’s like a digital stoop session—grown folks gossipin’ like they back on the block, watchin’ who came home late, who’s beefin’, who’s postin’ cryptic quotes. It’s wild. People out here narratin’ drama like they tryna host the next season of Love & Hip Hop . Social media got folks ...