Vice died the way it lived: being suckered in by smarter predators, even as it trained its own predatory instincts on those more credulous than its own supremely gullible leadership. RIP, we hardly knew ye.
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Da-a-amn! I knew it was mostly bullshit — video being more popular, but I didn't know that it's known for a fact and that there's even a term 😲
