Why worry about world news when we can each have our own personal reality, handcrafted by clicks? Block the offensive, block the politically correct, block your mum! Just don’t turn your screens off or you’ll miss the threads of what still unites us: arguing about trivial yet life-or-death matters... like what’s IN and what’s OUT.
OUT IN
Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung ... Ruco Chan Chin-pang
Bus 629 ... South Island Line
SnapChat ... Snow
Almonds ... Pecans
Lies ... Leaks
McDonald’s... Foodpanda
Universal suffrage … Localism
Save the elephants ... Save the giraffes
Camp David ... Mar-a-Lago
Matcha ... Turmeric
Cuba ... Taiwan
Art galleries … Art on the MTR
Working holidays … Volunteer travel
Hong Kong Institute of Education … Education University of Hong Kong
Fishballs ... Food trucks
Colouring books ... Digital art
Ghosting ... Benching
Taobao ... Instagram shops
Selfies ... Candid shots
Well-travelled Dennis ... I-need-a-holiday-from-my-holidays Dennis
Plain egg puffs... Egg puff cones
Curry fish balls … Sweet potato fries
Doughnuts … Bagels
Hatchimal ... Cozmo the robot
Visual albums ... Playlists
Twitch streaming ... Facebook live
Dan Ryan’s … Anywhere else
One-bedroom apartments … Microhomes
Disney cartoons … Disney live-action remakes
Getting a cat ... Sharing a dog
#nomakeup ... Clown face
Apple bedtime ... Prayer apps
Buzzfeed … Memes
Instagram filters ... Phone lenses
Drama shows ... Kung fu shows
Canto-pop... K-pop
K-pop merchandise shopping ... Subscription boxes
Page One … Eslite
California Fitness … Fitness apps
Monkey … Chicken
Hokkaido cheese tarts … Shaved ice
Spots … Stripes
Ankle boots … Knee-high boots
Reboots ... Comebacks
Weird cut-out tops ... Back-keyhole tops
Fast food … Health and wellness restaurants
Rubber rings on junks … Giant inflatable unicorns on junks
Pet shops ... Adopt, don’t shop
TVB Jade historical drama ... TVB Jade crime drama
Agonising ... Organising
myTV app ... myTV super app
Real actors ... CGI dead actors
The old Gangnam Style ... PPAP
The new Gangnam Style ... Find out next year
Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching ... Two new legislative councillors
Local political kerfuffle ... More uncertainty than ever