NO, PERO WHY?
The stuff around you comes with context.
We help you find it.
No, Pero Why? is youth media, public-interest learning and a place to work through the posts, rules, money, AI, school, work, culture and decisions that keep showing up in real life.
Mira. Somebody sent the screenshot. Gia asked for the full post. Now everybody is checking a different part.
Okay, but what is this?WHAT SHOWS UP IN YOUR WORLD
A creator code. A school notice. A paycheck. An AI image. A campus flyer. A policy nobody explained. Start with what is actually in front of you.
Explore all topicsYOUR SPACE
The Block, After School and Common Room share the same habits. The stories, source load, support and stakes change with you.
Gia and Mateo met in a college class called Children, Youth, and Digital Culture. Class ended. The conversation didn’t.
They kept sending each other posts, screenshots, weird rules and stories that needed more context. Eventually friends from school, work and the neighborhood were in it too.
The Common Room is where they bring the stuff nobody has a clean answer for yet.
Meet the crew
Gia notices one thing. Jordy catches another. Sami asks what the rule means for somebody actually trying to use it. Nobody gets to be the expert friend.
Every case runs the same 4 steps.
Something lands in the crew’s group chat, and it doesn’t add up.
Read the documents and real sources the answer depends on.
Try the skill on a short example before it counts.
Write the message the crew needs, with Jordan Brooks as your writing coach.
Pick a response. Then see what two people in the crew noticed.
The claim
Jordy Needs contextI edit our clips. Eight seconds can make a meeting sound like anything. Show me the whole video.
Gia Needs contextThe video is probably real. The caption is the part I’d check.
HERE’S THE KIND OF THING WE UNPACK
The clip is real. The caption still might be wrong.
Gia wants to warn people before they leave home. Mateo has been setting up the screening all afternoon. Jordy notices that the clip stops in the middle of the sentence.
The crew needs the original before they tell everybody what happened.
See how the crew unpacks itGiadid everyone see this clip?? people are already asking if they should turn around
Jordypause. the clip cuts off mid-sentence. can we find the rest before anyone reposts?
Four cases in each caseload. What you learn in one case comes back when the next question gets harder.
Caseload 1
early fallHow do you know enough to share, judge or decide?
Go to Caseload 1Caseload 2
Caseload 3
Caseload 4
Caseload 5
FROM THE LIBRARY
Readers, source work, checking tools and printable resources live here when you need more than the scroll.
FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND THE LEARNER
Educators get the teacher edition. Families get the conversation route. Neither needs a separate brand.
The whole scene library
Find a school club, a student council or a community project. Know who to contact, what to ask and what you are signing up for.
Find your way to get involvedone more thing...A screenshot. A weird email. A rule. A rumor. A first paycheck. A campus post everybody is arguing about. You do not need a perfect question. “Wait, why does this work like that?” is enough.
the answer changed when we found the full thing lol
11:48 PM, edited after somebody finally checked
