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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a cave?

Lorraine Mudgett, 61, municipal permit folder

Allegedly residing at 27 Wren Ladder Road, Scranton, PA

Treehouse. At least when society collapses, I’ll have a view. A cave feels like giving up with stone furniture.

Calvin Tress, 48, assistant pudding logistics coordinator

Allegedly found at 904 Fern Sink Lane, Tulsa, OK

Cave. No gutters, no ladders, no raccoons judging my curtains. Humanity went indoors for a reason, even if it has since misused the privilege.

Denise Palko, 36, freelance receipt interpreter

Allegedly located at 116 Mossy Bureau Avenue, Boise, ID

Treehouse. A cave says “feral emergency.” A treehouse says “whimsical emergency,” which feels slightly better on a lease application.

Illustration of a man overwhelmed at a desk as dozens of printed photographs swirl around his head, symbolizing the curse of a photographic memory and relentless total recall.

A photographic memory is just regret in high resolution.

Culture

The Curse of a Photographic Memory

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A photographic memory sounds impressive until you realize it includes everything. Not just your wedding day. Not just the applause. Not just the one time… Read More

Illustration for Why Nobody Pees on TV, A couple in bed ignoring nearby bathroom. Woman glances anxiously toward open bathroom door showing sink and toilet while man gazes romantically at her.

Three feet from the toilet, eight hours since last bathroom break, zero acknowledgment of basic physiology.

Culture

Why Nobody Pees on TV

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Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself has said, “Why nobody pees on TV first thing in the morning is… Read More

Satirical illustration for Kurt Cobain Was Murdered showing a stylized musician in a mock crime scene with conspiracy board, red string evidence, and exaggerated forensic clues.

After decades of research, experts conclude the case can only be solved with more yarn.

Culture Music

Forensic Experts Say Kurt Cobain Was Murdered by Math, Physics, and Common Sense

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In an awesome new development in the effort to reopen every cultural tragedy until the heat death of the universe, a team of independent forensic… Read More

Satirical image of a crowd of men in a Turkish airport. All are sporting head bandages, and two of them are holding a sign about Turkish Hair Transplants.

One million men, one dream, and enough gauze to wrap The Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia.

Culture

Turkish Hair Transplants Are the Mane Event

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More than one million balding men per year make a pilgrimage to Turkey. Their destination–one of the five thousand clinics that specialize in Turkish hair… Read More

Satirical illustration of country stars grilling a Grammy trophy at a backyard barbecue as they boycott the Grammys, laughing with guitars, beer bottles, and a dog nearby.

Boycott the Grammys. Honoring country music with consistent indifference.

Culture Music

Ten Other Reasons to Boycott the Grammys

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Country megastars Miranda Lambert, George Strait, and Morgan Wallen will boycott the Grammys this year because they have had enough of the Grammys’ “We’ll Get… Read More

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The War on White Avatars

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In remarks that managed to sound both urgent and exquisitely procedural, Black Lives Matter official D’Aryll Scott-Jones, Director of All Things That Matter, called for… Read More

A satirical image depicting the emotional incontinence of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. He is shown sitting in a wooden rowboat inside a flooded television studio, weeping exaggerated streams of blue tears. Small lions and boxes of tissues float in the water, while a background screen lists his most famous public meltdowns, providing a visual representation of his inability to regulate ocular fluids.

Is it a talk show or a clinical study in emotional incontinence?

Culture

Jimmy Kimmel’s Emotional Incontinence on Display, Again

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In the theatre of human emotion, there is nothing like the sight of a middle-aged talk show host suffering an attack of emotional incontinence because a… Read More

Three masked porch pirates standing on a snowy Minneapolis front porch, holding cardboard protest signs and stacked packages, satirically depicting porch pirates organizing for union benefits and dental coverage.

Collective bargaining in action.

Culture

Minneapolis Porch Pirates Seeking to Unionize

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Citing “chronic wrist strain, unpredictable and often hostile working conditions, and the absence of paid leave,” a loosely organized coalition of Minneapolis porch pirates has… Read More