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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.

A wildly enthusiastic Viking in a horned helmet and fur cloak sits at a large wooden table piled high with anachronistic fast food, including a roasted turkey, a bucket of fried chicken (KFC), pizzas, soda bottles, and a stack of doughnuts, satirizing Historical Diet Fads.

Archaeology proved hard, so I switched to eating like I think a Viking ate.

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The Viking Protocol: A Satire of Historical Diet Fads

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The foundational principle of the “Historical Inaccuracy” of Diet Fads rests upon a singular, magnificent delusion: that one can cherry-pick the most aesthetically pleasing (and… Read More

Rebellious Thanksgiving turkey standing defiantly on a plain black background, surreal holiday chaos energy, humorous depiction of the worst Thanksgiving dinners ever

The bird that finally decided it had endured enough of America’s holiday nonsense.

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The Day the Turkey Rebelled: Ten Worst Thanksgiving Dinners Ever

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Many families believe they have survived a disastrous Thanksgiving dinner, but many of those people are pussy-footing amateurs, whose idea of disaster is someone breaking… Read More

An ink illustration depicting the rules of tipping featuring several male tippers.

It started in 1643.

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The Existential Rules of Tipping

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Tipping can be traced to 1643, when a rogue baron named Thistlewick von Gratuity attempted to bribe a tavern ghost into ceasing its nightly rearrangement… Read More

Writing style guides gone rogue: when editorial standards collapse, even your toaster gets interrogated. A satirical look at cosmic consequences in modern media.

When writing style guides collapse, even the toaster gets subpoenaed.

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The Media Ignores Writing Style Guides

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Major media outlets have long been guilty of ignoring writing style guides, but recently the infractions have grown mythic. BuzzFeed, ever the chaotic neutral, made… Read More

Satirical illustration of pumpkin spice products including latte, dog treats, motor oil, and toilet paper arranged like a shrine to consumer excess — parodying the obsession with pumpkin spice recipes and autumn branding.

“When pumpkin spice recipes become religion, every latte is communion.”

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Pumpkin Spice Recipes: The Tyranny of Autumn

philmaggitti cultural commentary 7 months

Pumpkin spice recipes are not merely a seasonal flavor trend–they are a cultural mirror, reflecting America’s obsession with comfort, conformity, and consumerism disguised as nostalgia.… Read More

"Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule.”

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An Empty Museum Is the Newest Art Fad

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The latest avant-garde gallery is drawing rapt attention and hordes of visitors by mounting absolutely no visual content. This newest art fad can be “seen”… Read More