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Question of the Week

Morgan Wallen or Taylor Swift?

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Darla Kopp

Claims to live in Tucson, AZ

"Taylor Swift, obviously. Morgan Wallen only has talent. Taylor has a brand, a legal team, and the kind of emotional precision that turns a breakup into a stadium tour. That is power."

Eugene Fiske

Possibly from Amarillo, TX

"Morgan Wallen. The man drinks on camera and his career gets bigger. Taylor Swift drinks on camera and writes a song about it that your daughter plays on repeat until you consider changing the locks."

Bethany Wirtz

Allegedly of Portland, OR

"I will not choose. Morgan Wallen represents everything wrong with patriarchal country music. Taylor Swift represents everything wrong with capitalist feminism. I listen to neither. I stream whale sounds."

Google Search Results lustration -- A stressed older woman representing Mrs. Google sits in a chaotic "Complaint Dept." cubicle, holding an "I'M OFFENDED!" sign behind a desk overflowing with paperwork..

What is wrong with some people?

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Top Ten Complaints Mrs. Google Receives About Google Search Results

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Being the librarian of the entire world is a thankless job. Mrs. Google sits atop her digital mountain, sifting through collective grievances about Google search… Read More

Man hovering awkwardly above city traffic, flapping his arms while cars and pedestrians look on, illustrating one of the most common dreams about control and confidence.

You can fly. Just not convincingly.

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The Ten Most Common Dreams Explained

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Presented here are the ten most common dreams, transcribed to reveal what they are actually saying when they think you are not listening. Dreams belong… Read More

Thou shalt not have strange lists before me.

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The Pug Bus Catalog of Top Ten Lists

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For more dispatches from the cultural margins, visit our top ten lists archive. In the beginning was the word and the word was with chaos.… Read More

Blurred photograph of Bob Dylan and a sick boy in a fake YouTube story about a concert that never took place.

"It's all right, ma."

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How to Spot a Fake YouTube Story

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YouTube wants us to think it is the mother of all video platforms. In practice, it is often a bedtime-story factory for adults who need… Read More

Surreal illustration of chaotic password managers, with safes, laptops, sticky notes, and a buried USB drive spilling passwords, symbolizing digital security failures and paranoia.

All your password managers are terrible. Some of them just fail with better posture.

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Ten Password Managers, Ranked Worst to Best

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A comprehensive guide to password managers for people who believe that modern life is a flaming carnival of data breaches. 10. StickyNote.txt (Desktop Edition) “Security… Read More

Satirical illustration of the Internet of Things gone feral, featuring angry smart home devices with anthropomorphic expressions—frustrated refrigerator, ad-blocking car, rating-demanding toaster, judgmental lamp, and hostile robot vacuum—depicted in cartoon style against a neutral background.

Your smart home has unionized, and it hates you.

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The Internet of Things Has Gone Feral

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It was bound to happen, the internet of things (IoT) has slipped the surly bounds of domesticity and gone feral. The IoT is a network… Read More

A young woman, pretty and mildly confused-looking, reacts to dating app red flags on her phone screen.

"Sure you are."

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Dating App Red Flags: A Catfishing Guide

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In Dating App Red Flags, we identify warning signs that declare, “the person on your screen bears no resemblance to the person who will show… Read More

A perfect visual representation of the chaos predicted in our satirical predictions for 2026. The image--a solitary, polished chrome tuning fork--stands upright against a stark, minimalist gray background. It is positioned directly in front of a high-end, vintage-style studio condenser microphone, suggesting an intimate recording session.

Behold the ultimate evolution of the recording artist: a being of pure resonance that never misses a note, never demands a larger trailer, and never gets caught in a scandalous hotel room meltdown with a reality star.

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A Dozen Satirical Predictions for 2026

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Before we unveil the dirty dozen satirical predictions for 2026, we should reveal how bad we are at this kind of enterprise. Our success rate… Read More

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