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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Bagels or toast?

Denise Haversack, 46, municipal ribbon untangler

Allegedly residing at 83 Buttered Cul-de-Sac, Harrisburg, PA

Toast. A bagel makes breakfast feel like a jaw-strengthening exercise sponsored by cream cheese.

Percival Lunt, 62, retired supermarket misting-system consultant

Allegedly found at 211 Pumpernickel Annex, Toledo, OH

Bagels. Toast is just bread that has been frightened into becoming brittle.

Claudia Fennel, 35, freelance waiting-room magazine curator

Allegedly located at 9 Crumbly Outlook Terrace, Madison, WI

Toast. Bagels require slicing, spreading, and commitment. I am trying to keep breakfast emotionally casual.

Customer service chatbots illustration showing happy bot holding commandment tablets with chat errors while distressed customer looks on in despair

"Your frustration is very important to us."

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The Ten Commandments of Customer Service Chatbots

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In the beginning, there was the telephone, and customer service representatives answered it helpfully. Then came the internet, and with it the promise of added… Read More

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 Signs & Wonders

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The Pug Bus catalog of signs & wonders (formerly the top-ten lists) gathers a sample of our funniest, meanest, and most culturally incisive listicles. They… 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 and gravity fails. 10. StickyNote.txt… 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