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A surreal illustration for a satirical sextortion scandal story, showing a laptop with a shadowy hooded figure on the screen, a potted plant, and yellow crime scene tape in a softly lit room.

Officials urge citizens to stay calm, avoid suspicious links, and maybe water their plants once in a while.

Nation Reels From Sextortion Scandal 764

philmaggitti cultural commentary 9 months

WASHINGTON — The nation awoke this morning to the thud of its own moral compass falling off the nightstand as news broke of Sextortion Scandal… Read More

On the left, Chef Alistair Blunt, a stern-looking man in a chef's hat and uniform, stands with his arms crossed, looking furious. A speech bubble above his head says, "absolutely appalling!" In the background, paparazzi cameras flash. In the center-right, Misty LaRue, a woman with iridescent hair and sparkling blue sequined gloves, is reclining in a swan-shaped bathtub filled with sparkling water. She holds a New Artisanal Snack—a cracker topped with a dollop of white cream.

Chef Blunt is deeply offended by the snack, mainly because he didn't invent the "frozen mayo on sadness" trend first.

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Chef Alistair Blunt Throws Shade on Misty LaRue’s New Artisanal Snack Creation

philmaggitti cultural commentary 9 months

Chef Blunt is deeply offended by the snack, mainly because he didn’t invent the “frozen mayo on sadness” trend first. The food-and-gossip industries are staring… Read More

Surreal drawing of a celebrity couple undergoing a cosmic conscious uncoupling above a Whole Foods in Calabasas, floating toward a glowing spacetime rift while scientists observe the phenomenon.”

When your relationship ends so badly it triggers a recall on three dimensions.

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Celebrity Couple Announces Conscious Uncoupling from Physical Reality

philmaggitti cultural commentary 9 months

Hollywood power couple Amber Luxe and Dakota Zenith have announced they are “lovingly and intentionally separating from the constraints of physical reality.” The announcement was… Read More

In this illustration for Norman Rockwell paintings we see Mr. Rockwell sitting at an easel pointing a cell phone at himself as though to take a selfie.

What's a pixel?

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Ten Worst Norman Rockwell Paintings

philmaggitti cultural commentary 10 months

Norman Rockwell, that gentle purveyor of impossible nostalgia, gave us hundreds of paintings during his career. Most of them depicted a version of America that… Read More

An Anglophile practicing his British slang on an unimpressed lady.

"Crikey! That's a bit much, isn't it?"

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The Novice Anglofile’s Top Ten British Slang Expressions

philmaggitti cultural commentary 10 months

Prepare your sensibilities, novice Anglofile, as we dive into the tweedy depths of British slang and social manoeuvring. Here are ten of the finest British… Read More

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

T.J. Eckleburg cultural commentary 10 months

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

T.J. Eckleburg cultural commentary 10 months

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

philmaggitti cultural commentary 10 months

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