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A surreal illustration of a glowing antique gas lamp mounted beside a television screen displaying a streaming interface. The lamp casts distorted shadows across the screen and surrounding room, bending reality in playful, absurd ways. The scene evokes confusion and surreal gaslighting

Netflix: Now Gaslighting in Glorious HD.

Ten Signs Netflix Is Gaslighting You

Welcome to the streaming Twilight Zone, where Netflix swears with a straight face that you adored a Lithuanian soap opera, insists that your queue never… Read More

A person wearing an oversized sensory-deprivation headset lying in a modified plank posture, rocking slightly while listening to primate sounds, illustrating the satirical Alpha-Chimp Brain-Reboot (ACBR) meditation, one of the best meditation practices.]

Why use simple silence when you can harness the raw, unfiltered fury of the primate brain?

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Ten Best Meditation Practices

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In an age when true peace is measurable only by the lack of notifications on one’s wrist, and enlightenment is simply a premium app subscription,… Read More

Surreal illustration of ten rejected holiday mascots including Arbor Day Armadillo, Columbus Day Conquistador, Tax Day Tarantula, April Fool’s Day Oracle, Veterans Day Vulture, Independence Day Iguana, and Thanksgiving Tapeworm, each depicted in satirical style on parchment background with bold labels.

Too real for retail: the mascots Hallmark burned in effigy.

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Top Ten Rejected Holiday Mascots

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The committee of forgotten holidays gathered in a windowless ballroom lit by flickering fluorescent tubes, determined to crown mascots that would carry their obscure celebrations… Read More

Tax audit theater illustration showing a sweating taxpayer under fluorescent lights facing a looming inquisitor on stage.

Tax audit: fluorescent lights, maximum sweat, zero mercy.

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Ten Ways to Avoid a Tax Audit

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Tax audit: fluorescent lights, maximum sweat, zero mercy. The tax audit was invented shortly after governments realized that citizens could count. Once the masses discovered… Read More

A large red capital N with wings attached, symbolizing content flying away or departing from the Netflix streaming platform, representing shows leaving Netflix soon.

Netflix is removing these shows before you even knew they existed.

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Ten Best Satirical Shows Leaving Netflix Soon

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Netflix, your bestiehome companion, does not ghost content without warning. Each month the Big N reveals ten shows that are slated to disappear into the… Read More

Male and female students together in a grand college hall with Gothic arches, singing their college songs with exaggerated emotional expression.

Nothing says "I just spent $200,000 on an education" quite like being forced to sing a depressing 19th-century hymn about fellowship while pretending not to cry.

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Ten Worst College Songs Ever

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There exists a special circle of auditory hell reserved for college alma mater songs, those funereal dirges that transform thousands of otherwise rational young adults… Read More

Surreal watercolor illustration of a steering wheel lock attached to a car’s wheel, shown against a pale interior background with no text.

Because nothing says “Fort Knox” like a bright red bar from 1993.

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Ten People Who Still Put a Steering Wheel Lock on Their Cars

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1. The Time-Warp Grandpa Age 82, male, permanently dressed like a 1993 RadioShack manager. Smells faintly of solder and distant disappointment. Believes car thieves roam… Read More

Bargain wines illustration ... a bottle of wine wrapped in a crumpled brown paper bag next to an overflowing ashtray filled with cigarette butts, set against a gritty urban backdrop with cracked concrete and a distressed brick wall.

“Pairs beautifully with regret, roadkill , and menthols.”

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Ten Bargain Wines at $4.99 or Less

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The connoisseur of bargain bin vintages must steel himself for a journey into the underbelly of viniculture, where price tags whisper of austerity and flavors… Read More