How to Break Up with Your Phone
You wake up together, you eat together, you sleep together. Sometimes you shower together. You know that it’s no longer love, exactly, but you’re too...
Tag : Humor / Shouts&Murmurs
Discovering Where Your Interests Lie
Your interest in television is true. Your interest in reality television is true. Your interest in true-crime television is true. However, your interest in gritty...
America!: Mamdani Goggles and Other Products to Maximize a Brief Surge in Idealism
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Why Shouldn’t We Let Demons Do Homework?
Last November, I felt totally underwater with grading and parent-teacher conferences. So I arranged all my students’ papers in a stack and jotted down some...
National Security Begins Behind the Toaster
Dear Secretary Pete Hegseth, I realize that this is a big ask, but would you please invade and take possession of my son and daughter-in-law’s...
Of Course You Can Bring Your Husband Along
I’m so excited to see you this weekend! It’s been way too long. What’s that? Oh, yeah, totally. Of course you can bring your husband...
I Am the Person Who Controls Your Appliances
You might be surprised to learn that someone is determining whether or not your appliances work on a day-to-day basis. That your fridge isn’t just...
Have You Saved Enough for Retirement If Your Life Culminates in Decades of Escalating Misfortune?
It’s easy to put off saving for retirement, to tell yourself that you’ll deal with it later. After all, you have so many expenses right...
Reality Shows for Your Thirties
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George Clooney’s Duolingo
France has granted citizenship to Hollywood star George Clooney. . . . Clooney told RTL that he was attempting to learn French using the language app Duolingo, but...