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Culture Mar 20
The Saddening
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I recently discovered two things: a term from fabric dyeing about how to drain things of their vibrancy, and an old family letter. They are somewhat related.
](/post/8859/leah-letter-the-saddening)
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Culture Apr 03
Unfair trade
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](/post/8936/coffee-capitalism-economy-starbucks-brazil?utm_source=)[
Power Apr 02
An open letter to my dog, who wonât come out from under the couch
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](/post/8935/an-open-letter-to-my-dog-who-wont-come-out-from-under-the-couch?utm_source=)[
Power Mar 30
There was always a way to pay for the programs we need
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](/post/8895/how-will-we-pay-for-it-is-a-stupid-question?utm_source=)[
The Future Apr 02
âWe just intuit what they needâ: A zookeeper describes caring for animals during the coronavirus outbreak
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](/post/8934/as-told-to-zookeeper-animals-pandemic?utm_source=)[
Culture Apr 02
Hanging on the telephone
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](/post/8932/cell-phones-video-chat-text-messaging-quarantine?utm_source=)[
Power Apr 01
The Australian scientist who got magnets stuck up his nose should inspire us all
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](/post/8929/australian-magnet-guy-thanks-you-beautiful-moron?utm_source=)
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Read More
](/post/8843/casu-marzu-cheese-sardinia-illegal-dangerous)
Very online
[](/post/8877/golf-courses-are-staying-open-during-the-coronavirus-crisis)
### Well, at least thereâs golf
[](/post/8893/a-good-place-c-span-archives)
### **A Good Place**: The alternate history of the C-SPAN archives
[](/post/8873/coronavirus-podcast-quarantinis-kumail-nanjiani)
### _We have already reached alarming levels of bad quarantine content_
[](/post/8792/if-youre-sick-of-reading-about-coronavirus-try-reading-about-some-pleasant-websites)
### Here are some happy websites to go to if youâre sick of reading articles about coronavirus
The outside world is scary enough right now. The internet doesnât have to be scary, too.
[](/post/8868/celebrity-response-coronavirus-imagine-if-they-all-fucked-off)
### RuPaul is fracking at the end of the world
[](/post/8845/design-critic-the-outline-coronavirus-covid-graphics)
### Coronavirus is causing some real code-red graphic design
Must
[](/post/8871/baking-recipes-beginners-quarantine)
### 10 recipes for non-bakers with flour and time on their hands
[](/post/8782/the-sopranos-as-horror)
### Bada bing, bada boo: Everyone should rewatch âThe Sopranosâ as horror
[](/post/8767/my-dad-voted-for-joe-biden-on-super-tuesday)
### **My dad, the Joe Biden voter**
[](/post/8899/us-healthcare-system-coronavirus-icu-beds)
### America doesnât have a health care system
[](/post/8759/love-affairs-of-strangers-phyllis-rose-parallel-lives-esther-perel-where-should-we-begin)
[](/post/8758/vet-bills-when-to-take-on-debt)
### How much would you spend to save your petâs life?
Reads
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The Future
It shouldnât take a pandemic for everyone to be less disgusting
Wash your hands!!
Read More
](/post/8757/shouldnt-take-pandemic-be-less-disgusting)
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Culture
Now is not the time for talk of your protest vote
Voting for someone you donât want is like getting your flu shot â you do it for everyone else.
Read More
](/post/8819/protest-vote-biden-sanders-election)
Power
[](/post/8742/myopia-rates-increasing-screen-time-outdoors)
### We are all quite literally becoming more myopic
[](/post/8786/first-cow-review-we-all-get-milked)
### âFirst Cowâ is a beautiful movie about how we all get milked by the system
[](/post/8537/canada-solitary-confinement-bill-c-83)
### Did Canada really abolish solitary confinement?
[](/post/8101/vintage-baseball-association-mlb-rule-change)
[](/post/8086/body-positivity-ambivalence)
### I donât feel positive about my body
[](/post/7882/christian-dominionist-movement-trump-administration)
### One nation under God, even if you donât want to be
Culture
[](/post/8633/smithfield-pork-tar-heel-north-carolina-industrial-farms-lawsuits)
[](/post/8720/plane-seat-reclining-manners)
### We will never find dignity in air travel
[](/post/8740/james-mitchell-alleged-architect-cia-torture-program-loves-dogs)
### When youâre the alleged architect of the CIAâs alleged torture program but you also non-allegedly love dogs
[](/post/8588/playstation-wrap-up-hours-of-gaming)
### Dear God, do I really game that much?
[](/post/8276/baby-yoda-sucks)
### gimme a break
[](/post/8258/toad-sings-chandelier-melancholiaah-interview)
### âToad sings Chandelierâ is the most memorable song of the year
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Power
Canada is fake
What Americans think of as their friendly neighbor to the north, if they think of it at all, is a scam.
Read More
](/post/8686/canada-is-fake)
Good advice
[](/post/7809/ask-a-fuck-up-age-difference)
### AAFU: Should I end things with my much-younger partner?
[](/post/7739/ask-a-fuck-up-am-i-over-my-ex)
### AAFU: Am I over my ex?
[](/post/7633/ask-a-fuck-up-friend-crush)
### AAFU: How can I stay friends with someone who rejected me?
[](/post/7435/aafu-i-just-found-out-my-boyfriend-is-pro-life)
### AAFU: I just found out my boyfriend is pro-life
[](/post/7380/ask-a-fuck-up-is-my-wife-depressed)
### AAFU: I canât tell if my wife is depressed or just lazy
[](/post/7557/ask-a-fuck-up-slept-with-my-friends-boyfriend)
### AAFU: I slept with my best friendâs boyfriend
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Culture
I would love to date a man who canât read
Some of us are still trying to have some fun before we die and, Iâm sorry, clever men are very rarely fun.
Read More
](/post/8680/i-would-love-to-date-a-man-who-cant-read)
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#### Culture
### How a small-town Canadian museum became a shrine to Justin Bieber
](/post/8661/justin-bieber-museum-steps-to-stardom-stratford-perth-changes)[
#### Culture
### We should all read more Jenny Diski
](/post/8669/we-should-all-read-more-jenny-diski)[
#### Culture
### I watched too many videos about cute pigs and now I want to stop eating them
](/post/8501/ask-a-fuck-up-stop-eating-pigs)[
#### Power
### Who is the worldâs No. 1 bad guy?
](/post/8503/trump-iran-response-qassem-soleimani)[
#### Power
### How to be wrong
](/post/8506/how-to-be-wrong)[
#### Culture
### Working in the restaurant industry will haunt your dreams
](/post/8512/restaurant-jobs-nightmares-in-the-weeds)[
#### The Future
### If you could go to the moon for free, would you do it
](/post/8532/outline-poll-if-you-could-go-to-the-moon-for-free-would-you-do-it)[
#### The Future
### I am beginning to suspect that having a massive following on YouTube does not make people happy
](/post/8522/i-am-beginning-to-suspect-that-having-a-massive-following-on-youtube-does-not-make-people-happy)[
#### Power
### âQueerâ as in⌠what, exactly?
](/post/8527/queer-as-in-what-exactly)[
#### The Future
### The 5G revolution that isn't
](/post/8528/what-is-the-5g-revolution)[
#### Culture
### The building blocks of my sanity come from phone Tetris
](/post/8538/the-building-blocks-of-my-sanity-come-from-phone-tetris)[
#### Power
### The history of Catholic teaching on abortion isnât as clear cut as you think
](/post/8536/catholic-history-abortion-brigid)[
#### Culture
### This emperor has no clothes
](/post/8533/emperor-palpatine-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker)[
#### The Future
### For whom the ratio trolls
](/post/8534/twitter-replies-trolling-conversation-dynamics)
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