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Top Ten Worst Things Of All Time

Anonymous April 1, 2025

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS SATIRE AND MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.   There are many bad things in this world. But some outweigh the others so much that they deserve their own list,...

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The Benefits of Brainworms

Amalia Weix April 1, 2025

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS SATIRE AND MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.   As a society, we have been indoctrinated with a cultural disgust of organisms that, like the humble Taenia solium,...

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All of You Are Being Babies About Measles

Amalia Weix April 1, 2025

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS SATIRE AND MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.   Recent measles outbreaks throughout the U.S. have been raising quite a fuss amongst the public, but frankly, they’re...

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Beige Moms Have the Right of It: Why All Children Should Be Contained In Stimulus-Free Pods

Amalia Weix April 1, 2025

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE IS SATIRE AND MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.   As a stranger on the internet, I am the single most qualified person to tell you how to raise your children. I...

Starbucks Has Outlived Its Usefulness

Starbucks Has Outlived Its Usefulness

Amalia Weix March 1, 2025

I’ve never been a terribly huge fan of Starbucks—first because I simply didn’t care for their offerings, then because of their prolific anti-union efforts—but recently, I’ve acquired yet another...

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Interstellar Megachef and the Perils of Modern Marketing

Amalia Weix March 1, 2025

Recently, I read the book Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan after picking it up in my local library. I was drawn in by the wacky title, and after reading the synopsis, I checked it out under...

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The Company That Made the New Logos Is Bad and We Should Feel Bad for Using Them

Amalia Weix March 1, 2025

I’m sure many of you are already well-aware that the proposed designs for the new MMSD high school logos are far from pleasing to the eye. Heck, art professor and West alumni Jeff Butler—who designed...

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The Weather Has Kindled A Great Rage In My Soul

Amalia Weix March 1, 2025

There’s a lot of great reasons why we need to take action to halt the climate crisis—rising sea levels, endangered species, the growing number of climate refugees, the increasing prevalence and strength...

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Emilia Perez and the Limits of Awards Ceremonies

Max Knight February 1, 2025

On January 23rd, 2025, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced to the world— an announcement which, in a typical year, I might cover in a ‘picks and predictions’ style article,...

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DOL Just Doesn’t Work

Amalia Weix February 1, 2025

With the first semester behind us and another Demonstration of Learning week under the collective belt, I feel confident in saying that the current system is, at best, a waste of all our time. While I...

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Slay The Princess is a Dating Simulator and You Cannot Change My Mind

Amalia Weix February 1, 2025

It’s February, which, as a month, is singularly defined by Valentine’s Day—a celebration of love, the commodification of human connection, and chocolates. If I wrote an article about the latter two,...

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Everyone Needs To Read Frostbite

Amalia Weix February 1, 2025

Frostbite by Nicola Twilley embodies everything that makes a truly excellent work of nonfiction. It’s a wonderfully written and witty window into a well-known but ill-examined fragment of the modern...

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