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Funny, absurd, and occasionally deep take on life, the world, and society. This is a newsletter that helps you remember that it all 'Could be Worse'.
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Roast feedback from AI detectors (opens the original)
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More satire here: Wrong Answers Only.<img alt="" class="sizing-large" height="522" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bwmg!,w_2400,c_limit,f_au
Truth-serum confessionals from writers (opens the original)
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More satire here: Wrong Answers Only.<img alt="" class="sizing-large" height="472.2554945054945" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uQE5!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:
Evelyn (opens the original)
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I’d originally started working on a post called “Argument for why a white-collar corporate job is a unique dystopia”. An aside in it has instead turned into a separate post. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height
Chris Nolan 2.0 is less fun (opens the original)
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I saw The Odyssey twice. It was a little disappointing the second time as well.I have a few guilty indulgences in life, and near the top of the list is watching a movie I liked more than once in theatres. Over the last six years or so, it’s almost become a ritual of sorts. I watched Tenet three times in theatres (at that point it likely qualifies as a behavioral issue?). Did I get the plot by the third viewing? Nope. Did I enjoy every bit of it? Yes.</span
Spare a small thought for Paracetamol (opens the original)
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Ok, so I got sick.Do I have to squeeze every mundane washcloth of my existence for a few Substack points?No, of course I don’t have to. But I want to. Besides, when you’re sitting in bed with a 102 fever staring at the ceiling, you get thoughts.Anyway, early last week, towards the end of Tuesday, I felt myself spelunking slowly into the cavern of sickness. There’s a moment you’re not sure, right on the edge where the world is all bright and chirpy but you feel a heavy pull of exhaustion, and the
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