April 9 -13
What is it like to find yourself masticated by the outrage clickbait industrial complex? Regrettably, Michelle found out when her otherwise uncontroversial article about how to talk to your kids about climate change got “rebranded” for maximum outrage by an anti-climate change propaganda site. Warning: this is not an easy read. The comments are dire.
Do you ever get the sense that you’re surrounded by ass holes? In the Sonoran desert, you certainly would. These particular ass holes, Erik tells us, are proliferating around the US/Mexico border as donkeys dig their own watering holes to get away from having to share with the dirty cattle.
Cassie’s asshole-adjacent post reprises LWON’s immature penis fixation. This week’s Penis Friday: a giant bulging knob that resembles a saxophone. What’s to blame? Is it worms? Chlamydia? TB? It’s a medical mystery you won’t want to miss.
And you know that dejected feeling you get walking out of an amazing movie and back into monochrome reality? Emma returns to the “cinema hangover” – and explores why it fades as we age into cynicism and resignation.
The best news this week was the return of Christie from her sabbatical! She told us why she’s back, and got a hero’s welcome in the comments.
See you next week!