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Brotherhood of the traveling polo

While most products come in various sizes, some things are just meant to be consumed in bulk: Netflix shows, Costco’s entire inventory, and Cheese Balls. I have never seen Cheese Balls in a compact container in my life. Every Cheese Ball in the world is in an absurdly large package that I cannot conceptualize being…

Today I learned that RPG legend Gary Gygax was so obsessed with games that his second wife was convinced he was having an affair. According to Wikipedia, she once went to confront Gygax while he was in his friend’s basement, only to discover him and his friends sitting around a map-covered table. Gygax would eventually…

There are memes for almost any subculture. You just need to know where to look. This became really clear to me after diving into the nerdy world of birding. As a kid, my Dad and I would visit parks and marshlands, Audubon book in hand, looking for birds both rare and common. While my favorites…

One of the main things most of us understand about the internet is that a lot of it simply…isn’t real. There are so many people out there who are accustomed to outlandish online tales that the cries of “didn’t happen” seem to get louder with every passing day.  At the same time, though, a lot…

The World Wide Web is an unfathomably large and varied place. If you look hard enough, you could probably find almost the entire sum of human knowledge and/or deranged conspiracy theories that have ever existed. That’s no mean feat, and in some ways we’ve become so used to it that we don’t give the internet…

A very random gift

Life in the 21st century is pretty damn stressful. Do you have to work? Stare at a screen. Do you want to watch a movie? Stare at a screen? Do you want to catch up with a friend? Stare at a screen. Even when you try and relax for a minute, social media is right…

Everyone embarrasses themselves at some point in their lives—we’re only human after all. But some cringe can never be forgiven. And if you’ve ever ended up on r/cringetopia, there was probably a good reason for it. I’m thankful every day that I grew up without the ability to post my bad opinions on Twitter or…

Texting etiquette between coworkers is a weird science that nobody has truly mastered. Professionalism is an admirable goal, but act too professional, and you can come off as stiff and unlikeable to your colleagues. Generally, a good rule of thumb is to start as professional as possible and read the room, gauging the vibe of…