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This is a platform of happiness where anyone who is tripping is welcome.
Tell us about the highs you’ve been on - mental, physical, spiritual.
Define your experiences in a safe, positive, free-form environment.
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We are merely purveyors of joy.
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What’s in a Name?
There is an enduring belief - mostly held by consultants and other indoor creatures - that a name is everything. That within a few...
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6 days ago15 min read
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A Modestly Lazy Proposal on The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing
Today we’re going to talk about nothing. But this is not the “Nothing” of Heidegger or Seinfeld. This is the kind that requires some leg...
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Apr 415 min read
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PR and Co-Branding: Be Careful Who You Get into Bed With
There’s a certain kind of mind who looks at a century-old tradition - something quaint, wholesome, and universally beloved - and thinks,...
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Mar 2814 min read
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Cats and Dogs
For as long as humans have been gathering around fires, telling stories of their own importance, certain creatures have sat just outside...
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Mar 2118 min read
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Myths, Madness, and Divine Meltdowns: The Most Absurd Stories from Greek Mythology
The Greeks, for all their philosophy and democracy, had a peculiar knack for storytelling - one that leaned heavily on divine egos, petty...
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Mar 1418 min read
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The Most Ridiculous Scams in History
There’s a fine line between genius and idiocy, and some people dance back and forth across it with wild enthusiasm. The world has never...
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Mar 714 min read
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Hidden Island Gems: Lombok and Beyond
There is a certain breed of traveler who believes paradise must be earned. Not by mere currency - any fool can book a ticket to Bali or...
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Feb 2816 min read
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Storytellers in Song
Once upon a time - not so long ago that it qualifies as myth but long enough that it might as well - there was an era when a man or a...
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Feb 2118 min read
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A History of Hacking
In the grand tradition of human ingenuity, there has always been a certain type of person who looks at a locked door and sees not an...
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Feb 1412 min read
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Mating: Nature’s Most Dangerous Sport
Valentine’s Day, that annual pageant of performative affection, where lovers eager to woo their partners with traditional gifts of red...
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Feb 712 min read
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Crazy Tidbits our History Books Left Out
History, for all its posturing as the noble record of humanity's triumphs and tragedies, has always had a peculiar knack for being...
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Jan 3117 min read
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Geography: Strange Places and Weird Spaces
The Earth is a fascinating and infuriating enigma, a patchwork of peculiarities stitched together with a combination of cartographic...
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Jan 2414 min read
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The Postal Service
Remember postage stamps? Those little squares of adhesive currency that once felt like the pinnacle of sophistication when you peeled one...
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Jan 1710 min read
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The Dinner Party
The dinner party: a social institution where the promise of companionship often gives way to the grim reality of under seasoned...
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Jan 109 min read
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April Fool’s Day in a Sparkly Dress
Imagine this: It’s New Year’s Eve. You’re crammed into a room, clutching a flute of champagne that tastes like optimism watered down with...
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Dec 27, 20249 min read
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Bizarre Victorian Christmas Cards
The Christmas card, that flimsy token of obligatory cheer we now dutifully shuffle through each December, was born not as a wholesome...
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Dec 20, 20248 min read
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Some of the Worst Christmas Toys Ever
It’s Christmas time again. The season of gauzy nostalgia and rampant capitalism wrapped up in a shiny bow. As children, it wasn’t about...
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Dec 13, 202411 min read
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What Were They Thinking?
Late Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took a page from the "How Not to Lead" playbook, scribbling his name on a...
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Dec 6, 202412 min read
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From Flying Spaghetti to Holy Ducks: The Lighter Side of Faith
Religion, at its core, is humanity’s attempt to make sense of the senseless, to satisfy our longing for meaning. It sings to the heavens,...
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Nov 29, 202410 min read
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