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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 pass no judgment.
We are merely purveyors of joy.
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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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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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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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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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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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Mispronounced Places Worth a Visit
Language is a treacherous game. It promises communication but delivers confusion the moment you step beyond the borders of your mother...
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Nov 22, 202410 min read
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Money: What is It?
Once upon a time - around 600 BC in Lydia, where today you’d find Turkey - someone struck a chunk of electrum, a natural alloy of gold...
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Nov 15, 202411 min read
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Is This Really Necessary?
In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, it's comforting to know that some governments have taken a stand - against prolonged hugs. New...
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Oct 25, 20247 min read
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All Chips Are Not Created Equal
There’s something oddly ceremonial about the act of opening a bag of potato chips. A rip, a puff of air, and suddenly you’re holding a...
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Oct 18, 20248 min read
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War, what is it good for?
War. Noun : a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. Verb : to...
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Oct 4, 202414 min read
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It Was Good to Be a Kid
It’s funny, isn’t it? When we’re kids, all we want is to be adults. We can’t wait to shed the shackles of recess and homework, thinking...
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Sep 27, 202414 min read
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Pulling Open the Curtains on Windows
Windows. No, not the operating system that frustrates so many of us daily, but the real windows - those glassy apertures that have shaped...
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Sep 5, 202410 min read
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Teeth – Where Every Molar Has a Tale to Tell
We recently attended the grand opening of a good friend’s dental clinic. And this got us to thinking about, well, teeth. Not just the...
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Aug 30, 202411 min read
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Olympics, Weird and Wonderful
The Paris Olympics have just wrapped up, leaving the world in a state of collective awe and adrenaline withdrawal. The precision of...
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Aug 16, 202412 min read
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Gestures Gone Awry
Traveling, one learns, is a delicate dance of diplomacy. The unwritten rule is simple: don’t piss off the locals. Each country has its...
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Aug 2, 202410 min read
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Happy Endings
"Happy Ending", a term often whispered with a wink and a nudge in less-than-polite company. It evokes images of unexpected joy, a twist...
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Jul 26, 202416 min read
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Answers to Questions Never Asked in History Class
For some, history can be a dreaded, boring subject to just get through in school. A question of, “if it’s over and done with, what...
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Jul 12, 202411 min read
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