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Saturday 16 January 2021

👨 It's Renting Men

In Japan, You Can Rent A Person To Do Nothing, The Lies We Tell During Job Interviews, A Brief Cultural History Of Work Sucking, The Weirdest And Best Wikipedia Wormholes
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Sat, Jan 16
THAT'S NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION
LIE LIE LAND
The Lies We Tell During Job Interviews
wsj.com
Interviewers and candidates often end up in situations where they're almost encouraged to lie — here's what research says about how, why and how often it happens.
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
In Japan, You Can Rent A Person To Do Nothing
vice.com
One man makes a living out of meeting up with clients who hire him just to be with them.
BLINK-182
A Brief Cultural History Of Work Sucking
newrepublic.com
We live in a work-obsessed country that, at least according to the film and television we binge, hates work more than anything.
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Winter chills are upon us, and that has us thinking about one of our all-time favorite outerwear finds. This waxed trucker jacket from Flint and Tinder will keep us warm and dry for years to come.
PICTURE THIS
The Humorous, Serendipitous Moments Of City Life, And More Best Photography Of The Week
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Also featuring photos of vintage neon signs in New England.
EDITOR'S PICK
HEDGE YOUR BETS
Kanye Is Italian, Sparkling Consequences, And Other Best Tweets Of The Week
digg.com
In the past week, Twitter has been recovering from a coup attempt on the US Capitol and riding out the last few weeks of Trump's presidency. Here's what it has to show for it.
TROLL ME ONCE…
I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Gets Dunked On By Her High School Teacher, And More Of This Week's One Main Character
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This week's characters also include a disgruntled former employee, a professor who really hates student emails and a guy too keen on the Confederacy.
LOSE TRACK OF TIME
The Weirdest And Best Wikipedia Wormholes
theringer.com
On the 20th anniversary of the online database, we remember the strangest pages we've somehow ended up on.
FOR THE LULZ
The Stupid Jokes That Explain This Stupid Moment
vulture.com
Tim Robinson's 2019 Netflix sketch-comedy show "I Think You Should Leave" has found new life as a political metaphor in 2020, with moments from the show turning into popular memes used to react to the news. Here's why it makes perfect sense.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHAT IS THIS? A DOOR FOR ANTS?
Here's Why The United States Capitol Has These Unusual Tiny Doors
youtube.com
Here's the story behind the building's smallest doors.
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kickstarter.com
Not only do we want everything in our homes to be engraved, but the next gift-giving holiday is going to be absolutely bananas.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE TRANSFER OF FAMILIES
How The President Moves Into The White House (2017)
architecturaldigest.com
The transfer of families happens in the span of 12 hours on Inauguration Day.
CRACKING THE CASE
On The Trail Of The World's Most Daring Egg Smuggler (2019)
outsideonline.com
For decades Jeffrey Lendrum helicoptered up and rappelled down cliff faces from Patagonia to Quebec, snatching unhatched raptors. Then he went on trial as one of the most bizarre criminals in modern history. Here is his story.
What a month, huh?

Friday 15 January 2021

🤞 46 Men On Why They Cheated

I Am Not A Soldier, But I Have Been Trained To Kill, Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing The Good Ice, The Bitcoin Dream Is Dead, Capitol Meemaw, Then I Just Burst Into Tears, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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Fri, Jan 15
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UNSETTLING REALITIES
'IS MY WORLD SAFE?'
I Am Not A Soldier, But I Have Been Trained To Kill
wired.com
A sprawling tactical industry is teaching American civilians how to fight like Special Ops forces. By preparing for violence at home, are they calling it into being?
CURRENCY AFFAIRS
The Bitcoin Dream Is Dead
marker.medium.com
Bitcoin's recent 25% plunge illustrates why it will never be a true currency.
OF LIES AND MEN
I Interviewed 46 Men Who Cheated. This Is What I Learned
vice.com
An interview with Professor Alicia M Walker, an expert in infidelity.
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SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF
WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN
Capitol Meemaw, Then I Just Burst Into Tears, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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Also featuring Trump's Twitter ban, Damn Shawty, lets… and more.
ICE AGE
Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing The Good Ice
gizmodo.com
We are entering an ice renaissance.
NOW WORK IT OUT
The Dream Job That Wasn't
newrepublic.com
A lighthouse keeper, a deep-ocean researcher, a park ranger, and a "Snoozetern" on the pitfalls of "doing what you love."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
UNFILTERED
Flight Attendant Warns People About The Things You Should Never Consume On A Plane
digg.com
Apparently, you should be wary of drinks that don't come in a bottle.
IN THE NEWS
A Look At What's In Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
Federal Government Executes Corey Johnson Following Prolonged Legal Fight
Biden Taps Ex-FDA Chief To Lead Operation Warp Speed Amid Rollout Of COVID Plan
Armie Hammer Leaves Upcoming Film 'Shotgun Wedding' After Troubling Social Media Controversy
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
FAMILY MONEY TREE
Meet The Rich Kids Who Want To Give Away All Their Money (2019)
townandcountrymag.com
The nation's wealthiest people never expected the real revolution would come from inside their own families.
HORRIFYING
'Down The Rabbit Hole I Go': How A Young Woman Followed Two Hackers' Lies To Her Death (2019)
buzzfeednews.com
Tomi Masters was a 23-year-old from Indiana who moved to California with dreams of making it big in the cannabis business. Then she met a hacker who introduced her to a dark new world of digital manipulation, suspicion, paranoia and fear — one that swallowed her alive and left her floating in a river in the Philippines.
When your dreams don't work out, it's time to find a different dream.