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40 takes. Every one written by someone who cares way too much about things that don't matter.

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SportsMarch 25, 20263 min read

She Was Up at 2 A.M. With Nerves. She Still Won Her 6th.

Mikaela Shiffrin clinched her record-tying 6th World Cup overall title today in Hafjell, Norway. She was up at 2am with nerves. She skied into the lead anyway.

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Sports4 min read

Your Bracket Is Already Dead and That's the Point

You spent 20 minutes on your bracket. A 12-seed just destroyed it in the first 40 minutes. Welcome to March Madness. This is exactly how it was supposed to go.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Sports3 min read

Nebraska Finally Won a Tournament Game and the Internet Lost Its Mind

Nebraska just won their first NCAA Tournament game in program history. The last Power Five school without a tournament win. A moment 40 years in the making.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Culture3 min read

Passover Starts on April Fool's Day This Year and God Has Jokes

Passover starts on April Fool's Day this year. April 1, 2026. You cannot make this up. Or maybe God can.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Sports3 min read

Florida Was a #1 Seed. Iowa Was Not. Let's Talk About It.

Iowa just knocked out Florida in the second round of March Madness. #9 over #1. The chalk crumbled right when everyone thought it was safe.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Sports5 min read

The Masters 2026: Five Guys Who Could Win Augusta and One Who Absolutely Will Not

Augusta is almost here and we have opinions. Strong ones. Possibly irresponsible ones.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Sports6 min read

The Caitlin Clark Effect Is Real and the Numbers Prove It

Two years ago WNBA games were getting 400,000 viewers. Now they are getting 3 million. Something changed.

Mar 24, 2026Read →
Sports5 min read

Tom Brady Played Flag Football at 48 and Looked Better Than Half the Active QBs in the League

Tom Brady played flag football at 48 and still looked sharper than guys half his age cashing NFL paychecks. The man cannot stop. He won't stop. He is constitutionally incapable of stopping.

Mar 23, 2026Read →
Sports5 min read

Your 2026 March Madness Bracket Is Already Dead and We Are Absolutely Thriving

Your bracket is dead. Mine is dead. Everyone's bracket is dead. We did this to ourselves with complete confidence and zero evidence. And somehow, we are okay.

Mar 23, 2026Read →
Sports4 min read

Nebraska Finally Won a Tournament Game and the Internet Lost Its Mind

Nebraska just won their first NCAA Tournament game in program history. The last Power Five school to do it. A moment 40 years in the making. And the internet had exactly the reaction you'd expect.

Mar 20, 2026Read →
Internet Chaos3 min read

Passover Starts on April Fool's Day This Year and God Has Jokes

Passover starts on April Fool's Day this year. April 1, 2026. You can't make this up. Or maybe God can.

Mar 20, 2026Read →
Sports4 min read

Your Bracket Is Already Dead and That's the Point

You spent 20 minutes on your bracket. A 12-seed just destroyed it in the first 40 minutes of play. Welcome to March Madness. This is exactly how it was supposed to go.

Mar 20, 2026Read →
Sports4 min read

The Upset That Nobody Saw Coming: Venezuela Just Changed Baseball Forever

Japan was the defending champion. Venezuela had a 3-run homer in the 6th and the crowd in Miami lost its mind. The chalk doesn't always cash.

Mar 19, 2026Read →
Streamer Drama4 min read

Why Every Streamer Drama Follows the Same Script (And We All Keep Watching)

Leaked DMs, a vague tweet, a 40-minute video essay. We've seen this movie a hundred times and we keep buying tickets.

Mar 7, 2026Read →
Internet Chaos5 min read

The Algorithm Is Not Your Friend: How Social Media Trains You to Be Addicted

The algorithm does not want you to be happy. It wants you to be engaged. These are not the same thing.

Mar 6, 2026Read →
Sports4 min read

Why Sports Betting Has Completely Changed How We Watch Games

Nobody just watches the game anymore. Everyone has a parlay. Sports betting didn't ruin sports. It just made everyone way more annoying about them.

Mar 5, 2026Read →
Internet Chaos3 min read

The Rise and Fall of Every Viral Moment (A Pattern)

Every viral moment follows the exact same lifecycle. We've been here a thousand times. Here's the map.

Mar 4, 2026Read →
Pop Culture4 min read

Celebrity Apology Videos Are Peak Internet Theater and We Need to Talk About It

Ring light on. No makeup look applied. Voice slightly trembling. The apology video is the most theatrical thing on the internet and everyone is in on it.

Mar 3, 2026Read →
FOOD5 min read

The Definitive Ranking of Gas Station Foods Nobody Will Admit They Love

The roller dog has been spinning since 6am. The nacho cheese has been hot since before you were born. And you are going to eat both of them. This is the definitive gas station food tier list.

Mar 14, 2026Read →
SPORTS5 min read

Why Your Fantasy Football League Is Destroying Your Friendships (And Why That's Fine)

Someone in your league proposed a trade so bad it was insulting. Someone else is texting the group chat at 7am about their injury report. You have never been angrier at people you genuinely like.

Mar 13, 2026Read →
CULTURE4 min read

The Unwritten Rules of the Group Chat That Everyone Breaks

You know them. You've broken them. The late response to the conversation that already ended. The voice note nobody asked for. The group chat is a society with no police and everyone is a criminal.

Mar 12, 2026Read →
FOOD5 min read

Fast Food Menu Items That Slap at 2AM: A Scientific Study

The Taco Bell Crunchwrap at 2am is a completely different food than the Taco Bell Crunchwrap at noon. We have studied this phenomenon extensively and present our findings.

Mar 11, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE4 min read

The Mount Rushmore of Overrated Things People Pretend to Like

Four things have been carved into the mountain of overrated experiences that people perform enjoyment of. We are naming them. We are standing by this.

Mar 10, 2026Read →
Streamer Drama5 min read

Twitch vs YouTube vs Kick: Which Platform Is Actually Winning Streamers in 2026?

Twitch is still the biggest house on the block but there are cracks in the walls. YouTube is playing chess. Kick is playing something else entirely.

Mar 2, 2026Read →
Hot Takes4 min read

The Hot Take Industrial Complex: Why Everyone Is a Pundit Now

Everybody has a podcast. Everybody has a Substack. Everybody has very strong opinions about things they learned about 20 minutes ago. How did we get here.

Mar 1, 2026Read →
FOOD5 min read

The Definitive Power Ranking of Airplane Snacks

First class gets warm nuts and a cheese plate. Basic economy gets a packet of 11 pretzels. This gap is the clearest illustration of wealth inequality available at 35,000 feet.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

Things You Googled at 3AM That You'll Never Admit

The search history exists whether you clear it or not. The internet knows what you needed at 3AM. We are here to name it publicly.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
CULTURE5 min read

The Unspoken Hierarchy of the Office Kitchen

The office kitchen is not a kitchen. It is a social experiment where the test is whether adults can share a space and the answer is consistently no.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
CULTURE5 min read

Why Every Friend Group Has That One Guy Who's 'Almost Famous' at Something

He almost made it. He got so close. The details shift slightly depending on who's telling the story. He's been telling this story for seven years. It is still the best story he has.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

A Brutally Honest Review of Every Type of Birthday Party After Age 30

Surprise parties after 30 are not celebrations. They are ambushes. We are reviewing every birthday format with the honesty adults deserve and rarely receive.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

The Science of Why You Can Never Pick a Restaurant

You have access to every restaurant review ever written. You can see photos of every dish. You know every option. This is exactly why you cannot decide. This is not your fault. This is science.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

People Who Back Into Parking Spots: A Psychological Profile

They are behind you in the parking lot. They are stopping. They are going to back in. You have 90 seconds to contemplate what kind of person does this and why.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
CULTURE5 min read

The Mount Rushmore of Things That Were Better Before the Internet Ruined Them

Not everything the internet improved. Some things it specifically and permanently degraded. We are identifying the four faces on this particular mountain.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

An Investigation Into Why Hotel Pillows Hit Different

You sleep in your bed every night. You sleep in the hotel bed for two nights and you feel like you've been restored. The hotel pillow has done something. We are finding out what.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

The Tier List of Acceptable Things to Fall Asleep To

What you fall asleep to says a lot about you. Not all of it good. The tier list is definitive and will be accepted as such.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
DEGENERATE5 min read

Why Your Uber Rating Is Lower Than You Think (And What You Did)

You believe you are an excellent passenger. You tip well. You are not your rating. We are delivering the news you did not request but require.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
CULTURE5 min read

A Formal Complaint About People Who Say 'Let's Circle Back'

Let's circle back. Reach out. Touch base. Loop in. Take this offline. The corporate language has achieved full separation from meaning and we are filing a formal complaint.

Mar 15, 2026Read →
Culture5 min read

The Definitive Tier List of Gas Station Food at 2AM

Not all gas station food is created equal. This is the definitive, non-negotiable tier list of what to eat at 2AM when the gas station is your only option.

Apr 1, 2026Read →
Culture5 min read

Every Type of Person at a Sports Bar, Ranked by How Much They Ruin It

Sports bars are society at its most concentrated. Here is a definitive ranking of every type of person you'll encounter, ordered by how much they degrade your viewing experience.

Apr 1, 2026Read →
Culture6 min read

The Unwritten Rules of the Fantasy Football Group Chat (You're Breaking All of Them)

Fantasy football group chats are a beautiful disaster. Here are the unwritten rules that everyone knows but nobody follows — and the specific people destroying your group chat right now.

Apr 1, 2026Read →