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Stuff you must read today (Fri, 21 Jun 2013) – The Humour Edition

Fri, 21 Jun 2013

2 min read

I think those of us in Singapore could do with a little humour today.

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Sort-of Terrible Or Irresponsible Things I’ve Done While Traveling India | Thought Catalog
“Pretended to be a journalist to get things for free
A few years ago I made a fake press pass using a template I downloaded off the internet. It’s attached to a lanyard and has my photograph on it and it looks official.

I would often stroll up to archaeological sites and other places of interest to tourists with this thing around my neck and attempt to walk straight in. I would usually be halted and told to buy a ticket. At this point I would pretend to be annoyed and tell them I was journalist, there to write about the site for some fictional travel magazine, claiming that ‘they’ (whoever ‘they’ were) said it was okay. This worked about 3% of the time”.

The MAD Staff Picks Their Favorite Back Covers: Senior Editor Joe Raiola | MAD Magazine
A parody of an NRA ad.

Download More RAM!
“What is this site you ask? Download more RAM does exactly what it says on the tin. Our website gives you the ability to ‘download more RAM’ at no cost! Just select the amount you need and download! Your speed will be improved instantly!”

PE let me be the first to say im a genius | Natalie Dee
“Heel? What heel? You are a precious angel who only eats the middle parts of the bread!”

Fri, 14 Jun 2013

1 min read

A specially-curated edition with writing-related links.

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10 Writing Prompts For Future Essays | Thought Catalog
“1. Unfortunately, we sometimes lose the things we love the most. Describe your daily Facebook routine”.

Max Sebald’s Writing Tips | Richard Skinner
- “Write about obscure things but don’t write obscurely.
- There is a certain merit in leaving some parts of your writing obscure”.
CAVEAT: Every writer and every instructor/teacher has her or his own methodology to writing, so don’t believe everything you read. Pick the tips that suit you best (but refrain from cherry-picking).

Writing with DASH | American Management Association
Good for the writer who has a preference for explicit structure and routine (because everyone has a structure and routine in what they do, though some people choose to deny it).

Thu, 23 May 2013

2 min read

New Slang For Literate Teenage Boys | Thought Catalog
“Pathetic Fallacy: (n)
A peer’s phallus; used mockingly”.

Well-chosen words | Financial Times
The meaning and spelling of words can and will change over time – but it doesn’t mean all change has to or must be embraced.

How do I meet guys who see me as a person instead of as the subject of their “Asian fetishes?” | Miss Information, Nerve
“Your situation is, to some extent, just a given of modern dating. There is an unbelievably high “miss-to-hit” ratio, and when you’re stuck in a swampland of “misses,” it absolutely feels hopeless…I want to draw your attention [to the fact that y]ou may not be able to go out tomorrow and find the right guy, but you can lighten up on yourself. It sounds like you’re doing a lot of things right. Panicking about being single creates a black hole behind your eyes that makes you a terrible date, guaranteed”.

How the devil was deceived by an old woman of Pope-Figland | Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel, Book IV.
Context here.

The MAD Staff Picks Their Favorite Back Covers: Associate Editor Dave Croatto | MAD Magazine
“This issue was scheduled to appear on newsstands the day after the election — making it impossible for MAD to know the winner in time to get him on the cover. So, MAD did the next best thing — they congratulated BOTH candidates! On the front cover was Nixon, while Kennedy was on the back cover (printed upside down so the magazine would appear to open properly!). News agents were sent a letter instructing them to display the cover with the winner on it — and the Usual Gang of Idiots would look like geniuses (for, I assume, the first and last time)”.