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What’s It Like To Attend A Timeshare Presentation

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There’s a certain kind of resignation you feel when you walk into a trap that you know is a trap, but you still convince yourself it might not be a trap. That was me, standing in an MGM casino with my girlfriend, trying to parse how $75 in free play could possibly be worth the spiritual extraction process that was clearly about to happen. But she was adamant: “They give it to you just for showing up. My friends did this. It’s not a big deal.” This is how I agreed to an event that, I would later realize, could double as a psychological case study on manipulation tactics.

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The Day Mortal Kombat Changed Everything

Mortal Kombat 1 Arcade

There are certain moments in life that don’t just make an impression—they leave a scar. And for anyone who walked into an arcade in the early ’90s, seeing Mortal Kombat for the first time was less about playing a game and more about realizing the world had changed overnight. It was like when Bob Dylan went electric or when someone played Nevermind on repeat and said, “You have to listen to this.” There was a palpable shift, and it smelled like stale nachos and quarters that had been in circulation since 1972.

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Picture of the Day

August Landmesser

August Landmesser: The Lone Man Refusing to Do the Nazi Salute, 1936

History rarely gives us a clean hero. Most of the time, it’s messy—full of contradictions, compromise, and fear. But every now and then, you stumble across someone whose actions cut through the chaos like a lightning strike. August Landmesser is one of those rare figures, and what makes his story so compelling is how quiet yet defiant his resistance was. No guns. No speeches. Just one man standing still while the world around him surged with madness.

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Video of the Day

“Footprint” feels like stepping into a lucid dream orchestrated by a composer who moonlights as a philosopher. It’s not just something you watch or listen to—it’s something you absorb.

Over ten minutes, Cory Cullinan’s hypnotic composition lures you into a trance of introspection, with his daughter Sidney Cullinan crafting visuals that feel like they’re speaking in metaphors only your subconscious fully understands.

It’s part nature, part meditation, and part existential brain massage—a sensory experience that leaves you both calmed and questioning the meaning of it all.

10 Things You Need To Know Before Watching Your First David Lynch Film

David Lynch Film

If you’re thinking about diving into the twisted, beautiful chaos of a David Lynch movie, let me start by saying this: you are not prepared. That’s not an insult; it’s just the truth. Watching a Lynch film is like trying to have a meaningful conversation in a dream where half the people are speaking Esperanto and the other half are made of fire. The experience is less about understanding and more about letting your brain marinate in a vat of inexplicable weirdness.

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Why We Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr

When we talk about Martin Luther King Jr., we’re not just talking about a man—we’re talking about a seismic shift in the way a society defines itself. Think about this: for most of human history, the idea that a group of oppressed people could demand equal rights without resorting to violence would have sounded absurd. Revolutions, uprisings, and regime changes—those have historically been bloody, chaotic affairs. But King and his movement tried something different. Something radical. They wielded moral power in a way that bent the trajectory of history.

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How MySpace’s Top 8 Weaponized Friendship

Myspace Top 8

Before TikTok algorithms and Instagram Stories, there was MySpace. It was the digital Wild West—a place where you could slap glittery GIFs on your profile, autoplay whatever Panic! at the Disco song you wanted people to associate with your soul, and design an HTML Frankenstein of teenage angst. But the crown jewel of MySpace wasn’t your profile song or your “About Me” section; it was your Top 8—an eight-slot ranking system that turned your friendships into a blood sport.

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