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Samantha Stevens's avatar

“Pier One apologizes for Rattan Death March”

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James daSilva's avatar

That's a great deep cut

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Don Quixote's Reckless Son's avatar

My favorite will forever be "Scientists Discover Ancient Race of Skeleton People".

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James daSilva's avatar

that's a really good one -- and definitely overlooked since it's from (sigh) 1999!

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Don Quixote's Reckless Son's avatar

You had to tell me that? I feel really old now.

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Laura's avatar

The onion was so good back in the day! Thanks for this reminder

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James daSilva's avatar

you're very welcome!

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Tyler Pounds's avatar

I feel like the Optometrist article is just simply the culturally camp act of appreciating smaller artists.

Like John Waters, or Elvira. (Or in my case, Audra McDonald)

It's very Louis Virtel knowing every oscar winner of every year sort of thing.

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James daSilva's avatar

yeah, that's a good take. Sometimes there's a very specific real-life news hook to these stories, and I think I was looking for that. But it's probably along the lines of your explanation.

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Tim Harrod's avatar

Happy Hammurderer day, of course! But did you even know we had a camera crew present when that story was pitched? https://youtu.be/wv5q-wil4cg?t=215

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James daSilva's avatar

Wow, I did not know this. Thank you for sharing!

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