Tag: Culture & Society
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The Walking Dead Was the Greatest Apocalypse Nonsense Ever Filmed
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom unlimited bullets and perfect zombie headshots to ninja swords that never dull and survivors with flawless hair during the apocalypse, this satire breaks down everything completely ridiculous about The Walking Dead. A funny look at crossbows, parkour zombies, romance during the end of civilization, and why nobody in Georgia ever seemed…
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How I Used Claude AI to Audit and Fix My WordPress Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutesSee a real step-by-step example of how to use Claude AI as a tool to audit your website, fix WordPress layout issues, and improve your Google SEO
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Mistakes People Make When Visiting My Country
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a year living in Brazil as an American expat, I’ve noticed that many visitors make the same cultural mistakes. From assuming Brazil speaks Spanish to expecting everything to work like it does back home, these misunderstandings can shape the entire travel experience. Here are my observations on the biggest mistakes tourists…
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Untold History: 1492 Christopher Columbus and the Birth of the American Myth Machine
Reading Time: 7 minutesA deep dive into how Christopher Columbus became the foundation of America’s national origin story — and how history, mythmaking, religion, politics, and power transformed one controversial voyage in 1492 into centuries of cultural mythology.
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny Review — The Life, Leadership, and Legacy of Winston Churchill
Reading Time: 3 minutesA thoughtful review of Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts, exploring how Winston Churchill was shaped by ambition, failure, war, and resilience long before leading Britain through its darkest hour.
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Fact, Fiction, & Fallout: The Epstein Tapes, Trump, Substack Doctors, and the Internet’s Favorite Hobby: Jumping to Conclusions
Reading Time: 8 minutesA deep dive into the viral Trump and Epstein “tape” claims, what is actually documented, what remains speculation, and how social media turns rumors, outrage, and partial facts into internet mythology.
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The Fitted Sheet Is Humanity’s Greatest Household Scam
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt some point society collectively agreed that folding a fitted sheet was a normal adult skill, and I refuse to accept it. Between impossible corners, collapsed geometry, and memories of high school math trauma, the fitted sheet remains one of modern life’s greatest scams. In this humorous reflection, I revisit the eternal…
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Retirement and Identity: What Nobody Tells You About Life After Work
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter one full year of retirement, I reflect on the psychological side of leaving work behind after 40 years. A personal essay about identity, purpose, routine, solitude, productivity, aging, and learning how to live when your value is no longer measured by work alone.
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Weekly Satire: Fox News Meets the Founding Fathers | May 18, 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe did not cross freezing rivers so future politicians could cosplay as Old Testament prophets.” When a strange fog rolls across Washington, D.C., five translucent figures in powdered wigs emerge to find themselves the unwilling mascots of a 24-hour media panic machine. From Thomas Jefferson explaining his razor-edited Bible to Alexander Hamilton…