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Have You Saved Enough for Retirement If Your Life Culminates in Decades of Escalating Misfortune?
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Have You Saved Enough for Retirement If Your Life Culminates in Decades of Escalating Misfortune?

You need assets that grow in value constantly, like original paintings by legendary artists, or houses that haven’t been carried away by drones or invaded by mastermind insects.
Reality Shows for Your Thirties
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Reality Shows for Your Thirties

Reality Shows for Your Thirties
“My Super Sweet 36th Birthday” and “Punk’d: Medical Bills” available for streaming now.
George Clooney’s Duolingo
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George Clooney’s Duolingo

George Clooney’s Duolingo
Je vais à la bibliothèque avec mon ami Brad Pitt.
Mom and Dad: The Performance Review
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Mom and Dad: The Performance Review

Mom and Dad: The Performance Review
​Accomplished: Mom made partner and ditched skinny jeans; I quit cello and started seventh grade; Dad looked for a job.
AllTrails Guide to Cringe Mountain
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AllTrails Guide to Cringe Mountain

AllTrails Guide to Cringe Mountain
The lower section of this trail is gentle and promises landscape features familiar to most millennials, including plenty of heckin’ puppers and doggos, the crying-laughing emoji, and adulting.

Daily Cartoons

1/15

“Is this the series finale of America, or do you think they’ll release another episode?”
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad

Celebrity Caption Contest

Sarah Sherman Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
Celebrity Caption Contest

Sarah Sherman Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

Sarah Sherman Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
Celebrity Caption Contest

Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
Celebrity Caption Contest

John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
Celebrity Caption Contest

Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest

Ilana Glazer Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The actor, writer, and comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.

Cartoons from the Issue

1/17

“If anything should ever happen to me, I want you to look into that guy.”
Cartoon by Dahlia Gallin Ramirez

Must-See

Netflix: TV Shows Recommended Hyper-Specifically for You
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Netflix: TV Shows Recommended Hyper-Specifically for You

Netflix: TV Shows Recommended Hyper-Specifically for You
Each episode features the full four-hour audio of “The Dr. Frasier Crane Show,” as well as Niles Crane drinking a latte in every scene.
So, After All This Time, You’ve Come Crawling Back to Cable
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So, After All This Time, You’ve Come Crawling Back to Cable

So, After All This Time, You’ve Come Crawling Back to Cable
Lucky for you, our cable company has a generous corporate culture, so we’ll consider the idea of you signing back up with us.
Realistic TV Ratings
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Realistic TV Ratings

Realistic TV Ratings
TV-AWK: Program may include intense sexual situations; parents are advised to watch in a different room than their children.
You Have to Watch This Show
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You Have to Watch This Show

You Have to Watch This Show
It picks up around the fourth episode, after they kill off Secondary Character You’d Kind of Thought Was Going to Be a Main Character.

Comics

Reflections
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Reflections

Reflections
Do you see what I see (in this guy’s sunglasses)?
Book Recommendations for Men
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Book Recommendations for Men

Book Recommendations for Men
Maybe the fellas should pick up “Belch! An Oral History of the Burp.”
Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon
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Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon

Bill Clinton’s M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon
When the cartoon appeared, it attracted immediate attention.
MAHA Country
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MAHA Country

MAHA Country
Follow the Ivermectin River to the Swamp of Unemulsified Mayonnaise.

More Humor

Updated Rules for Children at Our Brewery
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Updated Rules for Children at Our Brewery

Updated Rules for Children at Our Brewery
Our chairs are for sitting on, not for constructing elaborate forts.
The Boyosphere
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The Boyosphere

The Boyosphere
On today’s episode of the podcast, why mommies are obsolete and naps are for the weak.
A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life
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A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life

A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life
With a single tap on the screen, I open the blinds, with another, I turn on the espresso machine, and with a third, I review the footage from my Ring camera.
Finishing School: Hands Off Our Pencils
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Finishing School: Hands Off Our Pencils

Finishing School: Hands Off Our Pencils
Given the wild fluctuations in the market, I did what anyone with a crippling dependence on pencils would do: I took inventory.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy
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“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy

“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy
Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas, mainly because “asking” suggests that you’re doing me a favor, when, in actuality, I’m setting some healthy boundaries.
Dear Pepper: Slaying the Self-Doubt Dragon
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Dear Pepper: Slaying the Self-Doubt Dragon

Dear Pepper: Slaying the Self-Doubt Dragon
It is easier for me to write my truth than to speak it.
Premeditated
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Premeditated

Premeditated
Close your eyes. Breathe in. Experience “Titanic” and “The Wizard of Oz” the Chloé Zhao way.
The Disruptors Behind Radiohead’s Art
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The Disruptors Behind Radiohead’s Art

The Disruptors Behind Radiohead’s Art
Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss how, for thirty years, they’ve crafted the visuals that helped define Yorke’s band, many of which are now on view at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.
Holiday Movies We’re Going to Skip
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Holiday Movies We’re Going to Skip

Holiday Movies We’re Going to Skip
“A Child’s Christmas in a Waymo,” “Alan Dershowitz Is Coming to Town,” and more.
So You Want to Come to My New Vinyl-Listening Bar
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So You Want to Come to My New Vinyl-Listening Bar

So You Want to Come to My New Vinyl-Listening Bar
You may get up to use the restroom, but only between sides. During songs, please remain still. Any movement above shoulder level will be interpreted as dance.