Appreciating the dad joke.
Aaron Gilbreath
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The Dad-Joke Doctrine
“What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor? ‘Where’s my tractor?’”
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Auto-Tune: The Music Fad That Keeps on Giving
Cultural critic Simon Reynolds looks at 20 years of Auto-Tune.
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How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music
Twenty years after this famous pitch-correction technology beautifully modulated Cher’s voice in her hit song “Believe,” Auto-Tune has proven itself not a fad but a fixture. Where did it come from, and what does it do exactly?
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Where Soccer Gets Made
Colonialism may have introduced football to what is now Sialkot, Pakistan, but local craftsmanship and ingenuity turned the town into the world’s leading producer of soccer balls and other lucrative exports.
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How Puerto Rico Became the Newest Tax Haven for the Super Rich
Sometimes trash washes ashore after a huge tropical storm. Sometimes opportunists do.
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Building a Life in Someone Else’s Ghost Town
Cisco, Utah can’t be a ghost town, because Eileen Muza lives there, but people sure treat it that way.
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The Pioneer of Ruin
Cisco, Utah isn’t a ghost town. Thirty-four year old Eileen Muza lives there, for now.
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The Orgies Are Lame. The Sun Is Unforgiving. There’s 70,000 People Partying on ‘The Playa’: What It’s Like Going to Burning Man For the First Time
Embrace the playa. Dance with a panda. Sobriety is strongly discouraged.
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Sorry, But Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Aren’t Going to Solve Our Opioid Crisis
Another ineffective technique has been added to the ineffective war on drugs: Drug-induced homicide charges.