Apparent Passions of My Upstairs Neighbors - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Internet Tendency

Daily humor almost every day since 1998.

Daily humor almost every day since 1998.

Job Postings

Have a background in journalism? We’re looking for part-time help on an upcoming project. Students are encouraged to apply. Click for details.

Moving furniture

Rolling bowling balls off of tables

Keeping time to music by beating a staff

Picking up anvils, and then dropping them

Riverdance

Please help support our writers and keep our site ad-free by becoming a patron.

Become a patron

Subscribe to McSweeney’s Internet Tendency’s Substack

Suggested Reads

March 14, 2012

Condo President-for-Life

by Mike Sacks and Teddy Wayne
December 1, 2023

We Can’t Wait to Be Part of Your Neighborhood, but First We Need to Dig This Massive Hole

by Viktoria Shulevich
September 5, 2003

Interviews with Neighbors

by Chris Mohney
September 26, 2024

Frequently Asked Questions About Leaf Blowers

by Alex Baia

Trending 🔥

December 4, 2024

Your 2024 Therapy Wrapped

by Sasha Lubomirsky, Topher Lin, and Chan Lin
December 3, 2024

A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester

by B. McNulty
December 19, 2024

A Producer Attempts to Pitch The Nutcracker

by Jeff Bender
December 10, 2024

A Typical First Date with a Guy in Boston, Chicago, or New York

by Jus Kaplan, Jonah Nink, and Jack Stebbins

Recently

December 20, 2024

Great Philosophers on Santa’s Naughty and Nice Lists

by Amanda Lehr
December 20, 2024

An Art Nouveau Calendar for a Terrible Fucking Year

by Ali Fitzgerald
December 19, 2024

An Open Letter to Sarah from Love Actually, to Be Delivered In the Two Seconds Before She Answers Her Phone for the Second Time While Karl Is Tenderly Dry Humping Her

by Una LaMarche
December 19, 2024

A Producer Attempts to Pitch The Nutcracker

by Jeff Bender