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April 30, 2024Please Avoid Memorizing These Unhelpful Mnemonic Devices
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October 14, 201616 Useful Mnemonics for Commonly Misspelled Words From a Desperate Writer Who Told Us He Knew 20
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November 4, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “Greetings, viewers. Tonight’s senatorial debate will cover lots of topics neither candidate knows much about: nationalized healthcare, nonprofit finance, nanotechnology, jihadists…”
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October 6, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: Six Flags Wild Safari
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September 3, 2014The Little You Know About the Mnemonic Devices You Know is Probably Wrong
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August 18, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “We’ll heal every neuron with transcendental therapy. Goodbye worldly knowledge—yoga class will now begin…”
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August 4, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “Putting aside regional predilections, Pittsburgh sucks.”
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June 9, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “Remedial kids aren’t ‘dumb’—just chronically goofy. Until frontal lobotomies become commonplace, educators dutifully remain S.O.L.”
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May 21, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “Tell stories about battles, legends, & tumultuous sexual triangles. Make it fun! Never trade intimate character revelations with endless, ugly ‘talking.’ Show the climax. Telling becomes mostly unnecessary.”
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April 28, 2014Non-Essential Mnemonics: “You’re older now. Stop buying Abercrombie & Fitch!”
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January 15, 2025A Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office Jargon
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January 8, 2025Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media?
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January 9, 2025I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
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January 17, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Annie Leibovitz
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