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Slender Man is Watching (New York, long)
An amazing recreation of how two tween girls conspired and attempted to murder their friend. And how Slender both did and did not legitimately factor into it.
Mortal Kombat: [The] Untold Story of The Movie That 'Kicked The Hell Out of Everyone' (The Hollywood Reporter, long)
This one's a little older than the rest, but I hope you'll indulge me since I haven't done one of these in a while. Our momentary fascination with oral histories has definitely come and gone, but I don't think there's a better way to tell a story like this.
The World's Leading LinkedIn Expert Advise Gucci Mane on His New Profile (Grantland, mid)
There some kinds of articles/stories that just can't exist in print because they wouldn't fit the editorial vision of any strong magazine, and/or because they would technically count as humor stories, but aren't necessarily yuk-yuk funny. I guess we should call them blog posts.
This is one of the funniest blog posts I've read in a long time.
College Student Refusing to Read a Lesbian Memoir Don't Deserve College (Quartz, short)
Bold words from SUNY Brockport's Lisa Miller:
“If we don’t do the work, we fail. The Duke students who refused to read Fun Home have already failed. Willfully. Perhaps Duke should dismiss them, as they’re unwilling to take on college-level study. Let them reapply when they are ready to face the danger presented by a comic book.”
She also gets bonus points for writing something concise. There are a LOT of recent articles about how terrible undergrads are these days and there isn't much more left to say on the matter.
Dude, It's Not a Hoverboard (Gizmodo, short)
You don't really need to read this one; just take note...
Remember how Wiz Khalifa got tackled by airport security at LAX this week? He apparently got tackled for riding one of these things...
Image Credit: Ben Schmanke (YouTube)
Note that it has wheels and does not hover. Do not refer to this as a "hoverboard." Do not equate it to Back to The Future 2 or the actual hoverboard Lexus made.
10 Worst Mega Man Bad Guys (Who Never Made it Into The Game) (Polygon, List)
Sometimes you just have to say "fuck it."
Image Credit: Capcom via Polygon
Even though the list previews/regurgitates content from the upcoming Mega Man Collection, these outtakes from Mega Man II, an incredibly important video game, are still pretty funny.