Fax Machines Are Dead. So Why Is Every Hospital in America Still Using One?
Somewhere in a hospital basement right now, a machine older than the smartphone is quietly running American healthcare. Ask anyone under 35 what a fax[…]
If Hobbits Aren’t Real, Then Who Are Homo Floresiensis?
In 2003, a team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists digging through a limestone cave on a remote Indonesian island were looking for evidence of early[…]
Was Graeber Right About “Bullshit Jobs” All Along?
In 2013, an anthropologist wrote an essay claiming 40% of jobs are pointless. The internet lost its mind. A decade later, the evidence suggests he[…]
Lazy Girl Jobs and BS Jobs: The Dream vs. The Trap
“I work maybe 10 hours a week and get paid for 40. Living the dream!” …Or are you? In 2023, TikTok discovered “lazy girl jobs.”[…]
Recruiters, Staffers, Agents: All Breeds & Flavors – A Field Guide
This article is for entertainment purposes only. If you’ve ever tried to navigate the hiring world—whether as a job seeker, an employer, or someone considering[…]
How Staffing Agencies Have Excuses for Every Unethical Practice (And Why They’re All BS)
Disclaimer: This article is for entertainment purposes only. The staffing industry operates in a peculiar space where practices that would get an individual prosecuted for[…]
The Dark Side of the Staffing Industry: What Candidates and Employers Don’t See
Disclaimer: This article describes practices observed across the staffing industry based on insider accounts, public records, and industry analysis. Not all agencies engage in all[…]
Top 10 Discontinued Breakfast Cereals We Still Crave
Somewhere in a General Mills vault, there’s a file marked “Mistakes We’ll Never Admit.” Inside: focus group data showing that Sprinkle Spangles failed because parents[…]
Leprosy – Your One-Stop Guide
Leprosy. Hansen’s disease. The Big L. The OG outcast illness. For thousands of years, it was the disease that got you exiled from society, marked[…]
The Druze People: Who Are They and Why So Low Key?
Around 1,000 years ago, a small group of people in the Middle East started a religion, recruited members for about 25 years, then permanently closed[…]