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The Weekly Whatever: Ex Benedict
January 1, 2023
Business People who live in poor or diverse parts of US cities get slower and more expensive Internet service. Need to talk to the manager? Karens For Hire...
The Weekly Whatever: a mere 8 by 8 grid
December 26, 2022
Quotes of the week Elon Musk explaining why he doesn’t play chess any more: “I did as a child, but found it to be too simple to be useful in real life: a...
The Weekly Whatever: N628TS
December 17, 2022
Business news Hyundai-Kia has been benefitting from child workers in Alabama. Multiple online telehealth startups have been sending information about...
The Weekly Whatever: Guaranteed World Cup Free
December 12, 2022
$8chan Elon Musk turns up expecting to be adored by Dave Chapelle’s fans, but gets roundly booed instead. Three members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council...
The Weekly Whatever: I'm a toilet-half-full kind of person
December 3, 2022
Business European Union spends half a million dollars throwing a virtual party in Zuckerberg's metaverse. Six people show up. Amazon Alexa is a colossal...
The Weekly Whatever: Space Karen vs the world
November 19, 2022
Crapto Asshole who burned a Frida Kahlo drawing to increase the value of his 10,000 NFTs only sold four of them, for a total of $11,200. In the wake of the...
The Weekly Whatever: Blue bird of crappiness
November 14, 2022
Very normal people Man who lived in Paris' Charles-de-Gaulle airport for 20 years dies, appropriately enough, in the terminal. Homeless man roams Austin TX...
The Weekly Whatever: I got ya bird right here
November 7, 2022
Crapto Cryptocurrency platform that offered 43% returns on investment suddenly offers 0% chance of withdrawing your money. First Bitcoin ETF has burned...
The Weekly Whatever: Quick hits
October 30, 2022
Florida attorney who opposed the state’s motorcycle helmet law dies in a motorcycle crash, from head trauma, while not wearing a helmet. Worryingly, a friend...
The Weekly Whatever: All hail the lettuce!
October 24, 2022
UK news Prime Minister Liz Truss fought a lettuce, and the lettuce won. Sadly, American democracy is way more dysfunctional. Crapto Bitcoin's price drop and...
The Weekly Whatever: Monitoring Vermont's Purity of Essence
October 16, 2022
Quote of the week I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet...
The Weekly Whatever: Maybe it's time for a rename
October 10, 2022
Science Yes, you can detect the prevalence of COVID-19 by counting the number of reviews of candles that complain that they don’t smell. Business...
The Weekly Whatever: Special Commemorative Deceased Monarch Edition
September 18, 2022
Quote of the week An Irish friend says that when the news of the Queen’s death came through, ‘I was drinking in an Irish Republican Socialist pub here in...
The (Mostly) Weekly Whatever: Those stolen classified documents really tie the room together
September 4, 2022
Reasonable people Another Russian oil executive dies after falling out of a window, what are the odds? New York couple wish to assure people that their...
The Weekly Whatever: Much wow
August 21, 2022
Science People who oppose the scientific consensus believe they have the highest level of science knowledge. Oddly enough, the exact opposite is the case....
The Weekly Whatever: Never Early
August 15, 2022
The worst site on the Internet Facebook accepted bribes from OnlyFans to get adult entertainers put on a terrorist watch list. Instagram and Facebook put...
The Weekly Whatever: Accidentally sent by Alex Jones's lawyers
August 7, 2022
Italian influences Tennessee couple want their engagement photos to have an Italian feel to them, so they have them taken at an Olive Garden. New Italian...
The (Sometimes Semi) Weekly Whatever: Montessori's Flying Circus
July 30, 2022
Politics What, you thought a Democratic president would mean an end to building a stupid border wall? A house bill is drafted to order the government to...
The (Usually) Weekly Whatever: Asking for a pardon for any and all things
July 16, 2022
Technology Amazon admits it has been giving Ring security camera videos to police without permission. Yo dawg, I heard you like DOOM. Ever wonder why digital...
The Weekly Whatever: Imagine Donald Trump riding a bicycle
June 20, 2022
Spring pastimes Meet the Polish LARPers who pretend to be American. Texas man on lawnmower uses pool noodle to fend off his pet emu. This one time at camp,...
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