Luke McKinney
Luke studied physics until he found out how much fun writing was. Now he does both and is the happiest man in the world.
He still doesn't believe he gets paid to talk about drink.
Read more at www.lukemckinney.net
7 Ways Email Spam Is Insulting You Right To Your Face
What if online public relations were honest? Brace yourself for the secrets of the seven worst advertising emails already in your spam folder.
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5 People Who Get Paid to Speak In Public (But Shouldn't)
If they sucked at any other aspect of their employment this much, they'd be fired or employed as a 100-percent organic artisanal vacuum cleaner.
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Pew Pew!: 5 Incredible Lasers That Will Change The World
IMPORTANT NOTE: Lasers are awesome, but they aren't toys.
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7 Warning Signs Of Advertising Disguised As Articles
Here's what to look out for so you don't get swallowed by the angry, gaping maw of predatory advertising cleverly disguised as articles.
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5 of the Coolest Scientific Findings (Are Shockingly Recent)
Behold: a tiny taster of humanity's most recent mind-expanding observations.
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7 Ways Modern Games Have Turned Into Scams
Now we'll see how in-app purchases are doing more damage to the worlds of gaming than every alien armada ever simulated.
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5 Reasons Irish People Don't Love American St. Patty's Day
A Transalantic discussion of our global holiday
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- By Luke McKinney, Brendan McGinley
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8 Obvious Signs Statistics Are Lying To You
Behold, eight math-free ways to work out which numbers to ignore.
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8 Fake Medical Products People Pay Real Money For
Homeopathy is kind of lame. Unless your problem is 'wanting to spend money on heavily diluted bullshit.' It can solve the hell out of that.
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8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism
Note: To save space, instead of typing 'antifeminist,' I'm just going to use 'asshole.'
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5 Comics That Kick More Ass Than Any Movie
If Hollywood must remain allergic to new ideas, they could at least remake the awesomer older ones.
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5 Easy Ways to Understand Game Theory (for Jerks)
Game theory is the study of how to choose the best move and to get the most stuff when other players are trying to take it. They should teach it after counting but before the alphabet
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5 Classic Geek Debates (Settled a Long Time Ago)
The war is over, but the battles are still being fought for some reason.
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5 Famous Video Game Sex Moves (Reviewed)
I've reviewed five sex-simulating video games, comparing their mechanics to the real thing.
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6 Ways the New 'Captain America' Movie Will Fix the Original
This movie could be what the Civil War storyline should've been in the first place.
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7 Reasons 'Assassin's Creed' Is the Least Playable Game Ever
There hasn't been a disaster like this since 'E.T.'
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6 Tips for Angry Internet Commenters
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE CALLING SOMEONE HITLER ON THE INTERNET! Would you like some help with that?
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6 Retro Features Modern Video Games Need
The march of progress has trampled some flowers of video games into the dirt of history. Luckily, technology can bring back all the best bits of the old days.
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4 Evil Movie Technologies That the World Needs Right Now
Here are four amazing tools that we could use for good, instead of exploding them and assuming that will somehow make everything work out.
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The 6 Most Counterproductive Things You Learn in College
College can define your future. You may learn useful skills to become a respected expert, or you may learn how to do the bare minimum you've been explicitly ordered to while being stunned at how much money you're spending.
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