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I Get Paid To Write Fake Reviews For Amazon
Some businesses have become so desperate for five stars that they're paying for positive reviews online, a crime filthier than the rats running around that El Paso Chinese place.
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- By Anonymous, Evan V. Symon
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6 Realities Of Life When You're Raped By A Celebrity
We talked to Sam about what it's like to live life as a prop in a celebrity's rape scandal in a country that still has no idea what to think about sexual assault victims.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Ways Growing Up Female In Saudi Arabia Is A Nightmare
You can't judge an entire country by their government. Which is why we reached out to two Saudi women to find out what life there is really.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Reasons Why Drive-In Theaters Are Never Coming Back
Drive-in theaters seem cool. But what went wrong with the whole automotive theater experience?
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The Ugly Side Of Strikes In The Modern World
We talked to 'Jermaine' and 'Julie' -- a security guard and a strikebreaking teacher, respectively -- to find out what it's like when a company and its labor force go to war.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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When Hollywood Needs A Made-Up Language, They Come To Us
What's your favorite part of big-budget fantasy epics? If you said the made-up languages characters speak, you might have a bright future as a conlanger.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Surprisingly Grim Realities Of Life At A Chuck E. Cheese's
We talked to Mark, Matt, Heather, and Adam who used to work at four different CEC restaurants, or, as they call them: the final resting places of all their hope for humanity.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Ryan Menezes
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The 5 Weirdest Things I Saw Driving For Google Street View
The amazing technology behind Google Street View grants us the ability to see the outside of publicly accessible places. What must it be like to bring us such techno-magic?
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- By Evan V. Symon
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I Help Returning Soldiers Get Benefits: 5 Sad Realities
Applying for benefits is a nightmare quest that can take years.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Things I Saw As A Psych Ward Nurse Too Dark For Horror Films
Nobody deals with more crap, literal or otherwise, than mental hospital employees.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Anonymous
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There's A Public Shaming Industry (And It Held Me Hostage)
Trying to get rid of online mugshots is a nightmarish -- and expensive -- task which requires dealing with some truly sleazy people.
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- By Anonymous, Saundra Sorenson
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Japanese Musicians Screw Their Fans For Cash (And I'm A Fan)
What the hell is Visual Kei? We talked to a hardcore fan to get the strange lowdown.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Sonya Langston
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Growing Up In The Lab Of My Mad Genius Father: A True Story
Peter's father, Wilhelm Reich, happened to be a famous and controversial psychoanalyst who was thrown in jail by the U,S. government. That made his formative moment somewhat more complicated.
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- By Mark Hill
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I'm Paid To Get You Fired: Secrets Of Undercover Store Spies
Even the most mundane worlds have their heroes and villains, and in the retail business, 'mystery shoppers' are both.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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My Job Churning Out The Garbage Behind Clickbait Titles
Young writers are turning to the dreaded content mills to feed themselves. We spoke with a former content mill writer, and here's what we learned.
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- By Amanda Mannen, T.L Bodine
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