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A Day in the Life at CMU Miami

8 AM. My alarm beeps twice. I jolt awake, panic, and swing my arm at it. Miss. Shit.

“IT’S KENNETH C. GRIFFIN O’CLOCK!” it bellows, and tinny notes soon follow. Can’t switch it off now – turning off the official Kenneth C. Griffin theme song is liable to suspension …

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder starts where trauma stops: a defense of forever wars

Netflix realized years ago the key to customer retention is to make sure nothing ever ends. Once an episode stops, the next starts before you can decide if you even liked the previous one. The rest of America can learn from this: if endless content keeps millions of people from …

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An image appearing to be a screenshot of a Polymarket betting option labeled "Will that bigass construction project on Forbes/Craig be completed on time?" with a 1% projected chance of succeeding and a $500 trillion volume.
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Tartans DEMOLISH Sacred Heart Elementary in Triumphant Victory

After the nail­-biting game against Central Catholic High School, as reported on by the Tartan, our Boys in Red decided to set their sights even higher. It’s safe to say that those disgraceful chumps at Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School were wholly unprepared for such a display of raw …

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Kill Phil

The average lifespan of marmota momax, the common groundhog, is 2 to 3 years. That is 2 to 3 years too long. I don’t remember what that fuckass rodent said or did back in February, but whether that little prick saw his shadow or not is really irrelevant to …

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Readme Summer School

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Lockheed Martin ad showing a large piece of military equipment on a hill overseeing a large, populous city. It's captioned "the war on Christmas ends with us."

The secret dark reality of ChatGPT

Much to the dismay of educators around the globe, the popularity of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has exploded over the past year. Millions of prompts are sent every day to OpenAI’s groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT. Carnegie Mellon’s students in particular have quickly latched on to this new way to avoid their …

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Auntie Readme: Torn between my situationship and 47 feral hogs

Feeling Hogtied: February is the time for renegotiating leases. And, coincidentally, retreading and regretting my love life. I'm currently living in a two-bedroom with a guy who looks kind of like Timothee Chalamet if he were born and raised in the Texas panhandle. Long story short, we flirted a tiny …

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A public service announcement which reads the following: "Carnegie Mellon Facilities Management Drought Advisory; NOTICE: Water rations will be available at approved locations in reduced 335 ml sizes. 500 ml bottles will be available only as a premium side at dining locations. Water is to be conserved for the following approved uses: AI datacenter cooling, watering concrete, grass (to be killed), and watering the Fence. Water is NOT to be used for the following: vegetables, emergency eyewash, and emergency and non-emergency showering. If you experience signs of dehydration, please bear with them or purchase Celsius or other beverages from vending machines at increased prices."

I'm going to punch you (John Lennon)

Out walking
I’ve got a shovel
And a crow bar
And a copy of Catcher in the Rye
And my fists
I am going
Going to punch you

Like a priest
I move with holy purpose
Towards an asshole
Unlike the priest
Not in a sexual way
Though I …

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Facing your fears: The self-assured squirrel that's four feet in front of you

It happened again. You were leaving the car, walking back home, when you encountered it: a squirrel (let’s call him Squeaky) standing only 4 feet away from you.

You take a step closer. Squeaky does not scurry away. You cower. Squeaky stares you down. You run away.

Does …

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A poll of students labeled "why were you at a CMU football game?" [pie chart with the following data: "thought it was a 112 recitation" is 35.5%, "I heard chicks dig sports guys" is 4.8%, "lost" is 16.1%, "if a ball hits me I get an excused absence" is 16.1%, and "my friend is in Kiltie and begged me for two hours" is 27.4%]

A Freshman's Guide to Carnival

You and I have one thing in common: We’ve both never been to Spring Carnival. Fear not, because my expert sleuthing over the past few days has allowed me to gain insight into this mysterious campuswide event. What does a midway taste like? Who’s in the doghouse? I’ll answer all …

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Sweepstakes forbids new live-birth method

Just weeks ahead of Carnival, Sweepstakes has dropped a bombshell on all buggy teams: due to existing rules prohibiting mass loss during a race, the “live birth method” is officially banned. In previous years, buggy drivers would impregnate themselves prior to Carnival, nourishing the fetus with Stack’d and melatonin gummies. …

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Feng Shui for ruining your life

Have you ever felt like you were doing too well in your classes? Do you wake up too well-rested? Feng Shui is an essential practice for balancing your energy, and can be easily manipulated to prevent you from reaching your full potential. With ReadMe’s expert advice, any standard three-person one-room …

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Navigating funding in the face of budget freezes

On December 4th, the students of Carnegie Mellon voted 97% in favor of freezing the Student Senate budget. As the Senate has scrambled to rewrite the budget, student organizations are exploring alternative ways to receive “Supplemental Funding” in time for their events rather than weeks after. We here at ReadMe …

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Boeing attempted to bribe us $200,000 to not publish this article

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Dear Alumni:

Dear CMU alumni,

I know that you'll often get overly cheerful letters from CMU, saying how much they love you and how cool you must be, when all they really want is your money. We at readme detest this practice. In fact, we'd like to take the opportunity to …

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Gay Target Nutcrackers find true love

T’was a dark and stormy night in the Target warehouse. It had been months since June, and all but one little gay nutcracker had found a forever home. Tears streamed down the face of the little gay nutcracker. Was he unlovable? Was he destined to be alone? Was this all …

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Chemger Games winners threaten double suicide, sequels cancelled

It has been an action-packed day for the Chemger Games. Contestants from every corner of campus have embarked on the perilous journey to reach the Mellon Institute, with many dying from exhaustion before ever reaching the godforsaken building. Of those who remained, drama was omnipresent. Who could forget the unforgettable …

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Auntie ReadMe’s: A Conversation With Dr. Et. Al

After being suspended from the Guild of Advice Columnists for “giving bad advice” because “you can’t just lie” or something and “several people have died as a result of going along with something this column said and that means you can legally be charged with manslaughter” and other silly allegations …

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Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • Lawmakers determine abortion to be legal only when Mercury is in retrograde • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Tenth dentist speaks out • Rabbi hot?! • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • Banana shortage has monkeys going bananas • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers • Gelt still more real than crypto • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • There's still time to hook up with your professor! • CMU students surprised to find out nobody cares how little they slept • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time • Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • Lawmakers determine abortion to be legal only when Mercury is in retrograde • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street. • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Tenth dentist speaks out • Rabbi hot?! • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • Banana shortage has monkeys going bananas • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again. • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers. • Gelt still more real than crypto. • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • There's still time to hook up with your professor! • CMU students surprised to find out nobody cares how little they slept • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time