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Hungry?

Are you feeling hungry? Because I sure know I am. With fall break coming up in only a few negative weeks, CMU students, faculty, and other people who eat things should be aware of the best dining options available around campus.

Doherty Hall:

Doherty is a year-round …

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Warning

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We need to talk.

There's something I have to get off my chest. I've been wanting to say this for a while, but haven't had the strength to do it. I don't love you anymore, and I don't think you truly care about me either.

It started with our first date. I got …

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Hungry?

Are you feeling hungry? Because I sure know I am. With fall break coming up in only a few negative weeks, CMU students, faculty, and other people who eat things should be aware of the best dining options available around campus.

Doherty Hall:

Doherty is a year-round …

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Commonly Asked Dinner Q's

Whenever you bring home a new loved one for dinner, it’s inevitable that your parents will ask you questions about them. Bringing home your new copy of ReadMe is no different. Today we will discuss some of the questions you can anticipate will be asked of you and your new …

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A Disease for Every Department

CFA
Architecture: Sick building syndrome
Art: Rabies Design: Mono ( type, lithic, tonous, nucleosis)
Drama: Hysterical pregnancy
Music: Tinnitus
CIT
BME: Plague
ChemE: Overdosing
CivE & EnvE: Tetanus
ECE: Herpes (both are 40% of the population)
EPP: No disease, just getting repeatedly run over by a car
MSE: …

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Overheard at CMU

Jan. 19

inside me, there is a wolf.... woof... woof WOOF WOOF WOOF BARK BARK WOOF YPYIP AWOOOOOO WOOF WOOF WOOF ARHGHGHGHHGHGHG


Jan. 22

"I can get a white lie shirt with 'my cousin never jacked off a salmon on accident" on the back"

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A poem called "why the long face?" next to an incredibly stretched out picture of a man's face.

The yearly CMU black market finals guide

Welcome, dear one, to the last academic guide you will ever need.

In this trying season of finals and term projects – when time is short, energy wanes, and we remain besieged by our thanksgiving-fueled, Celsius-charged gut microbiomes – conventional academics are no longer viable. This compendium, brought to …

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Readme Joins Fight Against Global Warming on Side of Global Warming

The Shell oil company's logo, with Readme written in place of the wordmark Readme financial officer Benner Rogers has stepped forward with the reason why Readme has recently filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy.

“It’s because of all the crude oil we’re buying”. She says.

Crude oil, which is $1.70 per gallon at the time of writing this article, has recently seen …

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CMU To Construct New, Shittier Donner

shittier donner With the completion of the new Highmark Center for Wellness, CMU has successfully wrapped up yet another construction project. Needing a new project to collect alumni donations, CMU turns to their freshman housing. Hopeful Donner residents prayed that CMU would finally announce the destruction of Donner, however, this Monday CMU …

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EADME CIME EPOT

We have so much debt. As such, I have to use a typewite that’s missing a few keys. How will this cut costs and pay off the debt? No idea.

Phishing Scam A massive phishing scam was sent out by a compomised student oganization to 960 and 100 students …

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A Letter From The Editor

I think this one's pretty funny. You should read it.

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An ad for "rent-a-mom", which offers "styles" including "helicopter mom", "soccer mom", and "millennial mom". A disclaimer states "each sold separately. family therapy is at no additional charge."

A Freshman's Guide to Avoid Freshmen who read "A Freshman's Guide to Getting Laid"

It'll be a typical day at CMU. The clouds are out, you're stuck in Wean, and the highlight of your day has been a $6 latte from La Prima. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you'll spot a particularly unattractive freshman (not that you'd have opinions on the …

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Glossary of Jewish Terms for the uneducated reader

Afikoman: Christians celebrating Easter wish they could be us. Oh you search for colorful eggs? Try a part of a large cracker. Your seven year old cousin will become a feral Sherlock Holmes and it will become everyone's problem.

Bar/Bat mitzvah: The service in which a 13 year old …

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Campus Crush? Fallen Piano Splatters Stud

Law enforcement continues to investigate the mysterious death of [insert victim name], as several witnesses who were present at the scene of the crime give reports of the incident. One witness came forward to speak to the press – Susan, the Jehovah’s Witness who was running the “Free Bible Course” …

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A diagram of a cruise ship cabin with 16 silhoettes of people packed in in various uncomfortable configurations.

Pentagon Swears In New War Crime Scapegoat After Previous One Died

The US Department of Defense has recently concluded its emergency internal election to find a worthy successor to the previous war crime scapegoat who unexpectedly died this year. The election was hastily called because there were no contingency plans in case the last scapegoat died, as no one at the …

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A Letter from the Editor

With Carnegie Mellon's tuition continuing to rise following the exponential function e(x) = fuck you, the amount of money that I can sink into readme is starting to dwindle. I've been trying to defraud several investors by promising good quality, funny content, but unfortunately, nobody has taken the bait yet.

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Top 10 Tops

10. Bob Ross “Just beat the devil out of it” was NOT about the paintbrush.

9. Thom Yorke He wrote Creep.

8. Ellen She’ll abuse you just like how she abused her staff.

7. Meryl Streep Have you seen The Devil Wears Prada?

6. Michael Cera

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Entropy+ Dissolves

Yesterday morning, students in search of the most overpriced, mediocre sushi on campus were greeted by a bizarre sight: Entropy+ no longer exists. For the past few months, the store’s shelves had been getting progressively more messy and chaotic, culminating in this strange spectacle. The leading theory suggests that, by …

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A target labeled "use this square to swat bugs."

O-Week Crime Report

Hello freshmen, welcome to the best years of your life! And to everyone else, we are so glad you didn’t drop out or quit. While you all were busy, we at readme were also busy, sniffing out crime on campus. Really getting into the dirt for this one. Interested? Read …

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Satire Publication Behind Attempted Robbery Last Week?

It has come to our attention that on September 19th, a ReadMe contractor was caught attempting to commit aggravated robbery for a sum of $5.00 but was thwarted due to their target's lack of cash, Zelle, or Cash App. We deeply apologize for the negative impact of this particular employee …

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China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • Breaking: Worst man you know is about to dangle mistletoe over his head • Investors in shambles as numbers aren't going up • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Tragedy kills $400,000 worth of tuition • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • Creator of Bradford pear tree amongst first to be killed on invention of time travel • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time • "If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • Student Senate elections held, "who?" found to be most common response • CMU to sponsor "Twelve-­Hours-­Straight-­Of-­Drinking" event to get rid of stigma that we are a nerd school • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Meta-­analysis of several studies conclude that Gen Alpha sucks at drinking • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • ReadMe a huge proponent of meth as children's study aid • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • In stunning move, Ron DeSantis Promises to Abort Pregnant Mothers • NEW RECORD: 3 CMU students manage to have sex over Carnival, allegedly with other humans • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Martha Stewart cleared of all murder charger between 1995­-96 • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • Breaking: Worst man you know is about to dangle mistletoe over his head • Investors in shambles as numbers aren't going up. • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Tragedy kills $400,000 worth of tuition. • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives. • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars. • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises. • Creator of Bradford pear tree amongst first to be killed on invention of time travel. • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time • "If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • Student Senate elections held, "who?" found to be most common response • CMU to sponsor "Twelve-­Hours-­Straight-­Of-­Drinking" event to get rid of stigma that we are a nerd school • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Meta-­analysis of several studies conclude that Gen Alpha sucks at drinking. • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog. • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • ReadMe a huge proponent of meth as children's study aid. • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • In stunning move, Ron DeSantis Promises to Abort Pregnant Mothers • NEW RECORD: 3 CMU students manage to have sex over Carnival, allegedly with other humans • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Martha Stewart cleared of all murder charger between 1995­-96. • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up.