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Readme Summer School


Finals Week Sestina

As I enter the cold concrete cervix of Wean,
the gold plaque of Raymond smells my fear.
I order a coffee that’ll make me shit
out all my self loathing and lack of sleep.
I don’t think I’ve retained a thing from this class.
It might be worth risking the …

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New Squatter's Lawn Competition begins

The U.S. Department of Housing and Development is proud to announce a new initiative to help deal with the growing problem of squatters. Starting at the beginning of February will be the All-American Best-Kept Squatter’s Lawn Competition. The idea is fairly simple, after close coordination with local police departments all …

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A title saying "Concepts debuts new 'Converse' shoe", followed by pictures of shoes labeled "p -> q" and "q -> p" on a background of mathematical sample text.
An ad for a "march against leap year," beginning on March 1st ("no, the REAL March 1st").
A diagram of a cruise ship cabin with 16 silhoettes of people packed in in various uncomfortable configurations.
An email saying buggy rolls have moved to the Gates helix.

Readme Studies Abroad

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All my Jewish Friends say the most antisemitic things

As someone who isn’t Jewish, I have not been involved in the production of the ReadMe Passover Issue. But even if it’s not my place, I would just like to say something. And I swear, it isn’t because it’s written by Jewish people. I have nothing against the Jewish people. …

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A fun spin on a popular childhood game

Tag is a certified childhood classic, and everyone knows the rules. However, I have personally found that if you play it enough times, tag quickly becomes boring. Nevertheless, as a center of innovation, mastermind engineers in the halls of the Princeton of the Alleghenies have devised an updated version of …

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A quiz labeled "Am I Austistic Quiz" with the subtitle "Find out now for free!" It has three questions: "What's your name?", "What's your date of birth?", and "Do you have autism?" (with options A and B for yes and no respectively). At the bottom, upside down text says "Key: Did you mostly select 'A'? You're autistic! Did you mostly select 'B'? Chances are you're not autistic."

What are they carrying to the sky?

Walking to the Sky, installed in 2006 by prominent war criminal Jonathan Borofsky, is an iconic fixture of CMU's campus. Many have noticed that on some cloudy mornings, the statue standing on its lowest rung will be one step higher, and a new soulless, gendered sculpture will have taken its …

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Manifest Destiny Doesn't Work in Europe

CMU students in exchange programs throughout Europe have made a shocking discovery. The great American pastime of manifesting destiny is, while not unheard of, frowned upon by most of Europe. Pioneering American students tried many popular manifest destiny strategies, but none of them seemed to work.

Manifest destiny has …

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Triamgle Mightmare

I woke up last night, sweaty from a nightmare of a different world. A different world that made me more scared than I’ve ever been before.

Sine was called sime. Cosine was called cosime. Tangent was called tamgent. In fact, all of trigonometry was called trigomometry. I feared for my …

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"The reality of being a safety icon: documenting the lives of those who save ours. In theaters April 1st." [many illustrations of stickmen getting drunk, snorting substances, stumbling around, and so on]

A Song for Dear Ol' Tech

I am the very model of a student here at Carnegie,
With plans to triple major in AI, CS, and ECE
I've memorized the answer key to every leetcode medium
I spend my time on Stack Exchange to mitigate the tedium

I’ve crashed in classrooms everywhere from Gates to …

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Hunt Library is queerbaiting us - OPINION

Hunt Library is queerbaiting us, and I won't stand for it any longer. Hunt was constructed in 1961, but it didn't have exterior lights until 2010, when people stopped gaybashing and everything went to shit. Hunt Library thinks it serves. It needs to stop trying to make Cunt Library happen. …

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Cruella De Vil walking through an ornate door with a large grin. She's holding a cloth bag in front of her, about as tall as she is, which is dripping through at the bottom.

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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README Strike Thwarted By Too Many Supporters

The sun was shining as a group of README writers took their places along the sidewalk of Forbes Avenue. Pushing aside Jehovah’s Witnesses, the group raised their signs and began to chant: “Eshaan works us ‘till we’re dust, and he won’t fucking pay us”. Weeks of worker tensions had finally …

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An advertisement consisting of text superimposed on an image of Walking to the Sky taken from behind the statue of a child who looks upward. it states: "Now hiring! New vacancy open at Walking to the Sky! Call (412) 268-2323 to apply today! (*Rest in peace, cmudaddythicc)"

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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OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Topologist reveals Ferris wheel to be dodecahedron all along • Local first-­year unable to use restroom without the lulling of reels from adjacent stalls • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning • "Surely this one will work," says student on sixth cup of coffee • English department to get $10 million to convince more people to drop out of English • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • OpenAI introduces AI-­powered rubber duck trained on millions of rubber duck responses • You think you're a leftist? I'm wearing Che Guevara! • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • "Nobody's seen the drama students in a month, should we check on them?", says concerned RA • What was Copernicus' problem? Well, that man was a Pisces • Kanye up to something • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer • EMS attempts to tackle STDs, declares immediate victory • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers. • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Topologist reveals Ferris wheel to be dodecahedron all along. • Local first-­year unable to use restroom without the lulling of reels from adjacent stalls • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning. • "Surely this one will work," says student on sixth cup of coffee. • English department to get $10 million to convince more people to drop out of English • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • OpenAI introduces AI-­powered rubber duck trained on millions of rubber duck responses • You think you're a leftist? I'm wearing Che Guevara! • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • "Nobody's seen the drama students in a month, should we check on them?", says concerned RA • What was Copernicus' problem? Well, that man was a Pisces. • Kanye up to something • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer. • EMS attempts to tackle STDs, declares immediate victory