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Readme Gets Absurd


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One must imagine Sisyphus' Heart is in the work

The gods have commanded Carnegie Mellon students to ceaselessly start and submit assignments, only for more notifications to appear on Canvas at the end of the day. They found no crueller punishment for the students’ hubris than this dreadful, repetitive task. There are many varying accounts for why the students …

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Recruiting poster with an Uncle Sam with Farnam Jahanian's face. It says "I want YOU for README. Nearest recruiting station: [outdated pitch meeting location]. By: the CMU KGB"

Hamburg Hall to be renamed Cheeseburg Hall

After much debate, David P. Bennett, the Vice President for University Advancement at CMU has officially made the decision to rename Hamburg Hall to Cheeseburg Hall. Designed in 1915, Cheeseburg Hall originally served as the headquarters for the U.S. Bureau of Mines; however, in 1984, the building was purchased by …

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[TODO]
"John Biren for President (definitely not Biden we swear)" / "VOTE" / "Remember, age is just a number" [image of Joe Biden in a fake moustache and dark glasses]
An unsolvable word search with words like "obvious" and "skillissue."

A Letter from the Editor

readme was nominated for several dozen awards over the last week, including several "Best News Source" awards for their coverage of the War in Vietnam. Unfortunately, after the Pullitzer committee discovered the Vietnam War ended in the 70s, and readme was just two asian guys in the UC at 4 …

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Readme Crime Report

The Readme crime report isn’t just focused just on the happenings on campus, we are also well connected to the city around us! In this issue of the crime report, we at readme present to you the most serious news from Pittsburgh. This is definitely not because we ran out …

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Overheard at CMU

Person 1: "Look at these Jehovah's Witnesses proselytuting"

Person 2: "I think the correct term is 'sect work.' "


"I have a special ability, one I don't tell anyone about. I'm sort of a superhero. My power is that my card works at Chipotle on the …

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Readme Missed Connections: Wean 5

It was roughly 12:30 pm, Tuesday, October 29th, and I was en route to Wean 7500 for my Mechanics lecture. I enter through Wean La Prima and take the stairs usually, however, I saw that one of the elevators called to go up just arrived at floor 5. The elevator …

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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."
An illustration of a Scotty dog pawing at the legs of someone who's just entered through a door.

"Drink fucking water you asocial, unhealthy fucking freaks," nine out of ten doctors say

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. As we all find ourselves rejuvenating our love for Avatar: The Last Airbender, I present to you an important lesson. Water. We discuss whether water is wet or not. We spend so much time discussing it, but we do not spend enough time drinking it. So, …

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SCOTUS strikes down law banning academic weapons in school zones

In a landmark 54 decision, the Supreme Court struck down the Weapons-Free School Zones Act of 1990, ruling it unconstitutional and finding in favor of plaintiff Alfonso Lopez, a student previously deemed an “academic weapon.” Congress’s argument was best encapsulated by Solicitor General Days’s impassioned defense:

The unchecked proliferation …

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Overheard at CMU

Jan. 19

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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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An Analysis of CMU's "Ring-By-Spring" Culture

As a former freshman, I know that most of you are coming into CMU with one goal in mind: marriage. You may think this is a far-fetched dream, but by winter break, your peers will be proposing left and right. Enormous patches of grass on the Mall will die from …

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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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Everyone I date becomes lesbian

Hi, for the past two years, I have been unable to find love due to a stupid curse and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me.

It all started a year or two ago when I had my first date. I thought it went well and …

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An advertisement with a picture of a shark in a formal suit. The top reads "want your student loans to sleep with the fishes? Call 1-800-LOAN-SHARK now!". The bottom has long fine print with ridiculous terms.

How to 'Home Alone' your dorm

Do you have an important exam coming up and cannot tolerate interruptions? Worry not, using these suggestions and your creativity you won’t ever have to worry about a roommate getting in your way again.

For those unaware Home Alone is a heartwarming family movie about a young Jigsaw brutally …

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Some Popular Books

Where the Wild Things Are: 10/10. This mind-blowing pocket guide, published by Readme itself, assists sun-deprived, fun-deprived, perpetual studiers such as yourself in touching grass around campus. With directions to secret locations, such as “The Cut,” you’ll find yourself getting more Vitamin D this semester than ever before.

This …

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Ranking CMU's presidents

Arthur A. Hamerschlag (1903–1922): As Carnegie Tech's first president, Hamerschlag was a visionary. He oversaw the school's transition from a trade school for young people in industry to a four-year college, which is widely regarded as a mistake. Despite overseeing CMU's original sin, he Hammed his Schlag so hard that …

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Help Wanted: Password Guesses

A check made out from the Make-A-Wish Foundation to readMe Incorporated for $400,000, with a memo identifying it as being for "releasing the children unharmed" As all of you astute readers are likely aware of by this point, your favorite factual news source readMe is going through a mild financial crisis. Luckily, readMe was always aware of this possibility, and four years ago the editor stored a nest egg(courtesy of a friendly local business), just …

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Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • In catastrophic scheduling snafu, every club at CMU has scheduled a meeting for the exact same time and date; "we really couldn't have predicted this", says student who scheduled a GBM for 5 pm on a Monday • November 4th is coming up and it's giving me an election • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • C@CMU: CMU's cultural touchstone • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Carnegie Mellon Athletics unable to record result for game since nobody was in attendance • Computer Science Department in trouble as rubber ducks go on strike • Booth Chairs and School of Drama compete to see who can violate the most labor laws • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Gelt still more real than crypto • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Naughty List leaked • Top 10 CMU buildings I'd pick up if I were Godzilla • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Man I sure hope no one rejects this headline • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • Pennsylvania state law deems any number greater than 100 “frankly too many” • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • "I hate campus dining" says student eating third Hunan meal of day • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • CMU Physics rises to #1 worldwide following particle accelerator heist • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M • Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model. • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog. • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time. • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • In catastrophic scheduling snafu, every club at CMU has scheduled a meeting for the exact same time and date; "we really couldn't have predicted this", says student who scheduled a GBM for 5 pm on a Monday. • November 4th is coming up and it's giving me an election. • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • C@CMU: CMU's cultural touchstone • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Carnegie Mellon Athletics unable to record result for game since nobody was in attendance • Computer Science Department in trouble as rubber ducks go on strike • Booth Chairs and School of Drama compete to see who can violate the most labor laws • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises. • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Gelt still more real than crypto. • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning. • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Naughty List leaked. • Top 10 CMU buildings I'd pick up if I were Godzilla. • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer. • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up. • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Man I sure hope no one rejects this headline. • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • Pennsylvania state law deems any number greater than 100 “frankly too many” • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • "I hate campus dining" says student eating third Hunan meal of day • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • CMU Physics rises to #1 worldwide following particle accelerator heist. • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M.