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Anti-sex beds "not needed" for CMU Olympics

With the recent decision to move the Olympics to Carnegie Mellon’s campus in Pittsburgh, many are asking questions about how CMU plans to prevent the infamous athlete orgies that occur during the games.

In the past, the International Olympic Committee has seen fit to implement cardboard beds that break …

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We asked our favorite staffwriter to prove she's human

Write an article that sounds like it's written by a human. It should be 200-600 words long and use a lightly formal tone appropriate for a college newspaper.

In this article which sounds like it's written by a human, I'll be convincing you in a lightly formal tone that …

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I swear to god I'm stalking you platonically

Look, there's no easy way to say this, and I've thought a lot about how I want to introduce myself. I just wanted to send this to clear things up.

As I'm sure you've noticed, I've been stalking you for some time now. I know you might think I'm …

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My mommy says I can't go to war

My mommy said I can’t go to war.
My mommy said I can’t go to bootcamp.
My mommy said I can’t go to basic training.

My mommy said war is scary.
My mommy said I’m her precious little boy.
My mommy said I am going to get hurt in …

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The Lottery

The morning of October 27th was cloudy and overcast, with the cold of a mid-autumn day; the leaves of the trees showed hints of orange, and the dutifully maintained grass was richly green. The students of Carnegie Mellon began to gather on the Cut around ten o’clock; the whole lottery …

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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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"HELP WANTED: Looking for help moving a large shipment of 122 homework keys. Must be discrete and good at withstanding torture. Will discuss pay upon arrival."

Date Recap With README

First Date

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited! This is my first time going on a date, I hope I don't ruin it with some silly typo. We're just going to the library, but it's a nice outing not too far outside my comfort zone.

Second Date

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Readme Election Corner (2024)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - Tempers ran high at Monday’s Readme Pitch meeting as the topic of the November 5th, 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election was brought up once again. Chairs were thrown, walls were punched, and several friendships ended in emotionally devastating ways after the names of past …

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Readme Investigates CMU's Newest StuCo

Silly Goose Reporting Line

Though many universities offer student-taught courses, CMU’s StuCo program is unique. It’s better. The newest offering from the StuCo program is 15-122: Principles of Imperative Computation. Over the past few months, several readme journalists have gone undercover as students and enrolled in this course. Here is our unbiased, fact …

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A chart labeled "undefined behavior in C: d10 effect" with outcomes including "your screen color inverts", "signed integer overflow now discards the overflow bits", and "you are overcome by a sense of peace and wellbeing."

I Was Abducted and Brought to the Mellon Institute

It was a normal Thursday night, meaning I had one tequila soda, one IPA, three tequila sodas, and a Celsius. I was walking back to my dorm from Squirrel Hill when a bright light appeared over me. All of a sudden, I found myself falling over. I assumed it was …

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Novel Methods of Preventing Wasteful Elevator Use at CMU

Introduction

When John Elevator first unveiled elevators at the Chicago World Fair in Des Moines IA, 1462, the technology immediately garnered worldwide adoption. Buildings could access untold verticality once the ascension of hundred-floor constructions was no longer bounded by the feeble power of human muscle and bone, but …

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Homework Trouble

Dear Professor Choset,

I hope you are having a wonderful day so far. I wanted to inform you of some extenuating circumstances that may delay the submission of my Introduction to Robotics final. You see, Professor Choset, I built the spiffiest little robot anyone’s ever seen. It walked and …

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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."

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 comic with three captioned illustrations. In order, it reads "not to flex on anyone, but I'm Jewish, and I got into art school just fine."
A comic. The first two panels show a woman sighing and looking out a window toward a silhouetted couple holding hands under an umbrella. "Will I ever find love?" the third panel questions. Panel four shows two people holding hands in chair desks, and they're texting hearts back and forth in panel five. In panels six and seven the woman reads a copy of "readme falls in love," then concluedes, "no, probably not." [I really like this comic :-) - rtosh]

A modern dialectic of oppression

In our day and age, we have had the pleasure of learning about the mistakes and sins of our forefathers, and have been given the opportunity to redeem ourselves as a global civilization. In many ways, we have, with many free to practice their cultures — however as we advance …

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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.
A public service announcement from CMU Police stating: "Do not leave items on tables to reserve spots. Effective immediately, doing so is illegal and subject to disciplinary action. To enforce, please steal all items left unattended."

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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CMU Professor "Math Rizzler" Confuses Everyone with Gen Z Language

The first couple weeks of classes have finished, and rumors have begun to spread. Some complain about classes due to the volume of homework, the high weight of the exams, or the fast speed of the class. One professor, however, takes the cake for the worst rumors spread, and none …

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An image captioned "Scotty Game / Rules: don't look at this Scotty dog!". The image is of a Scotty dog which contains the text "Game Over."

Student Dies of Autoerotic Asphyxiation on Donner Swings

PITTSBURGH, PA In a first-of-its-kind incident for CMU, a student has passed away from asphyxiation by autofellatio, otherwise known as a “self suck incident.” Eyewitnesses report that late Thursday night, the victim approached the playground swings in the Donner Ditch, pulled their pants down, and proceeded to assume a position …

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Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs • School of Computer Science puts funding toward public transit; installs tram line on the Gates spiral • Intro to Religion Course Deadline Drops; Whole Class Converts to Judiasm • School of Drama declares succession from Carnegie Mellon, relocating to a place with "fewer nerds" • Drinking in Young Adult Duos Study discovers new kind of alcohol poisoning • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Pope endorses climbing Hamerschlag as only "holy" contraception: "your gametes will be smote by the power of God • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives. • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs. • School of Computer Science puts funding toward public transit; installs tram line on the Gates spiral • Intro to Religion Course Deadline Drops; Whole Class Converts to Judiasm. • School of Drama declares succession from Carnegie Mellon, relocating to a place with "fewer nerds" • Drinking in Young Adult Duos Study discovers new kind of alcohol poisoning • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Pope endorses climbing Hamerschlag as only "holy" contraception: "your gametes will be smote by the power of God. • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half.