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Am I the bazonkle?

Yesterday, I was taking the Zoop line back to my shelter pod after returning from a short half system-cycle trip to the flubble swamp. Now if you don't know anything about the flubble swamp, it's the peak of relaxation. There is no greater feeling in the multiverse than letting its …

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Am I the bazonkle?

Yesterday, I was taking the Zoop line back to my shelter pod after returning from a short half system-cycle trip to the flubble swamp. Now if you don't know anything about the flubble swamp, it's the peak of relaxation. There is no greater feeling in the multiverse than letting its …

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A 122 ed post called "Rizz algorithms" in which the student has pasted their dating profile (and League of Legends/Genshin username, For3verG00ner). Iliano replies "Good luck in your romantic endeavors! Dont get any AIVs!"
"Invasive plants winning the fight? Stab them back. Martial arts training, garden trimming services, occasional humor, and more, at ReadMe." [background is a thorny berry plant with a knife tangled up in it]
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."
[TODO]
"How many times did you vote this election? (Sample Size: 500 students)" [a pie chart with the following data: 0–2 is 29.5%, 3–5 is 47.7%, 6–10 is 15.9%, and 11+ is 6.8%]
Coming soon...[readme logo with "uncensored" stamp] Sex! Drugs! Unedited fanfics! Be on the lookout for "readme, UNCENSORED"!
An Indiana Jones movie poster for a film entitled "Indiana Jones and the Collapsing Market," with the subtitle "dead men make no sales."
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."
"CMU Crying Club: Wanting to learn what CMU's all about? Tired of crying alone? Has the Carnegie workload finally beaten the life out of your eyes? Join CMU Crying Club! Now partnering with Concepts for even more tears" [stick figures crying]
A Wikipedia-style donation banner, which descends into caffeine-withdrawal-fueled pleading.
A dimly lit black-and-white photo of a corridor with a shadowy creature  running toward the camera.
A "WANTED DEAD" poster for spotted lanternflies.

I Hate Baker-Porter

Baker-Porter Hall is the most evil building on all of CMU’s campus. Its construction is proof of hell's existence. In order to graduate from the architecture program you have to successfully map Baker-Porter, no one’s done it yet.

Baker-Porter cannot decide if it wants to be Baker or Porter. …

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Some finals traditions!

Pittsburgh itself is an incredibly unique city – near Ohio, but not Midwest, near Maryland but not Southern, near West Virginia, but most residents do not consider it Appalachian. We also have our own “accent insulate” here, as a consequence of Pittsburgh being settled during the time of the 13 …

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"Are exams fucking you over? Fuck them back!" [box of Viagra]
"Days since the Tartan said a slur: 7,461"
A MadLibs in which you write your own readme review.
An image styled as a public service announcement stating "are you texting an UNDERCOVER COP? know the signs." It includes screenshots of three text messages: "Do you know where a fella can buy some perquisite? [sic]", "should i blow on the cartridges before i smoke them", and "Meet me by the big blue phone on Skibo"
"Escaping Samsara for engineers," an incredibly detailed hand-sketched diagram which this alt text could unfortunately not do justice to.

To My 8 A.M.s:

Up! We are Up! I cheer myself to rise At the crack of seven-twenty, ‘Fore the sun has hit the skies,

On a wonderous new Monday, I’m triumphantly awake In sheer elation for the 8am that I – with no especially strong feelings – Take.

A truly magical …

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Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • CMU sends too many acceptance letters, Class of 2029 cancelled • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Prosecutor agrees to downgrade Capital Grains to 1st Degree Grains • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • CMU football wins ten consecutive Heismans, CMU students still not going to games • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • CMU students sign up for isolation experiments to find quiet study spots • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Grand Reopening of Architect's leap in the leadup to finals week • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • Rope and stool salesmen loitering outside particularly difficult finals • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • "See, I told you. I told you so," crows CS professor who refused to use Canvas • Creator of Bradford pear tree amongst first to be killed on invention of time travel • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Hallmark Movie Cityboy Exes Support Group opens doors • Ranking buttons in order of how close they are to the top of my jacket (#1 the button at the top of my jacket) • That freshman you met during the O-week floor meet-and-greet is not your future husband • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • How to tell if your lesbian is a reform rabbi (she is) • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • Demolition Company breaks up married couple • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • CMU sends too many acceptance letters, Class of 2029 cancelled • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Prosecutor agrees to downgrade Capital Grains to 1st Degree Grains • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • CMU football wins ten consecutive Heismans, CMU students still not going to games. • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • CMU students sign up for isolation experiments to find quiet study spots • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Grand Reopening of Architect's leap in the leadup to finals week • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • Rope and stool salesmen loitering outside particularly difficult finals • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • "See, I told you. I told you so," crows CS professor who refused to use Canvas. • Creator of Bradford pear tree amongst first to be killed on invention of time travel. • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Hallmark Movie Cityboy Exes Support Group opens doors • Ranking buttons in order of how close they are to the top of my jacket (#1 the button at the top of my jacket) • That freshman you met during the O-week floor meet-and-greet is not your future husband. • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • How to tell if your lesbian is a reform rabbi (she is). • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M. • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • Demolition Company breaks up married couple.