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Readme Gets Absurd


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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Schatz to employ math majors to make infinite waffles

Yesterday, Chartwell’s announced a surprising new strategy: It would begin hiring math majors in order to generate infinite amounts of waffles. This announcement prompted much confusion until spokesperson, Selma Nella, clarified how this works.

“We were listening in on student conversations, as one does, hoping to gauge opinions on …

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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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Grandma's Secret Recipes, Volume 167

Sweet Surprise Chili 2 lbs ground beef 1 lb venison, fresh 2 cans red tomatoes (none of those damn other colors) 1 can sweet corn kernels 1 pack bacon 1 carton steel nails (add rust for flavor) ½ carton milk 2 tbsp garlic salt 2 tbsp lard

Melt lard …

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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."

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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Coming soon...[readme logo with "uncensored" stamp] Sex! Drugs! Unedited fanfics! Be on the lookout for "readme, UNCENSORED"!

POST-GAME REPORT: Man Murdered on Walking to the Sky

Hello everyone! Mike Rophon, ReadMe’s resident sports announcer here to bring you the rundown on the spectacular events of the past few days. Since the sports scene on campus is going through a rough patch, I’ll be bringing you the play-by-play of yesterday’s homicide.

Auntie Readme was found dead, …

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Feng Shui for ruining your life

Have you ever felt like you were doing too well in your classes? Do you wake up too well-rested? Feng Shui is an essential practice for balancing your energy, and can be easily manipulated to prevent you from reaching your full potential. With ReadMe’s expert advice, any standard three-person one-room …

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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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"Can you solve this puzzle? Fill in the blanks and return to the HUB to win a secret prize!" [A copy of the CMU withdrawal form: "Complete this form if you intend to leave Carnegie Mellon with no intention to return."]
"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]

Donner Caretaker misses scheduled feeding time

In a regrettable incident this morning, Donner’s officially appointed caretaker missed the 485th annual Donner Creature feeding, the first feeding he was to perform after succeeding a 2025 graduate. In an exclusive statement to readme, the caretaker stated the reason for missing the feeding time:

“There’s a real baddie …

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I Just Shat Myself in a Macys

Please bring a change of pants
Its 1 am on a Saturday night and I am in a Macys
I didn’t know they had Macys anymore
Why am I in a Macyies

I ate 4 whole blocks of cheese before coming to Macys
I asked the Macys empoolye where …

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Read Me's Recipes from Last Night

The SCS:
• One Monster Energy Ultra White
• One Vanilla Yoplait
• Two shots of Raspberry Vodka

The Tepper:
• One shot of Blue Diamond
• One shot of Coffee Liqueur
• Coke Served with a silver spoon.

The “White Boy speaking a little Espanol”:
• …

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A candy heart bearing the message "R U work? Because UR in my <3"

CMU Cancelled, Go Home

Well it was worth a shot. Welcome to hell, Nerds!

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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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Readme Responds to The Allegations

Let it become beknownst to whomstever accused our collective of various “allegations”, that they are all factually incoherent and blatantly untrue. This response will be organized in the following format — an untrue statement made by an adversary, and our rebuttal.

“Readme will be responsible for various cases of …

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An air-to-air missile with wheels and a buggy-style push bar. It's captioned "new Lockheed Martin sponsored buggy, coming soon to a civilian town near you."

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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I Ate 100 Tic Tacs and now I’m Glowing

My day started off pretty normal. I went to the store and bought my groceries. At checkout a box of tic tacs tempted me. I purchased the box. I ate one tic tac. It was so yummy. I ate another tic tac it was yummier. 5 hours later and I …

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CMU Missed Connection

On November 7th, 2024 I was headed up to floor 4 on scaife hall via the elevator. I entered on floor 1, and so did some girl. I do not remember any details about what she looked like, I regret to inform you all. She pressed the button to go …

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CMU Computer Science has gone WOKE!

Imagine that you’re a new student at Carnegie Mellon University, and it’s your first day on campus. It has long been your dream to graduate from CMU’s prestigious School of Computer Science, and today marks the first step of realizing that ambition. You walk into Gates and look around with …

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A MadLibs in which you write your own readme review.

Inside ReadMe Legal

Due to the substantial inquiries regarding the inner workings of ReadMe & Co, I have been chosen to represent the ReadMe Legal Department in disclosing the functions and responsibilities we adhere to in order to maintain ReadMe as a corporation and ensure the continued freedom of all ReadMe employees.

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Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona' • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims • Hallmark Movie Cityboy Exes Support Group opens doors • Rabbi hot?! • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • UN rejects Readme bit for diplomatic immunity • Mom if I find the afikomen can I have my turn on the space laser • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • Finding the best corner to stand in at a crowded party ­ a guide • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Unethical P-hacking in science and society: a critical analysis of the tortoise and the hare • Armed Martial Arts Clubs' Membership Skyrockets as new policy allows students to challenge AIVs by dueling • "What do you mean they don't know the difference between wet layup and prepreg?" CMU students shocked by lackluster carbon fiber fabrication knowledge of average person • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • School of Drama declares succession from Carnegie Mellon, relocating to a place with "fewer nerds" • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • King Charles III to consider castling • Environmentally conscious student group suggests switching to sustainable walk­by shootings • Engineering of murder too well set up; MechE majors absolved • 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 • Several students observed staring transfixed at Pausch Bridge's RGB lighting: "If not gaming, why gaming colored?" • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too! • Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona'. • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool. • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims. • Hallmark Movie Cityboy Exes Support Group opens doors • Rabbi hot?! • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist. • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • UN rejects Readme bit for diplomatic immunity. • Mom if I find the afikomen can I have my turn on the space laser. • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises. • "It's not imposter syndrome, we did admit you as a mistake" admissions office admits • Finding the best corner to stand in at a crowded party ­ a guide. • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half. • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Unethical P-hacking in science and society: a critical analysis of the tortoise and the hare. • Armed Martial Arts Clubs' Membership Skyrockets as new policy allows students to challenge AIVs by dueling • "What do you mean they don't know the difference between wet layup and prepreg?" CMU students shocked by lackluster carbon fiber fabrication knowledge of average person. • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer. • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • School of Drama declares succession from Carnegie Mellon, relocating to a place with "fewer nerds" • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • King Charles III to consider castling • Environmentally conscious student group suggests switching to sustainable walk­by shootings • Engineering of murder too well set up; MechE majors absolved. • 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. • Several students observed staring transfixed at Pausch Bridge's RGB lighting: "If not gaming, why gaming colored?" • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too!