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Journalismism
Any Worthwhile Player Ranking Will Make You So Mad
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Albert Burneko
December 14, 2022
Soccer
Qatar’s World Cup CEO Scolds Reporters For Noticing That Another Worker Died
150
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Albert Burneko
December 8, 2022
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Soccer
Portugal Romped While Ronaldo Watched
217
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Albert Burneko
December 7, 2022
Soccer
Japan Is The Best Kind Of World Cup Killer
80
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Albert Burneko
December 2, 2022
The Machines
What The Boring Company Does
394
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Albert Burneko
November 29, 2022
Chefector
My Damn Oven Died Just In Time For Thanksgiving
311
Comments
Albert Burneko
November 23, 2022
Soccer
Cristiano Ronaldo Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Alienate People
128
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Albert Burneko
November 17, 2022
Soccer
Croatia Will Say Goodbye To A Legend In Qatar
35
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Albert Burneko
November 15, 2022
Soccer
It Is Illegal To List Spain Among The World Cup Favorites
58
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Albert Burneko
November 10, 2022
Soccer
Tunisia Has The Coolest Nickname In The Whole World Cup
48
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Albert Burneko
November 9, 2022
Internationals
The Defending World Cup Champs Are Still Absolutely Loaded
121
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Albert Burneko
November 7, 2022
MLB
More Like Launch McCullers
212
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Albert Burneko
November 2, 2022
Chefector
Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week
250
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Albert Burneko
October 29, 2022
NBA
How’s This Gonna Work?
122
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Albert Burneko
October 25, 2022
The Machines
Here Are All Of The Keywords I Have Muted On Twitter
397
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Albert Burneko
October 21, 2022
NBA
A Thorough 2022–23 NBA Season Preview, In Case They Have One (Not Decided Yet)
154
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Albert Burneko
October 19, 2022
The Machines
More Like Megaworse
424
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Albert Burneko
October 11, 2022
Chefector
A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms
216
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Albert Burneko
October 1, 2022
NBA
The NBA’s Aura Is Dumpster-Juice Green Right Now
192
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Albert Burneko
September 28, 2022
This Is So Stupid
Please Welcome Defector’s New Chief Metaverse Officer, Devin The Dugong
314
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Albert Burneko
September 23, 2022
NBA
Woke Cancel Culture Now Forcing Robert Sarver To Become Several Billion Dollars Richer
234
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Albert Burneko
September 21, 2022
Golf
OK, You Wise-Asses, Who The Fuck Made Bryson DeChambeau Light Himself Up With A Gallery Rope?
180
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Albert Burneko
September 19, 2022
Chefector
Green Action!
114
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Albert Burneko
September 17, 2022
Media Meltdowns
More Like Turdle
401
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Albert Burneko
September 16, 2022
Soccer
Pedri Did Everything Right, Except For The Most Important Thing
35
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Albert Burneko
September 14, 2022
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