On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog. | Rotting Pumpkins. | Porta-Potties, Explained.

11/06/23 • 22 min

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More than three decades ago, the New Yorker Magazine printed a cartoon about the internet that is just as accurate today as it was then, setting records for reprints. It’s still setting records.

It’s after Halloween. What happens to all the pumpkins?

Porta potties - everyone uses them; no one wants to. We’ll tell you more than you ever expected to know, including how often, if ever, they’re cleaned.
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-most-reprinted-new-yorker-cartoon-breaks-record-at-auction-for-a-single-panel-comic-180983135/#:~:text=In%201993%2C%20the%20New%20Yorker,cartoon%20in%20the%20magazine's%20history
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/where-pumpkins-go-after-halloween/601699/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642730/how-are-porta-potties-cleaned

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More than three decades ago, the New Yorker Magazine printed a cartoon about the internet that is just as accurate today as it was then, setting records for reprints. It’s still setting records.

It’s after Halloween. What happens to all the pumpkins?

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Say, “Cheese!” | Halloween’s Classic Catchphrase. | That Creepy Michael Myers Mask.

How did “cheese” become the universal smile word used by photographers? You’ll never guess what word it replaced!
It’s the official slogan of Halloween, but where and when did it begin? And what did cabbage have to do with the whole thing?
The most terrifying mask of all time has one of the most bizarre backstories.
Sources:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/the-origin-of-say-cheese-and-when-people-started-smiling-in-photographs/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/630861/why-we-say-trick-or-treat-at-halloween
https://screenrant.com/halloween-michael-myers-mask-origin-story/#:~:text=Michael%20Myers%20first%20acquired%20the,the%20face%20of%20the%20franchise

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Although the Beatles put out their last record in 1970, a demo originally recorded a few years later has been cleaned up and released thanks to technological advances - and features John Lennon more than 40 years after his death.

To tip or not to tip, that is the question. And these days it’s asked more than ever. Not tipping is still an option, tho, right? Not if DoorDash has anything to say about it.

Mein Kampf, the autobiographical, anti-Semitic hate manifesto written by Adolf Hitler, is one of the most controversial books of all time - which means that it’s also sold a lot of copies. Who’s getting that cash?
Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7015861
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/doordash-tip-warning.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/11/nobody-wants-royalties-hitlers-book/

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