Category Archives: Current Events

Popular Culture As Religion: Please Kill Your God

Posted on April 2, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

A few years after the twentieth century ended the world became terrible. The economy shit the bed, everyone lost their jobs, the government started to become evil, and all educational programing was systematically replaced by “reality” television. It was as … Continue reading →

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Prison: Not Just for Criminals

Posted on March 18, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

There are still thousands of people in Colorado and Washington state prisons as a result of criminal possession or sale of marijuana– which has been legal for the last year. These states have already amassed several million in tax revenue … Continue reading →

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Defeat Those Wintertime Blues: Things to Try If You’re Not a Huge Baby

Posted on February 20, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

Based on the expressions on ugly people’s faces that I’ve been passing in the street, the winter doldrums are still going strong. However, the temperatures are about to rise everywhere and the sun has been seen hanging out in the … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day Cards For Everybody Else

Posted on February 14, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

This morning the cyberverse was awash with Valentine’s Day themed images and I couldn’t help but notice that several demographics weren’t being represented in the slightest. The Hallmark Holiday seems to primarily celebrate a very middle of the road sort … Continue reading →

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Avian Action Almost Spoiled My Sunday Morning

Posted on February 12, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

As an adult your opportunities to participate in sleepovers diminish slowly over time. I am not sure if it has something to do with an unwillingness to sleep anywhere other than your own bed or if other people just don’t … Continue reading →

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The Inevitable Return of Dueling

Posted on January 16, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

I think we may need to return to dueling to settle petty personal disputes. But, as killing is currently a major social faux pas, it wouldn’t necessarily always need to be pistols at dawn. It could just be game of … Continue reading →

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An Explanation for Insanity

Posted on January 9, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

While visiting my parents, I took advantage of my father’s open Facebook by updating his status with claims of him enjoying the work of David Spade in the film Joe Dirt. In retaliation he made a post for You Monsters … Continue reading →

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Snowed In

Posted on January 5, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

I am currently sitting out a blizzard in my home state of Michigan. Everyone in it went shopping for the same thing yesterday. Now all the only thing left on the shelves is fear and hopelessness.

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The You Monsters Are People Audio Experience: ZZ Power Bottom

Posted on November 4, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

In the fifth episode, guests Joseph Hastings (Christian leader and Beacon of Light recipient) and Junior Walker Thomas (Law Student and United Atheist Alliance member) weigh in with their thoughts on religion. Both interviews build to very intense climaxes and … Continue reading →

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Halloween: Dream Analysis

Posted on October 31, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

Pfft. I’m not even sure that’s a thing.

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