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Readme Gets Absurd


Derealizating

Sometimes you don’t feel like a person. Sometimes you feel like you’re asleep and the people around you are guests on a podcast you forgot to turn off. There are a lot of words for this feeling, and most of them are long words starting with D: dissociation, disassociation, depersonalization, …

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Warning

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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."]
"Is your GPA below 3.0? Did you fail your last midterm? Will it take a miracle to pull your grades out of the gutter? You don't need a miracle. You always have another option. ENLIST NOW!" [background fades to camo pattern]

Experiences that count (for Experiential Learning)

Mow the cut.
Grow a historically accurate Baroque garden on CFA lawn.
Find a turtle outside of WQED. Take Space Robotics's latest rover for a walk.
Go to the floor meeting your RA insists is mandatory.
Start a multi-level-marketing scheme on the block market.
Finish your homework several days before …

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README experts analyze a game of Chess 2.0

We have some absolutely riveting chess gameplay between RandomBot and Saffron here today. In the first game of RandomBot's career, they put up a courageous fight against a rotating chess veteran, managing to promote a pawn, defend from queen-rook mate, thwart rook freedom, and prevent checkmate throughout the seventeen and …

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A quote attributed to Eric Adams in which he prophesizes his own mayorship on January 1st, 2022: "Thirty-something years ago, I woke up out of my sleep in a cold sweat. God spoke to my heart and said, 'you are going to be the mayor January 1, 2022.' And the message was clear. God stated, 'you cannot be silent, you must tell everyone you know.' I would go around the city, pastor, and I would tell everybody 'I'm gonna be mayor January 1, 2022.' People used to think I was on medication." [I checked, this is a genuine Eric Adams quote - rtosh]
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."
Lockheed Martin ad showing a large piece of military equipment on a hill overseeing a large, populous city. It's captioned "the war on Christmas ends with us."
A recreation of the OJ Simpson car chase image, but with a buggy and pusher instead of the white Bronco.
A set of four fake CMU missed connections: "To the asianest asian who ever asianed, I'm so into you (because you're asian)", "To the guy who was walking through Doherty two weeks ago, who I will provide no further descriptors of, you're so fine",  "To the girl I've been unflinchingly staring down for the whole semester, I can't tell if you're into me or deeply terrified of me, but I think we both want the same thing [smirk emoji]", and "I wanna fuck my TA so bad"

Some Popular Books

Where the Wild Things Are: 10/10. This mind-blowing pocket guide, published by Readme itself, assists sun-deprived, fun-deprived, perpetual studiers such as yourself in touching grass around campus. With directions to secret locations, such as “The Cut,” you’ll find yourself getting more Vitamin D this semester than ever before.

This …

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An advertisement showing a picture of a young girl dressed as a witch next to a lawyer. It reads: "Have You or a Loved One Been Victimized By Delinquent Candy Thieves? Call CMU Legal to Lock Them Up!"
"Merry Christmas from Meat the Intern!" [Image of Meat lying in a hospital bed covered almost completely in bandages] Speech bubbles above Meat read: "It's me, Meat! I'm doing fine after last week's incident! The FBI is lying to you!" and "I, Meat, make this statement of my own free will*". A note in the corner reads "9 out of 10 doctors declare this man alive."

Manifest Destiny Doesn't Work in Europe

CMU students in exchange programs throughout Europe have made a shocking discovery. The great American pastime of manifesting destiny is, while not unheard of, frowned upon by most of Europe. Pioneering American students tried many popular manifest destiny strategies, but none of them seemed to work.

Manifest destiny has …

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An Obama-style poster of Farnam Jahanian with a red, white, and blue image filter, with large block letters spelling "NOPE."
A screenshot of a browser search history filled with "hot fbi agents," surrounded by pictures of FBI agents and hearts. "I know you can see my search history you know how badly I need this <3"
Morewood Gardens on fire.
Recruiting poster with an Uncle Sam with Farnam Jahanian's face. It says "I want YOU for README. Nearest recruiting station: [outdated pitch meeting location]. By: the CMU KGB"
A chess board in the starting position captioned "Puzzle 1: mate in 34."
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."
A Lamborghini ad showing a positive trend between employee wages and satisfaction next to a picture of an office worker in front of a Lamborghini. The bottom reads "the choice is yours."
"Are exams fucking you over? Fuck them back!" [box of Viagra]
Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • POLLS: President May Be Elected • Martha Stewart cleared of all murder charger between 1995­-96 • How to send more risqué texts to your 9th grade biology teacher • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • 5th year "senior" suspiciously eager to apply to be an orientation counselor • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Scotty dissection reveals eerily human skeleton inside • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Gelt still more real than crypto • King Charles III to consider castling • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • All of Science wrong. Oops • This dumbass thinks he can repay all of our sin debt • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Courses to begin offering bonus points for students willing to let TAs heckle them while they take the exam • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog • Broadway to begin recruiting directly from Greek Sing auditions • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym. • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises. • Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • POLLS: President May Be Elected • Martha Stewart cleared of all murder charger between 1995­-96. • How to send more risqué texts to your 9th grade biology teacher • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • 5th year "senior" suspiciously eager to apply to be an orientation counselor. • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Scotty dissection reveals eerily human skeleton inside. • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again. • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Gelt still more real than crypto. • King Charles III to consider castling • Is that Nazi salute or is Elon Musk just happy to see me? • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • All of Science wrong. Oops. • This dumbass thinks he can repay all of our sin debt. • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Courses to begin offering bonus points for students willing to let TAs heckle them while they take the exam. • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog. • Broadway to begin recruiting directly from Greek Sing auditions