8 Weeks of Conversion Camp No Match for Scissor Sisters Album

Posted on by Dan Rice

DOVER, Pa. — For the tenth consecutive year in a row, every single participant of Pray Straight, a controversial religious-based gay conversion therapy camp, has “relapsed” into homosexuality after hearing just one song by flamboyant pop-rock band Scissor Sisters, sources close to the Pennsylvania bigot community report. 

“I have to admit, between the preaching, sleep deprivation, and physical abuse, I walked out of that camp thinking that maybe I was straight after all!” recalled Pray Straight graduate Trevor Malcolm. “Then I heard the first verse of ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’’ again, and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, no, I’m totally gay!’ It was probably just low blood sugar. Did I mention they starved us? Yeah, they starve children at those things.” 

Senior staff at Pray Straight expressed frustration and bewilderment at their camp’s now zero percent success rate in converting gay youth with access to Scissor Sisters’ aggressively sexy music.  

“I just can’t believe all the hard work we do gets continually undermined so easily!” lamented Pray Straight director Peter Leotardo. “Eight solid weeks of shamming, manipulation, physical abuse and starvation completely undone, and why? Because ‘Lights’ just so happens to be an undeniable banger? Because every track on ‘Ta-Dah’ happens to be brimming with an exuberance that invites you to cast off the shackles of doubt and conformity and be your true, beautiful self? It’s intoxicating! I mean, disgusting! I mean… I don’t know what I mean. I gotta go to the gym!” 

Parents who send their gay children to Pray Straight have grown increasingly irritated at the camp’s recent lack of success. 

“I just can’t believe my son would just unlearn eight weeks of rigorous Bible study and shamming after hearing just one damned song!” lamented conservative parent Bob Earlman. “The kicker is, it wasn’t even a song off of ‘Ta-Dah.’ If ‘She’s My Man’ or ‘I Can’t Decide’ made him gay again, I could understand, but he caved to some deep cut off of ‘Night Work,’ and it wasn’t even ‘Whole New Way!’ Uh, I mean, er, what’s Scissor Sisters? And, uh, what’s ‘being gay’ even? Whoa, would you look at the time, I need to leave immediately!” 

At press time, Pray Straight director Peter Leotardo was last seen flooring a convertible to Providence, Rhode Island with “Tits on the Radio” blaring out the speakers.  

Opinion: So You’re Gonna Judge a Guy Solely by What He Says and Also Does and Thinks?

Posted on by Malia Simon

Alright, let me get this straight: If I say one thing, which is based on a thought I’ve had, which is derived from a comprehensive worldview that dictates all my intuitions and behaviors, public and private, from morning to night, suddenly that’s who I am?

I’m sensing a straw-man argument.

We might ask ourselves: what kind of world do we live in where in 2026, we’re still judging books by their thoughts, feelings, guiding moral principles, and subsequent behaviors? I guess a world where it’s A-OK to just disregard all the other important aspects of a person’s character, like what they might think in a hypothetical universe in which they were a different person.

How about, instead of jumping to conclusions, people get it through their heads that there is such a thing as context. Let’s run a thought experiment, shall we? Let’s say I told you I believe incest is justifiable. Sounds pretty bad, right? But then what if I told you that alongside just saying incest is okay, I was also having regular, repeated sex with my first-cousin? If it were up to the online keyboard warriors, apparently that makes me some kind of incest-lover. All because I said it was okay, did it a bunch, and then publicly defended it.

Have we completely lost sight of the moral gray area? Have we forgone the classical American value of “I didn’t mean it, guys; just pretend I didn’t do that, OK”? It’s as if we live in a world where it doesn’t matter what you want other people to think you believe, and instead all people care about is what you seem to display by all available instruments of measure. Well, I won’t stand idly by while this change takes place; I think I speak for all Enlightenment thinkers when I say: stop using my words and actions to form opinions about me, unless you pinky-promise me they’re gonna be good ones.

Horror Movie Monster Sick of Representing People’s Trauma 

Posted on by Charles Bill

HAUNTED TOWN, British Columbia — Frustration boiled over today as a monster from a horror movie announced that it was sick of representing people’s trauma, confirmed A24 sources.

“It’s so annoying that people have some traumatic event, and then I have to come along and represent it,” explained the monster, a formless void that manifests itself as an individual’s greatest regret. “I look at my predecessors Jason, Freddy, the Leprechaun, they aren’t a metaphor for shit, they just get to murder horny teens all day without having to worry about being a manifestation of some chick’s depression. I just want to eat people and not have it be a whole thing. In the last two months I’ve had to represent abuse, divorce, the feeling you get when you have a hangnail and pull it off and it brings way more nail than you want, and severe diarrhea. That last one was the easiest to kill, they couldn’t move from the toilet.”

The monster’s frustration did not prevent him from gaining further traumatized victims.

“It all started when I let my friend fall off that cliff,” explained final girl Danica Jones. “It wasn’t my fault, but I still felt immensely guilty. I closed myself off to the world, and then suddenly I see my friend who fell off the cliff, following me. He’s super bloody and still wearing climbing gear so I know right away that this is a monstrous representation of my guilt who has come to punish me by tearing my face off. Fortunately I was able to create a makeshift blowtorch from a propane tank right as I overcame my guilt, and that seemed to kill the monster.”

The recent influx of trauma-focused villains has caused monster hunters to re-evaluate their chosen methods.

“We used to use crossbows and stakes, but now it’s all about therapy,” said 7th generation monster hunter Quinta van Helsing. “Instead of hunting these things down, all we have to do is go to the person being haunted and have them talk about their childhood. It really makes things easier. Honestly, recruitment sucks now because you need to be a licensed psychotherapist. It used to be just a bunch of murdering, but now it’s more about feelings. Kind of lame.”

At press time, the monster was forced to haunt a new victim who is still tortured by their not donating to the Salvation Army at Christmas.

In Honor of David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday, Here’s Some Narration We Did of Him Eating, Mating, and Showering

Posted on by Stephen Bell

The British Isles are home to more than 67 million people. One of the rarest sights is that of a wild David Attenborough. Regarded for his wispy white hair, sardonic wit, and disarming demeanor, he has become one of Britain’s most beloved creatures. Secret cameras disguised as common household items have allowed us to view this centenarian in his native habitat. 

The kitchen. This is the place where meals are made. David, being quite wealthy, has been able to acquire the use of a private chef who cooks all of his meals for him. Unlike your average subject of the King, the classy and sophisticated David can be seen eating a variety of foods that have been properly seasoned and are a great deal more complex than beans on toast. Using his yellow and gnarled teeth, typical of English males, we see him chewing his meal into a fine paste. It is believed that a David Attenborough needs to consume 1/150th of its body weight every day to survive. 

Unlike the females, male humans can produce even into their old age, even if it’s not a good idea. Success with mating can depend on many things. Humor, wealth, status, and broken condoms can all contribute towards fruitful couplings. We witness Sir Attenborough approaching a group of potential female mates. Their boyfriends, who are much sprier than David, feel threatened by his presence and begin to beat their chests. Which strategy will he employ to show himself to be the superior male? Simply by stating “I’m David Attenborough,” these women abandon their partners and immediately begin to copulate with him. A new generation of velvet-voiced narrators is all but assured. The other males can only look on in envy. 

12 hours later, we see David emerge from the morass of satisfied bodies, ready for a post-orgy shower. His emptied testicles swing wildly as he lathers himself completely with a fine emulsion of hibiscus petals, lavender, and sodium lauryl sulfate. While washing his hair, David appears to notice our camera in the center of his showerhead. He quickly sends out an alert cry to his security team in the form of a high-pitched yell. Pretty soon our team is discovered, and a vicious club beating is placed upon us. Such is the price to be paid when messing with the most dominant of males. 

Four Out of Five Physical Therapists Now Recommend Just Astral Projecting Out of Your Fucked Up Body  

Posted on by Arielle Andreano

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Four out of five physical therapists now recommend the technique of astral projection for dealing with chronic pain, sources from the American Physical Therapy Association confirmed today.

“Our best practices don’t change often,” explained Diana Riley, one of the top physical therapists in the nation. “We have decades and decades of rigorous scientific and medical research backing our approaches to all manner of injuries, imbalances, and pain disorders. But we’ve been seeing a real uptick in just completely beyond help, fucked up bodies. More and more people are just falling apart no matter what we do. So we started thinking outside of the box, which got us to thinking outside of the body. Literally. We’re teaching people to have their consciousness be anywhere other than their shitty body.”

Many people with chronic pain who have felt dissatisfied with their physical therapy experiences are reacting to the news.

“This is honestly kind of a relief because I’ve been to physical therapy like eight different times and I’ve never actually felt that much better,” shared Sarah Blake. “I always go to my appointments and I do my exercise homework diligently and they don’t believe me when I say I’m still in pain. It’s a relief to know that I’m not the only one who’s been experiencing this, so much so that they had to change a huge part of their programs to address it. And it’s even more of a relief to know there is now such a practical alternative available to us.”

Experts in the field of astral projection have begun to share their expert take on this new development.

“I could have told you astral projection was the answer years ago,” shared Adam Gilson. “My community hasn’t been in our bodies for like a decade straight. Have you seen the conditions out there? We’re all just hanging out in the astral projection world version of Tomodachi Island. We know about that because we have someone report back every week. I’m using astral Zoom technology for this interview right now.”

Physical therapists across the nation are now looking into this thing called “opium” to help those less experienced at astral projection, with talk that they may even open special centers or “dens” for the treatment.

Michale Graves Planning To Storm the Gates of Heaven if New Christian Music Career Doesn’t Get Him Admitted

Posted on by Steve Packosky

DUMONT, N.J. – Former Misfits frontman Michale Graves expressed his plan to storm Heaven’s Gates if his recent pivot to Christian music does not result in St. Peter letting him in, sources report.

“I learned from Donald Trump that you should never take no for an answer,” Graves told reporters. “That’s why I went to Washington D.C. on January 6th, and I don’t see why cosmological matters should be approached any differently. I will exalt Jesus Christ with my music, and He’s going to regret it if that isn’t good enough to grant me a seat at the right hand of the Father for all of eternity. I’d better get in, or Heaven is going to be met with a force it could never begin to comprehend. When people fear God, there is tyranny, but when God fears the people, there is liberty. Consider yourself warned, Almighty One.”

God, the Supreme, All-Knowing Creator of the Universe, was not intimidated by Graves’ threats.

“I’d like to see the motherfucker try it,” the Prime Mover told reporters. “I called up a reserve regiment of angels to stand guard and reinforced the Pearly Gates with double cylinder deadbolts. I had to do something to defend against Republicans, because those fucking morons think they’re somehow on my side, and they cry like babies and resort to violence when they don’t get exactly what they want. If you think I’m suddenly shaking in my boots because some entitled, has-been punk singer suddenly thinks he’s worthy of My Kingdom after releasing a shitty Christian rock record, you’ve got another thing coming.”

Music expert Shanice Burke expounded upon the matter.

“Christian rock is great when you’re completely out of ideas, or in Graves’ case, never really talented to begin with,” Burke provided. “It’s clearly the worst form of music there is, and the lyrics are mind-numbingly stupid, so basically anyone can do it. While I’ve never heard of someone having a backup plan to enter Heaven by force if the music doesn’t get them in, I’m not surprised. I fully expect to see other right-wing artists do the same, even though I can’t imagine they’ll be successful infiltrating Heaven when all they managed to do at the Capitol was wander around and smear their own shit on the walls.”

At press time, Graves was seen spreading rumors that the tally system used by St. Peter had been tampered with.

Opinion: You Lose 100% of the Fights You Don’t Start

Posted on by Ben Sobieck

Paddy “Punk” Pearlman is the promoter and self-proclaimed manager of The Hard Times. Paddy has an appreciation for “the bleeding edge” of punk, everything from Pearl Jam to My Chemical Romance. He goes by many monickers — “Mayor of The Bowery,” “The Colonel,” “The Elder Statesman” — all of which other people have totally called him, and definitely not nicknames he has tried to give himself. Comedically, his influences run the gamut from Theo Von to Bill Maher, and his Borat impression is nationally ranked.

Paddy is a registered IPA sommelier,  a certified life coach, and was the first American to say, “‘Idiocracy’ is a documentary.”

He is currently single, ready to mingle, and his whereabouts on January 6th, 2021, are none of your concern.

When the fuck did we get so afraid of violence in this country? 

If there’s one thing me and my AI therapist can agree on, it’s that you lose 100% of the fights you don’t start. Winning fights is how you win at life. So if you don’t want to lose by default, you gotta show up. You gotta take up space. You gotta walk right up to some dude at the bar who wasn’t looking at you and say, “What the fuck are you lookin at?” 

You gotta be that guy.

Let’s say you enter a room, and no one is starting any shit. Some would call that ideal. I call it an opportunity. Pick out the alpha and shrink his IQ with a coma punch to the back of the head. I learned that move during a bar fight–specifically the UFC fight on the big TV at the bar–and it breaks pussies like matchsticks. See? They didn’t start the fight, so they lost, and now they’re stuck with the bill for however long they’re out. What a fucking failure.

I know what you’re thinking: “You should only fight in self-defence.” Uh, OK, that only makes sense if you never want to win a fight. Me? I wake up at 4 every morning so I can find an ass to kick before sunup. 

Trust me, I’ve been in tons of fights, and I’ve won every one, except for when the other guy cheated (fought a lot of cheaters) or if you count divorces. In fact, I wouldn’t even say I lost the last divorce! The judge let me keep my bass guitars in the settlement. “Smoke in the Water” sounds a lot better without someone constantly reminding you how you promised to pick up your mother-in-law from the hospital.

Look, I’m trying to help you win at life. You just gotta sack up, walk into that Dave & Buster’s, and let everyone know you’re NOT there to lose. As the Bible says, “Do undo others before they do undo you.” I like that so much I got it inked on my dick. It’s easier to read now that I’m back on T/Gel and red light therapy.

Anyway, I copy/pasted all of this from my dating profile at Christian Mingle. If you don’t have a high school diploma, hit me up. Females only!

Reports Confirm Somewhere Between 3 and 97,000 Hantavirus Diagnoses This Week

Posted on by Finn Kobler

OMAHA, Neb. — A strain of hantavirus erupted on the Hondius cruise, infecting somewhere between 3 and 97,000 people, confirmed sources who didn’t realize there were that few or that many cases. 

“There is a high variance in numbers, because hantavirus isn’t a disease that spreads extremely rapidly…except for all the times that it does,” said CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya. “Unlike the highly contagious coronavirus, hantavirus can only be spread through direct contact with rodents. Or by touching an object contaminated with the virus. Or a person contaminated with the virus. Or inhaling virus particles through the air, kind of like COVID. Or not at all like COVID.” 

The affected passengers have been incubating at a medical facility in Nebraska since early May and should be able to return home sometime between early June 2026 and November 2036. 

“I don’t love being quarantined, but I’d rather be safe than sorry,” said one patient, who wished to remain anonymous for safety reasons and because he’s scared his mother-in-law will find out then she’ll call him to talk about “NCIS: New Orleans.” “They say, because hantavirus is so rare, even minor cases can be fatal. Luckily I’m asymptomatic—which means I’m either not in danger, or extremely in danger depending on which doctor talks to me. Although, I’m higher-risk because apparently I touched a mouse—or shook hands with a birdwatcher? Or both?”

Experts were quickly working to create a cure or vaccine, whichever they came across first.

“There’s a lot of confusion about this virus, so we’re trying to reverse-engineer a cure using spatio-temporal patterns,” said Tandin Wangchuk, Chair of the WHO Executive Board.  “Unfortunately, mathematics and physics aren’t exact sciences, so even our top researchers are struggling. Luckily, AI has been a huge asset in advancing healthcare. We’ve put all of our data on hantavirus into Claude, and it’s saying we’re actually inventing a whole new kind of medicine altogether. We can’t share what that medicine is just yet, because it says there’s a risk Gargumel might hear, which would undo all our progress, but stay tuned!”

At press time, a new international health committee has been created to investigate hantavirus and AI psychosis as co-morbidities.

Aging Couple Worries They Have Nothing Left To Talk About on Podcast

Posted on by Billy Patterson

MUNCIE, Ind. — After 11 years together, local married couple Sam and Elizabeth Kramer are worried that they no longer have anything to discuss on their podcast, anxious sources confirmed.

“I never thought we’d be one of those old couples that just sit there silently across from each other when they’re podcasting, but now it’s starting to happen,” said Elizabeth Kramer, breathing a heavy sigh. “When we first got together on the mic, it was like magic. I felt like we could effortlessly riff for hours, and we never ran out of amusing anecdotes or funny insights about our relationship. But now, aside from our mandatory ad reads, there’s been a lot of long silences. I’m starting to worry… maybe Sam isn’t the person I’m meant to podcast with for the rest of my life.”

Donald Yu, a friend of the Kramers, sees their marital podcast struggles as a cautionary tale for his own relationship-based podcast.

“It’s scary to see what happens to so many couples after they’ve been podcasting together for over a decade,” said Yu. “Sam and Liz used to have amazing chemistry, but now it feels like they’re just going through the motions of putting out two new episodes a week, simply because they don’t know what else to do. They still post clips on Instagram as if everything’s fine, but when you watch the full podcasts on their YouTube channel you can tell that they’re hanging on by a thread. I swear, if me and Jenny ever end up like that when we’re older, I don’t know what I’m gonna do. I’m not willing to stay in a podcast where I’m not happy.”

The Kramers’ decreased podcast output is not an issue that’s unique to them, according to marriage counsellor Lauren Ramos.

“It’s completely normal for couples who have been together for a long time to feel that their podcast has plateaued. A podcast is something that takes work, and it’s not always going to be as fresh and exciting as it was when you’re first starting out together,” Ramos explained. “But there are many ways that an aging couple can spice up their episodes. I often recommend that couples try recording in a different place than usual, such as the kitchen, or even outside. And these days, I see more and more couples exploring the idea of introducing a third person into their recording sessions. Whatever it takes to keep the spark alive in their content.”

At press time, rumors circulated that the Kramers had decided to try to save their podcast by having a baby.

Pope Leo Says No Place for Hate in World Except Towards White Sox Front Office

Posted on by Doug Kolic

VATICAN CITY — His Holiness Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that hatred of any kind has no place in God’s Kingdom, except when it’s directed at the Chicago White Sox front office, according to gossiping cardinals. 

“Listen up, pilgrims! It’s incumbent upon us to stop spreading so much disdain toward our fellow man, unless it’s aimed at those morons who’ve been running the White Sox into the ground,” said an angered Pontiff. “Love and forgiveness are what makes us human. However, the Church has concluded that it’s impossible to apply them to those bozos who’ve turned my home team into the laughingstock of the league. Jesus Christ was known for turning the other cheek, but even he would be absolved for loathing the guts of those executives responsible for unforgivable sins like trading Fernando Tatis Jr. to the Padres for overrated James Shields, or flipping Marcus Semien and Chris Bassitt to Oakland for that bum Jeff Samardzija.” 

Lucio Romera, who traveled to see the Holy Father, was confused by his decree.

“I know the Lord works in mysterious ways, but that really came out of left field,” said Romera as he kissed his Rosary. “The Vicar of Christ is known for his deep understanding of scripture, but I couldn’t figure out what point he was trying to make in relation to baseball. I’m sure there was some profound meaning behind it, yet when he very aggressively invoked the power of the Almighty to excommunicate Rick Hahn for getting fleeced by Andrew Benintendi for 75 million dollars, we were all kind of left scratching our heads.”

Religious scholar Tim Mantra explained that many earlier popes also made exceptions to their universal love doctrine 

“It’s not commonly known, but most popes have been a bit selective with their message of understanding,” said Mantra. “The first pope, Saint Peter the Apostle, in addition to despising  hypocrisy and the mistreatment of the poor, also harbored an intense abhorrence for anyone who slurped their millet porridge. And most famously, Pope John Paul II was known for his tender heart, except when it came to the creators of ‘Seinfeld,’ whom he cursed daily for that ‘blasphemous’ series finale.”

At press time, Pope Leo was rumored to be redirecting several prayers he had set aside for world peace into asking for a massive swarm of ravenous locusts to descend upon the home of White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

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