What The Fox Actually Says Is Terrifying

Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/23/13 05:40PM

Since the Norwegian siblings better known as Ylvis released their too-catchy hit song "The Fox" to much fanfare earlier this month, many Google-less individuals have been asking themselves, "so what does the fox say?"

'Black Midi' Is Insane but Totally Mesmerizing Robot Music

Adrian Chen · 09/23/13 04:49PM

Hello, I have just been listening to Black Midi for the past 10 minutes so you will have to excuse me if my writing is INCOMPREHENSIBLY DENSE AND GLORIOUSLY CRACKED LIKE A GOLDEN TORTOISE'S SHELL THAT HS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE TOP OF A CRAY XC30-AC SUPERCOMPUTER.

Tom Scocca · 09/23/13 04:03PM

Anti-anti-sexism expert Christina Hoff Sommers has repeatedly warned America that boy-hating educators are forcing children to play namby-pamby things like "Circle of Friends," in lieu of traditional, vigorous games of tag. "Circle of Friends," Amanda Hess discovered, is freeze tag.

Investment Advisors Are Worthless, The End

Hamilton Nolan · 09/23/13 03:58PM

Here is a fact: paying people money to give you investment advice is a waste of your money. It will not make you money. DO NOT HIRE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, STOP NOW.

Bill Clinton’s Body Man Is a Pathetic, Greedy Grifter

J.K. Trotter · 09/23/13 03:46PM

Yesterday, The New Republic published a mammoth profile of Doug Band, Bill Clinton's longtime body man and all-purpose Clintonland gatekeeper, a 40-year-old Floridian-turned-New Yorker with a taste for luxury. Senior writer Alec MacGillis describes how Band, from his toehold as a gofer and coat-holder, shamelessly traded on his access to the former President to amass millions of dollars, an enormous Manhattan apartment, and cushy appointments on corporate boards. The piece documents and perhaps implements the rest of the Clinton family's desire, after all these years, to get him out—presumably before he can damage Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential prospects.

Brave Privileged Person Speaks Out Against Anti-Privilege Privilege

Hamilton Nolan · 09/23/13 02:41PM

Privilege: you know you have it. But... but why must you feel guilty about it? Is it not a fact that the true monsters are not the privileged people, but the people who make the privileged people feel bad about being privileged? We must defeat Anti-Priv Priv, for the sake of justice!

Word Terrorism: Can LongReads and Artisanal Beards 'Scale'?

Ken Layne · 09/23/13 02:18PM

beard: Ancient arcane term for a gay person's pretend heterosexual partner. Since the legal establishment of gay marriage, refers exclusively to lovingly tended long whiskers worn by urban men working in offices.

'Ninja' Confronts Bike Thief, Gets Him to Repent

Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/23/13 02:01PM

While strolling through Manhattan's Upper West Side one warm summer's day, a concerned New Yorker spotted a bike thief casually removing the front tire off a delivery bike that belonged to a local Lenny's location, and then just as casually walking away.