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The Invitational Week 38: Cross Us Up
Mirror a phrase, more or less, in this week's wordplay contest. And we offer a certain respect and admiration for Trumpsters.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) ... AIIEEE!
Hello. Today, we are going to talk about the present and future of AI, and whether it is an existential threat to human creativity. We are going to be…
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The Hundred-aire
Introducing a new meta-contest.
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The Invitational Week 37: Do You Have to Spell It Out for Us?
You do. Give us 'backronyms.' Plus severed-body-parts 'Muldoon' verses.
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Fuchsl the Dog, Meet Elon the Pig
What the HELL is this? See below. Hello. We are going to be talking about how the Jews are bankrupting Elon Musk, and how he is getting back at us one…
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Hooking You Up to a Morpheus Drip
Hello. Welcome to the world renowned Weekend Gene Pool, in which I ask you for observations / ruminations on a given topic so I can respond to them next…
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Hey, you. Do you accept bribes? Are you averse to Ponzi schemes?
Thank you for reading The Gene Pool — your support has allowed me to keep doing this for eight months without going broke, yet. Would you like to get in…
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The Invitational Week 36: U ♥ TFG's BFFs
Plus winning 'mirthdays,' finding parallels between two people with the same birthday.
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