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The People Getting High on Real-Life Mario Mushrooms
Amanita muscaria is a poisonous shroom with a red and white top. Smurfs live in it. Mario eats it. And if you do it right, it’ll send your mind straight to Star World.
I Once Lived for Danger. Night Surfing Scared Me Straight.
In 2001, the TV show ‘Jackass’ was canceled. It only took me 19 more years to stop doing dumb shit.
In the Summer of 2008, We Got a ‘Star Wars’ Movie You Probably Don’t Remember
No film in George Lucas’ cinematic empire is more disposable or forgotten than ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ which was little more than a feature-length tie-in to a TV series he was developing. But it helped hook a new generation on the never-ending franchise.
When the Suicide Crisis Hits Home
Reports project at least 75,000 deaths from suicide and drug overdose during the pandemic alone. My friend Dan was one of them. How do we grieve? How do we take action? How do we fight for our mental health?
