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I was watching silly videos from The Beaverton - like Anne of Green Gables punching Hitler (I claim monopoly on Anne of Green Gables as violent, thank you very much) - and all of a sudden there's a good one with a more serious bite: "Trudeau Government Solves The Indian Act".
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MlTk8F_5xU
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writing this way seems like some kind of hilarious revenge on the ridiculous (ridiculous beats ridiculous, 1-0!) and i feel it's worth training the brain to be able to think this way.
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apparently to come up with headline ideas, all you really need to do is look into your own lived experiences and exaggerate them (or sometimes, uh, not exaggerate anything at all).
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Frat Bro Insecure About Masculinity Relieved When Three Other Bros Address Him as "My Man"
This Just In! Construction Drilling Not a Suitable Replacement for Christmas Music
Woman Relieved to Find Out Mystery Bruise on Her Leg Just Chocolate
Popular! Woman's Therapist Instructs Her to Ask Friends About Her Issues, and Her Phone is Totally Blowing Up
Unfair! Woman on New Hybrid Work Schedule Upset to Have to Buy Deodorant Again
Woman Excited That Famous Actress Who Has No Bearing on Her Life Has Same Birthday
It's a Personal Record! Local Woman Receives 562 Congratulatory Comments From Strangers on LinkedIn Post, Plus Bonus Love React From Ex
Woman Who Drops and Breaks Plastic Wine Glass Proud of Her Capacity for Destruction
So Cool! Woman's Favourite Band Is So Obscure It Doesn't Exist
Middle-Aged Woman ID'd at Bar Sad That She Is Old Enough to be Happy That She Looks Young
So Ironic! Alanis Morissette Superfan Using Spoons but Doesn't Need Knife
Influencer Wearing Jeans Around Cherry Blossoms Totally Slumming It
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Miraculous! Woman Instantly Healed After Esteemed Doctor Diagnoses Mysterious Ailment as "All in Your Head"
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Ha, the last one made me laugh. And also the second. The one about chocolate, at least a smile - it reminded me of headlines from the Reductress, how they have a bit of surreal-ness mixed in with exaggeration and social commentary: e.g. "How I Stopped Getting Unwanted Attention From Men by Running For President."
(I think this is an American website, but I don't know if that matters - your style would be great for this one too.)
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i'm really glad to hear you say that, e_o_i, because Reductress is the publication i'm trying to come up with these headlines for! they invited me to pitch a bunch of them, so my fingers are crossed (for publication AND hopes that my canadian residency will be okay).
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for THE publication
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Woman Constantly Corrects Own Typos on Website Dedicated to Literal Blather As If People Care?
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Man Who Interrupts Woman After the Word "And" Swears He Thought She Was Done Talking
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wait! there wasn't supposed to be a "the"! my fingers are crossed for publication in the publication.
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Oh, that's cool!! I hope they accept the pitches.
The one you just wrote made me chuckle and reminded me of theories of syntactic boundedness...and how little I actually know about them...
...but yes, the only example I can think of where an English sentence ends with "and": a questioning "And?" with the meaning "So what?" or "What else?"
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Speaking of good titles, I like this one from the Onion: Montessori Sunday School Encourages Kids To Invent Their Own Gods.
A bit Christian-centric, okay, and maybe off-topic for this blathe because the article is more surreal than satirical, but the last line takes a jab at sexism: https://www.theonion.com/montessori-sunday-school-encourages-kids-to-invent-thei-1848952155
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"woman who keeps litter box in passenger seat in car sad that cat hasn't materialized yet"
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sometimes it's just life said in a satirical/more tolerable tone
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Woman Eats Candy Apple for Dessert in an Effort to be More Health-Conscious
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"What Surprised Me Most About Becoming a Parent Was That I Was Forced To by the Government" -Reductress
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