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In this issue:

Katie Levisay on the peculiar mindset that parenting provokes.

New Yorker contributor Reeves Wiedeman and his trip to Disney World for the first timeat age 25.

Paul Shirley on the imbecility of the average new dog owner.

Hank Layton and a satirical guide to Songza, the music platform built for the listener with super-specific requirements.

Rosicky Jones on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia and its representation of the male id, ego, and superego.

Jenny Bahn and the foods that, when eaten alone, trigger nothing but aching loneliness.

Scott Muska on a Halloween condom run that changed his lifeat least for a little while.

And Tom Dinards survey of the miserable, yet somehow joyous world of YouTube commenting.
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