A retrospective newsletter that revisits The Onion's satirical print and web output from exactly 20 years earlier, judging which jokes still land and which cultural references have faded. It also collects recurring bits such as the Tim Duncan jokes and offers context on the paper's history.
Website: https://onion20.substack.com
A Substack of comic literary and historical writing, including modernized retellings of classics like Lucian's Dialogues of the Gods, rankings of oddities such as London livery company mottos, and curated archival finds like children's Rorschach responses. Readers get witty, erudite essays and humor pieces, with occasional housekeeping notes about subscription pricing.
A personal essay newsletter by a freelance writer whose work appears in outlets like The New York Times, Esquire and The Guardian. Each issue is a funny, observational piece of creative nonfiction about home life, family, aging and daily rituals.
A Kenyan humour newsletter that uses witty, Sheng-laced personal essays to skewer modern dating, unrealistic self-improvement routines and consumer habits. Each issue turns everyday frustrations into sharp, relatable observations about young life in Kenya.
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