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Swine Flu Imperils Times Trend Piece Topic
Is the Times getting cute with us? Months after warning us of the teen hug epidemic they are now asking if teen hugs spread swine flu. More »
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As Exciting As Stroller Set Gossip Gets
1:26AM Brian Moylan | Amy Sohn’s new book, Prospect Park West, sure does have some some hot dish: Sean Penn’s bad in bed, Robert Downey Jr. cheats, and Kate Hudson is an evil bitch…in her mind. The celebs don’t care, but the New York Post does! More »
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Today Investigates High School Hug Madness
1:59AM Pareene | Oh, good, Today covered the teenage hug menace. “High school hugging has turned into a cultural phenomenon, studied by sociologists, and written about in The New York Times.” A phenomenon studied by bullshit pseudo-scientists and written up as a trend in the Times? Hugs are the new hipster farms! Is the best part when the students act out hugs as Chris Jansing describes them or is the best part the fact that everyone in America is a retard?
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