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Back to SearchBest of Summer: What makes the world’s first bar joke funny? No one knows.
What makes the world’s first documented bar joke funny? No one knows.
In a tweet that garnered thousands of responses in March, the Twitter account …
2 years, 11 months ago
Best of Summer: Swimming Hole - The man, the myth, the leap
In this summer-y episode of Endless Thread, Ben and Amory take a leap of faith (or do they?) to the depths of an upstate New York swimming hole with …
3 years ago
Pup Play
“Which one of you freaks hijacked the south Boston green space google maps for your furry photo shoot?”
Earlier this year, a Redditor was trying to f…
3 years ago
'Going Dark': Reddit's API Changes
Reddit is restricting the use of third-party apps. More than 8,000 subreddit communities shut down in protest — including r/Blind, which says the cha…
3 years ago
Deepfake Law 101
Since the creation of deepfakes in 2017, the AI-powered technology that swaps faces into videos has become commonplace, particularly in pornography.
…3 years ago
Treasure in the Woods
Since the pandemic, foraging has exploded in popularity. Younger generations are embracing (or romanticizing) the great outdoors with trends like #co…
3 years ago
Encore: Randonauts
r/randonauts is a fast-growing community of Redditors who use random, quantum-generated coordinates to go on real-life adventures. But what happens w…
3 years, 1 month ago
OK, Lamp!
This week on Endless Thread, host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Grace Tatter look at a meme inspired by supermodel Bella Hadid's call to compliment …
3 years, 1 month ago
Encore: Angel's Glow
In the aftermath of the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh in 1862, something strange happened. Some soldiers' wounds started to glow. Stranger still, tho…
3 years, 1 month ago
Come to the Orchestra
Can you have an orgasm from listening to music? Can you legally own more than six dildos in Texas? Endless Thread digs into several sexy questions th…
3 years, 1 month ago