Culture – The Velvet Hamster https://velvethamster.com Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:12:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://velvethamster.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-logo-01-32x32.png Culture – The Velvet Hamster https://velvethamster.com 32 32 Loogatdis Shit: Here’s What Sucks June 9 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-june-9/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:12:05 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=6021 By Chris from Chicago It’s been rather dry here in Chicago. We’ve had some light sprinkles but no real rain. As a homeowner (lah dee dah Mr. Fancy Pants), I can’t help but look at my yard and fear what my next water bill will look like. We’re spoiled here because we’re situated right on one of the OK lakes. Presently, however, folks from Texas, Arizona, and California are telling me to suck…

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Loogatdis Shit: Here’s What Sucks June 3 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-june-3/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:00:16 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=6016 By Chris from Chicago School’s out for summer or if it isn’t, it will be soon. Parents everywhere just groaned a sigh of resignment. This means that kids will be hanging around houses, driving parents batty, and just acting like shits. The older ones seem to be rounding into form early. I saw one kid pissing on a fence in broad daylight. He wasn’t even trying to hide it. Add in some cheap…

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Loogatdis Shit: Here’s What Sucks June 1 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-june-1/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 01:36:30 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5987 By Chris from Chicago Summer is basically here. Kids are out of school, the weather is getting warmer, and every night I am serenaded by mortar explosions. I was led to believe that fireworks were illegal in Illinois but here I am every night cowering in the corner of my room, unable to sleep, all because some guy decided that a Tuesday night is a great time to blow some shit up.

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Loogatdis Shit: Here’s What Sucks May 27 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-may-27/ Fri, 26 May 2023 23:22:05 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5980 By Chris from Chicago My wife and I have a tradition that started about 10 years ago. During the last full week of May, we go to the Snacks & Sweets show at McCormick Place. Ever since seeing Homer Badman nearly 30 years ago (Christ Almighty), I’ve wanted to dress up in my finest trench coat and steal the Gummi De Milo. Unfortunately, every year I am left surrounded by the finest snacks and…

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Loogatdis Shit: Here’s what sucks May 24 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-may-24/ Wed, 24 May 2023 03:16:09 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5976 By Chris from Chicago The internet is a wild place. Earlier this week, a young, enterprising New Yorker found a knock-off couch that she thought was worth $8,000. She did what any $5,000 rent paying NYer would do…she “cleaned” it and brought it up to her apartment. At least the cockroaches and rats will now have bed bugs as new roommates. Millennium Park has a fox problem.

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Loogatdis Shit: Here’s what sucks May 19 https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-heres-what-sucks-may-19/ Fri, 19 May 2023 19:45:57 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5970 By Chris from Chicago Every night before I go to sleep, I check the weather for the next day. It’s one of the few normal things about me. Last night, I saw that there was a 90% of rain likely to occur all morning. Fantastic. I don’t have to water the plants or the lawn. Instead, I can spend my Friday as God intended: being a lazy ass. Instead, literally 5 drops of rain fell from the heavens.

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Loogatdis Shit: The NBA draft, sunsets & tax hikes https://velvethamster.com/loogatdis-shit-the-nba-draft-sunsets-tax-hikes/ Thu, 18 May 2023 01:38:05 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5965 By Chris from Chicago Have you ever watched a car wreck in slow motion? Just can’t turn your eyes away from the anarchy. If you’ve ever lived in Chicago, then you witness this on a daily basis. Of course, you’ll have to read a lot of phony baloney articles to know what’s going on. Well no more! I’m going to tell you everything you need to know in easy-to-digest bullet form! Introducing…

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How bad is inflation? Taco Bell just introduced its $47 cravings menu https://velvethamster.com/how-bad-is-inflation-taco-bell-just-introduced-its-47-cravings-menu/ Wed, 18 May 2022 22:44:39 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5926 Businesses across the globe are trying to adapt to rapid inflation, and one major fast food chain is no exception, as Taco Bell has introduced a new $47 cravings menu. The $46 dollar jump is the result of hard times, and customers will have to adjust. Thankfully for Taco Bell faithful, none of the items have changed. Cheesy bean and rice burritos and cinnamon twists are still fixtures on the…

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Leaving Twitter? Top alternatives include Parler, Gab, getting a hobby https://velvethamster.com/leaving-twitter-top-alternatives-include-parler-gab-getting-a-hobby/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:35:34 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5893 With many threatening to leave Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, plenty of alternatives are coming to the forefront including Parler, Gab and getting a hobby you fucking dork. Parler and Gab and some other social media alternatives might turn many off because of their ideological bent, but getting a hobby offers fulfillment that does not come with any right or left-wing baggage.

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Gas price hack: Never leave your house ever again https://velvethamster.com/gas-price-hack-never-leave-your-house-ever-again/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:47:39 +0000 https://velvethamster.com/?p=5880 Still struggling with devastatingly high gas prices? Some experts have found the hack. Never leaving your house ever again could be a great way to avoid high gas prices, said the people who study these things and talk about them on CNBC. According to those experts, if you just sit at home and watch TV and dwell on your thoughts about the past and the future, gas prices are no issue.

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