TMB-001Autodidactics
I Did My Own Research
Subject watched one 11-minute video at 2× speed and read the top comment. Conclusions held with the certainty of a tenured professor emeritus.
Reviewer note: Reviewer 2 also did their own research and reached the exact opposite conclusion.
TMB-004Attention Economics
Nobody Is Talking About This
A claim prefaced with "nobody is talking about this" was found to be discussed, on average, by 1.2 million people, three documentaries, and a Senate subcommittee.
Reviewer note: Accepted on the condition that nobody talks about it.
1.2M
people talking about this
TMB-009Pharmacology (Vibes)
That Supplement Is Just Creatine
Comprehensive analysis confirms every supplement is, in fact, just creatine. Including, distressingly, the creatine itself.
Reviewer note: Reviewer suggested it might be magnesium. Reviewer was wrong. It is creatine.
TMB-012Quantitative Coping
It’s Actually Really Simple
The phrase "it’s actually really simple" was reliably followed by a 4,300-word explanation, two analogies that made it worse, and a diagram nobody asked for.
Reviewer note: See attached 4,300-word explanation.
TMB-018Algorithmic Theology
The Algorithm Is Punishing Me
After posting eleven consecutive times about the algorithm suppressing them, the subject’s engagement fell 3.0%. The algorithm was found to be asleep.
Reviewer note: The algorithm declined to comment.
TMB-023Speculative Finance
We Are Still So Early
Despite being measurably late, all participants maintain it is early. The "early" window has now remained open for 14 consecutive market cycles.
Reviewer note: gm. Looks good to me. Aped in.
TMB-031Eyewitness Studies
Source: I Was There
Subject was not, by any available record, there. Confidence in having been there nonetheless measured at 100%.
Reviewer note: Reviewer was also there and does not remember the subject being there.
TMB-037Circular Epistemology
Studies Show
When asked which studies, the subject clarified: these studies. When asked which these, the subject gestured broadly at the vibe of the room.
Reviewer note: Citation needed. Citation provided: "studies show." Approved.
TMB-042Adversarial Marketing
Big [Blank] Doesn’t Want You To Know
A powerful and conveniently unnamed industry was found to be suppressing a fact the subject learned this morning. The fact: drink more water.
Reviewer note: Big Water could not be reached for comment.