Note: this story was originally published on the online magazine shredded.com in 2016. The site has since been taken down.
Note: this story was originally published on the online magazine shredded.com in 2016. The site has since been taken down.
Note: this story was originally published on the online magazine shredded.com in 2016. The site has since been taken down.
Note: this story was originally published on the online magazine shredded.com in 2016. The site has since been taken down.
Note: this story was originally published on the online magazine shredded.com in 2016. The site has since been taken down.
Most Likely
High school superlatives function as a way for forming adults to evaluate their classmates and vote for "awards" for them to win based on their developing personality. Will the person voted "Most Likely to Succeed" actually be successful years later? Does the person voted "Most Likely to be President" still care about his award? Why is there an award for "Most Gullible"?
"You’ve got minds who are still forming themselves making determinations on other minds that are also forming" - Dwight Nield
Voices from Joan Miller, Moe Lowe, Dwight Nield, Mary Sowa, Lily Stark, and Jim Konecny.
Hidden Intention
Inspired by the oblique strategy "your mistake was a hidden intention," two people share their stories on how intention and reality don't always line up.
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"It's a fine line I've had to learn to walk in my life of helping people in the ways that they want to be helped" - Copeland Smith
Voices from Copeland Smith and Jake Dagit
The Discourse of Death
When a loved one dies, many people end up honoring them with a traditional funeral and having the body placed in a casket or embalmed. The funeral industry is huge for how little we publicly talk about death. People get nervous, scared and emotional talking about death, but without conversations about the subject, judgement in post-death practices may get obstructed.
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"You kind of get jaded to it after a while. Being very flippant about death is a large part of my job, and I'm pretty good at it. I'm great at a funeral." - Adam Selzer
Voices from Haley Broadway and Adam Selzer
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Yazmin Dominguez shares her story about her family's unpleasant experience stopping at a Waffle House on a road trip.
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"I felt the feeling that I didn't belong there, but I didn't know that I didn't belong there." - Yazmin Dominguez
Voices from Alison Hardy, Amber Colón and Yazmin Dominguez