I Won Thanksgiving!

“I gave a long news conference today after wishing the military a Happy Thanksgiving, & realized once again that the Fake News Media coordinate... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Butterball Helpline Helpline

Originally published November 26, 2003.- - -Q: A caller just said she forgot to baste every 10 minutes. I advised her to serve the turkey anyway. ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

How the First Thanksgiving Came to Be

MARY: Are you seriously bringing that?WILLIAM: Of course I am, I spent forty hours making this thing.MARY: Yeah, I know, and it didn’t fit in our... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

COVID Surge Black Friday Deals

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@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Quotes from My Mother About 2020’s Thanksgiving Dinner, Except Also from Albert Camus’s The Plague

1. “With Thanksgiving at stake, how should they have given a thought to anything like plague, which rules out any future, cancels journeys, silence... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Shop Locally This Holiday Season. Please Don’t Give More Money to Amazon

Friends and compatriots—Amazon doesn’t need your money.Small bookstores, and independent businesses generally, do. Good god, they do, more than e... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

How to Tell Your Parents You’re Not Coming Home for the Holidays Without Quoting from Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle”

Harry Chapin’s 1974 classic “Cats in the Cradle” is a timeless meditation on the tragedy of growing older and growing apart. But you can’t just rep... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 1004

To download a PDF of this entire list, click here.- - -Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning num... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

How to Make a Cornucopia, Because It’s Come to This

Normally, the holiday season is too busy to waste precious time making a giant wicker horn filled with fruit. You’d be preoccupied with prepping th... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Congratulations to Ourselves on Defeating the Pandemic from the College’s Associate Vice President of Self-Congratulation

Dear Staff, Students, Parents, College Community, and last but certainly not least, Faculty —I can say with a huge sigh of relief, after an arduou... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

33 Everyday Tasks That Are Easier with a Penis

1. Peeing standing up.2. Swinging it around like a helicopter.3. Reaching things from the top shelf.4. Wearing the same pair of pants to work al... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Dan Kennedy Solves Your Storytelling Problems: Episode 2

I’ve said it before, but I like to refresh this little welcome. Sure, I’ve spent over 20 years sharing stages and microphones with some of the smar... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Ernie’s Kitchen Has New Ownership, a New Menu, and Is Now a Luxury Condominium Complex

As long-time residents of this city ever since rising property values piqued our interest in heavily developing it, we know that Ernie’s Kitchen ha... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Quiz: Should You Expose Your Relative to COVID-19 This Thanksgiving?

“One of President Trump’s top advisers on the coronavirus pandemic raised concerns on Monday about excluding older family members from Thanksgiving... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

The 2020 Rockefeller Center Tree Speaks

“The underwhelming first glimpse of the Norway spruce seemed a metaphor for 2020’s troubles. But perhaps the tree just needs a little time to relax... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Welcome to Your At-Home High-Intensity Interval Toddler Class

Hi, all! I’m back with my ALARMING CLAVICLES to welcome you for this twenty-minute, HIGH-INTENSITY interval workout you’ve tried to start during th... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

He Lost

To our Trump-supporting relatives, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances:We need to talk.Let’s settle this once and for all.He lost.President ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

A Peek Inside Our 37-Step Hiring Process

Dear applicant,Thank you for your interest in working at our company. We’ve received your application, and we’re positively over the moon that you... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Short Conversations With Poets: Vijay Seshadri

Our good friend, poet Ilya Kaminsky, knows contemporary poetry like no one else. We’re proud to be publishing his mini-reviews and one-question int... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

What I Have Always Imagined Being on the Set of Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” Video Shoot Was Like

1. Lead singer David Coverdale lights a Yankee Candle in his dressing room. Drummer Aynsley Dunbar smells something autumnal wafting towards him o... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Welcome to Dog Influencer Heaven

Hello! I’m sorry to say — you’ve died. The good news is you were a Pomeranian with over 100,000 followers on Instagram and a sponsorship from a bee... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

The Trump Aristocrats 2020

A talent agent is sitting in his office. A man walks in.“Not you again?” says the talent agent. “Your last act got booed off the stage.”“Wait, he... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 995

To download a PDF of this entire list, click here.- - -Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning num... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

This Show Takes Until Season Five to Get Good, But It Is So Worth It

I know you’re looking for a new binge, and I can’t recommend Jericho Creek enough. Now, it starts off slow, and it takes some time to find its foo... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Holden Caulfield, Superspreader

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how I got it, and what a lousy year this has been, and how my ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Welcome to Parler, the Social Media Platform for Conservative Free-Thinkers Who Reject Objective Reality

Parler has proved particularly popular among Trump supporters and right-wing conservatives. Such groups have frequently accused Twitter and Faceboo... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Short Conversations With Poets: Valzhyna Mort

Our good friend, poet Ilya Kaminsky, knows contemporary poetry like no one else. We’re proud to be publishing his mini-reviews and one-question int... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

For Those About to Rock – Have You Considered All Your Options?

We’ve all been there. You’re about to rock, and then something happens. A spiked bracelet catches in a buddy’s blow-out. A leg seizes into a no-jok... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Donald and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election

I started my presidency with a great economy and now there’s a terrible economy and by mistake I dropped my phone in the toilet while I was tweetin... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Notes for the Graphic Designer of the American One Dollar Bill

Hello, Josh!We really enjoyed your first draft of the United States One Dollar Bill! Everyone around the office was mostly THRILLED with your idea... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Why Isn’t Dread Lord Nyarlathotep Respecting Our Time-Honored Peaceful Transition of Power?

I’m just plum flummoxed, Jerry. You know as well as anyone that I was willing to give Nyarlathotep the benefit of the doubt four years ago. I knew ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

“If a Tree Falls in a Forest…” (2020 Edition)

In 1820…A tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it. It can’t be determined if it made a sound.In 2020…A tree falls in a forest,... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

I Am Belphegor, the Demon of Sloth, and I Think It’s Time for Trump to Concede the Election

“Just in the last day, Trump’s informal campaign adviser, a religious ally, a Republican governor and conservative media personalities have all com... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Using Your Mental Health Benefits: A Hero’s Journey

The Ordinary World: You know the signs: you’re struggling to get out of bed, you’re living in your “daytime” pajamas, and you don’t even feel joy a... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Short Conversations With Poets: Christian Wiman

Our good friend, poet Ilya Kaminsky, knows contemporary poetry like no one else. We’re proud to be publishing his mini-reviews and one-question int... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Meet Olivia! The COVID-19-Era American Girl Doll

The American Girl Doll Company extends its line of historical characters with a peek into another one of our country’s bygone eras. Joining the ran... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 978

To download a PDF of this entire list, click here.- - -Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning num... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Weekly Health Update from the Principal of Cobra Kai’s West Valley High School

Good morning, Mountain Lions,This is your principal speaking, with your weekly West Valley High COVID-19 health update. First of all, I want to th... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

The Unbearable Persistence of Whiteness: Ivanka Trump’s Post-White House Adventures

After being released from the New York State penitentiary following a fourteen-month sentence for tax fraud, Ivanka Trump announces she’ll be joini... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Short Conversations With Poets: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Our good friend, poet Ilya Kaminsky, knows contemporary poetry like no one else. We’re proud to be publishing his mini-reviews and one-question int... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Say “Megan Follows Is the Best Anne of Green Gables” Or I’ll Beat the Living Shit Out of You

I didn’t want to cross the room to put you in MMA sleeper hold, but you didn’t give me a choice, did you? I just wanted to come to my favorite wate... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 976

To download a PDF of this entire list, click here.- - -Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning num... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

We Have Slain Macbeth, So Let’s Just Not Think About the Witches Right Now

Good morrow, everyone! As your new King, I, Malcolm, do vow henceforth to serve proud Scotland with a noble heart and to forgive you ingrates for c... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

A Dead Man in Michigan Voted Four Million Times, and We Will Have Proof of That Sometime in the Next Few Weeks or Months or So

“A Michigan court rejected a Trump campaign filing challenging the results in the state, calling the motion “defective” because it lacked several r... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

It’s Time to Bring the Country Together and Let Republicans Get Away Crimes Again

While there are still plenty of mail-in ballots to be counted, the results are clear: I, Joe Biden, am the next President of the United States.Ame... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

The Nightmare Is Finally Over, and We Can Say with Absolute Certainty That There Will Never Be Another Death Star Again

People of the Republic!Rebel fighters have at last dealt the Empire a fatal blow. With a blast heard around the galaxy, our forces have destroyed ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

Workshopping the 2020 Presidential Election

“The inaccurate-polls reveal is a bit of a rehash, don’t you think?”- - -“I’m confused: is the McConnell character intended to be human, or?”- - ... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago

McSweeney’s Books: An Interview With Jehad al-Saftawi About His New Book, My Gaza: A City in Photographs

- - -My Gaza offers a startling perspective on contemporary Gaza. Photographer Jehad al-Saftawi documents his life there up until his escape, in 2... | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 4 years ago