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dailyillini.com > opinions-stories > satire > 08/31/2026 > satire-scout-survives-nuclear-apocalypse

Satire | Scout survives nuclear apocalypse

16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1017+ words) I don’t know if there’s anyone left to read this. My trusty narrator is nowhere to be found. Sometimes I think I hear his voice. … Perhaps it’s just echoes of what once was as I sit here in the steam…...

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dailyillini.com > opinions-stories > columns-opinions > culture > 04/24/2026 > boundary-line-for-dark-humor

Opinion | When jokes meets tragedy / Draw a boundary line for dark humor

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (776+ words) I wouldn’t have believed that a joke could feel both funny and uncomfortable at the same time until I came across one online. On Reddit, under the question “What is your favorite 9/11 joke?” one striking answer reads: “Who are the…...

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dailyillini.com > opinions-stories > columns-opinions > culture > 10/25/2025 > opinion-unmasking-performative-male

Opinion | Unmasking the performative male: How softness became strategy

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (789+ words) He wears thrifted cardigans, quotes bell hooks and calls himself emotionally fluent — all while expecting applause for everything he does. The “soft boy” was supposed to be the antidote to toxic masculinity. Instead, he’s evolved into the modern performative male:…...