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The Secret Dealer for Farmville Addicts [Evil Corporations In Action]

The company behind Mafia Wars and Farmville doesn’t like to talk about the sad addicts who fuel its profits. But it does quietly run a special store for them, where imaginary credits are bought with very real bank transfers. More

Funemployment: Just About Over

Funemployment ! It has been the exclusive province of not just the rich , but also those lucky bastards who received the mythical ” severance pay .” So how are those severance checks holding up now, hmmmm? Paul Joegriner hasn’t worked since March 2008, when he was laid off from his $200,000-a-year job as chief executive officer of a small bank

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Funemployment: Just About Over

Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child’s Looks, For Money?

Raising a child in our modern world can be expensive, what with their constant nagging for new “Gameboys” and “contraception.” Fortunately your child’s dewy, youthful innocence can be sold off to a modeling agency, for sweet, sweet money. Horrible parents across America are selling off their children’s looks to make a few extra bucks during these tough economic times, according to the WSJ.

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Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child’s Looks, For Money?

Gawker Endorsement: Don’t Vote for Bloomberg

Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don’t vote for Michael Bloomberg

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Gawker Endorsement: Don’t Vote for Bloomberg

Twitter Attack Brings a Day Without Social Media

Noooo: Both Twitter and Facebook are flailing this morning. How will people plan their evening drinking sessions?

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Twitter Attack Brings a Day Without Social Media

Math Nerds Getting Richer, Sexier

The Way We Live Now: Revenge-d by the nerds. Statisticians are the new Hedge Fund Guys

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Math Nerds Getting Richer, Sexier

The Great Condé Nast Receptionist Purge Widens

This could be the unkindest Conde Nast cut of all: A tipster tells us that “as of Monday, Glamour will no longer have a receptionist.” And this may be only the beginning.

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The Great Condé Nast Receptionist Purge Widens