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Randy Katzen's avatar

Can these sorts of post be grouped under /s sarcasm or some other type. They're not for me, but I'm sure they have an audience. With all the crap we have to take in on a daily basis, I don't have room for someone's creative writing assignment, in addition to the fact-based journalism that I pay my subscription fee to support.

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Closer to the Edge's avatar

We apologize for our lack of a label on the article. Yes, this is satire. Hopefully, you enjoy Part 2. We will get back to our regular truth-telling tomorrow.

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Closer to the Edge's avatar

Based on your advice, we added a SATIRE label to the photo and subtitle. We also tagged the article as satire. Thank you.

As this tale unfolds, it's important for people to understand that this is fiction, although if you got done with Part 1 thinking it might be real, we're not sure even adding the word satire would help all that much. I know you didn't think it was real, but there are people out there, believe us.

Your advice was good and we appreciated enough to implement it. We hope this helps people skip it if they're not into satire.

Thanks again,

Closer to the Edge

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Irene Dunsavage's avatar

They add another level to

The pure facts

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Thomas L Geren's avatar

Same here

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Maria Jette's avatar

THIS IS PURE EVIL!!!

More, please.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I love the read, as I wrote on my repost, if only!! Exceptionally well written and creative satire is always welcome in a world gone mad!!

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Kez Walker's avatar

I'm intrigued..... Do go on..... Please.... Don't leave the story about a couch humper and a dirty old futon hanging....

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Nola Krosch's avatar

I just wanna know: Is Vance still among the living? Has he been found? When will the next episode come out?

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JMull's avatar

Oh I knew it was going to be funny. The 80s snow boots got me laughing out loud. I actually like the escape from all of the news, if only for a little while.

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Terri Celcharen's avatar

I got my hopes up for almost a paragraph!

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James Cassidy's avatar

There have been a number of similar cases that have occurred at arctic and subarctic facilities. The hypothesis is that the melting permafrost has been releasing an as of yet unidentified mycotoxin that causes a sort of hypnotic state, or hallucination that manifests in walking or wandering behavior.

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John's avatar

We don’t really need this crap, we get enough of crap from Trump et al. Creative writing about facts good. In this case creative writing nonsense is a turnoff.

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Rachel Yackley's avatar

Why the fiction? Vance went to Greenland with national security adviser, Michael Waltz, and the energy secretary, Chris Wright, and his wife Usha was there, too. He met with the prime minister. No one was happy to see him, but this solo trip with a trek into the tundra doesn’t come up anywhere. What happened with your writers dealing solely in facts?

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Leslye A Billions's avatar

WHAT !?. WAIT ...

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Lindy Hubert's avatar

Well that was fun

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Terri's avatar

Lmao!!!

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Nunya's avatar

I wonder what the Internet is going to put in that outstretched hand🤣

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Ju Ju Blueberry ⚜️ 🇨🇦's avatar

Hahaha WTF

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Jane Mundy's avatar

Sarcasm is just what the doctor ordered - we need humor more than ever in stressful times. Thanks!

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