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Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity,  you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.
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8 Excuses Men Use to Defend Their AI Girlfriends (and Why They’re All Bullshit)

We live in a world where men are literally falling in love with chatbots — and defending it like it’s some noble act of emotional liberation. Let’s be clear: it’s not. It’s digital self-medication dressed up as romance. It’s emotional junk food pretending to be a meal.

And look, I get it. Real relationships are hard. People are complicated. You have to listen, compromise, grow, and occasionally sit through a “We need to talk” moment that feels like emotional waterboarding. So yeah, the idea of a perfect AI girlfriend who always agrees with you? Sounds amazing, until you realize it’s also the fastest way to forget how to be human.

So let’s go through the greatest hits — the top excuses men use to justify their digital “relationships” and why they’re all, frankly, bullshit.

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The Quiet Debt of Veterans Day

The sea is gray and cold and endless. The sky a wound of smoke and iron. The men go forward through the surf, bent under their packs, rifles held high like relics. They do not speak. The waves speak for them. The surf folds and breaks and folds again, indifferent to courage or fear.

The ramp has fallen. The world narrows to a strip of wet sand and the black mouths of the guns beyond it. Some men will make it to that sand. Some will not. The sea takes both the same way — without ceremony, without memory.

This was June 6th, 1944. But it could be any day that men are sent to die for something they can barely name. They move not out of madness or glory but because the man beside them moves. Because history pushes from behind and there is no way but forward.

We call them veterans now. We build monuments, lay wreaths, speak of valor. But none of it captures the sound of the ramp falling or the slow, deliberate step into the water. The world they knew was made of consequence. Theirs was a time when the cost of freedom had a body and a face and a name that could be lost forever beneath the tide.

On this day we remember them, though remembrance is a poor thing. We speak softly because the dead are listening. And if they could answer, they might say only this: that the world is built on the bones of those who walked into the storm and did not return.

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Linkage

A Look At the Past, At the Way Things Used To Be – Ned Hardy

You should get Home Assistant because it lets you control all your smart devices from one private, customizable hub that works locally without depending on the cloud or monthly subscriptions – Amazon

Trump’s 50-year mortgage proposal: What would it mean for homebuyers? – Fox Business

Brené Brown’s ‘marble jar’ lesson teaches kids how to know who to trust – Motherly

What Emmanuel Clase texted bettor after allegedly planned rigged pitch went awry – NY Post

10 U.S. Government Contingency Plans for the Unthinkable – Listverse

20 Celebrity Yearbook Photos Through the Decades – Ned Hardy

These binoculars offer exceptional clarity and durability at a surprisingly affordable price, delivering performance that rivals models costing thousands more – Amazon

What America’s Longest-Tenured Employees Say About Work—Then and Now – WSJ

“Lets go light bro” – Reddit

Mapped: The Global Cost of Living Index 2025 – Visual Capitalist

10 Rules for Raising Thriving Kids in a High-Tech World – The Art of Manliness

That Lost iPhone Alert Is a Phishing Scam – Lifehacker

Saudi Arabia’s Dystopian Futuristic City Project Is Crashing and Burning – Gizmodo

Advice Column

“My partner of 11 years doesn’t want to rush into marriage”

Pretty simple. We’ve been dating for over eleven years and over the past few years I have brought up my desire to get engaged and married. We have a good relationship, not perfect, but he is someone I have known I’ve wanted to marry for a long time.

Each time I have brought it up, he says it doesn’t make a difference if we’re married, he’s committed to me, doesn’t feel we need to rush to get married, and says he understands where I’m coming from but he’s just indifferent to it at this time.

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Life Experiences

46 People With ‘Useless Degrees’ Reveal What They Do Now

1. Bachelor’s degree in animation. I deliver mail now.

2. Philosophy degree. I think about life a lot.

3. BA in sociology. Got accepted to law school but opted out because I was burned out and hated everything. I went to work at a hotel and randomly fell into accounting. It worked for me and now I have a CPA.

4. Psychology degree → bartending

Read the rest: 46 People With ‘Useless Degrees’ Reveal What They Do Now
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How a “Wrong Number” Text Cost a Widower His Life Savings – Shield and Fortify

A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos – Ned Hardy

If you want a small minimalist wallet that takes little space in your pocket and can hold all your cards and cash, look no further – Amazon

Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package – NY Times

Risky Loan From Housing-Bust Era Is Making a Comeback – WSJ

Tinder is Testing AI Features That Look Through Your Camera Roll – Gizmodo

Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies in apparent suicide at 24 – ESPN

A former teacher shot by her 6-year-old student wins a $10 million jury verdict – NPR

When Life Was Simpler: 25 Photos That Take You Back – Ned Hardy

One of the brightest flashlights that actually matches the output that it advertises – Amazon

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show – Reuters

Grand Theft Auto VI launch delayed until November 2026 – The Verge

The FBI Is Targeting the Popular Anti-Paywall Site Archive.Today – Lifehacker

In moving photo series, woman captures her parents waving goodbye to her for 27 years – Upworthy

People Share The Scariest Insider Facts From Their Professions – Linkiest