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15 Listicles Not To Click

15 Listicles Not To Click

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Jeff Kruse
Aug 20, 2025
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Few publications are brave enough to tackle that most esteemed form of journalism: the listicle. But not us — no, we recognize the importance of the part-list/part-article. It lets you say “I read something today,” even though in reality you mostly engaged with pop-up ads for yoga pants.

Not all listicles are created equal, however. Some are better than others. A list of those “others” is below.

  1. Fifteen Non-Metaphorical Dumpster Fires

  2. The Unsurprising, Obvious Origins Behind the Names of Seventeen Crayola Colors

  3. Ten Celebrity Scandals We Badly Misreported and Now Have to Retract

  4. The 750 Best Basketball Players of the Last 750 Years

  5. Fourteen Unromantic, Non-Quirky Roadside Attractions that Can Close, For All We Care

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I'm a lifelong resident of the L.A. area, and wrote regularly for MAD magazine for over 20 years. I also have sitcom screenwriting credits, but that's for public access. You wouldn't have much interest in that, would you?
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