Video Game Smooch, Water My Plants, & Chili On The Moon

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Lunch reads from around the web...since 2013! //   //   View this email in your browser To The Platypus! Today's The Lunch Read is dedicated to platypi...platypues...platypussiess nope no no not that one...platys...platypuses. They got bills, guys. Enjoy your lunch. - Today's Menu - The Internet Has Spent Three Years Taking Care Of This Guy's Plants The internet has some terrible things on it, but then you find the adequately watered diamonds in the rough. Appetizer (3 min) | Vice The Man With The Golden Airline Ticket "My dad was one of the only people with a good-for-life, go-anywhere American Airlines pass. Then they took it away. This is the true story of having—and losing—a superpower." Entrée (9+ min) | Narratively The Kiss That Changed Video Games Mario and Luigi's relationship was just never the same after... Starter (5 min) | The New Yorker The Scheduling Woes of Adult Friendship "To avoid the dreaded back-and-forth of coordinating hangouts, some friends are repurposing the shared digital calendar, a workplace staple, to plan their personal lives." Appetizer (5 min) | The Atlantic Inside the Bizarre, 'Sketchy' World of International Dating Apps Popularized by 90 Day Fiancé Around The World In 90 Regretful Days Dessert (7 min) | GQ The weird magic of eiderdown "In Iceland, the harvesting of these precious feathers has created a peculiar bond between human and duck. What can this unique relationship teach us?" Entrée (9+ min) | The Guardian A Menu for Mars? NASA Plans to Grow Chiles in Space That's one small patch of chiles on the moon, one giant hope to one day have a Chili's on the moon. Dessert (5 min) | The New York Times Which 'Stranger Things' Kid Will the Lord Rapture on Judgement Day? Songs That My Friend John Says Are Cool Hard To Explain by The Strokes -- PDA by Interpol -- On Top by The Killers -- STMFJSAC Spotify Playlist Couldn't make it to SDCC? Here are all the best cosplayers from Comiccon without all the worst smells from Comiccon! @Tommytoughstuff: [After losing a rap battle]  "How did he get a hold of my credit score?" Thanks for reading!! It's hot out there so stay cool and stay cooooool ;) Share Tweet Forward Send The Lunch Read to a Friend! Written and curated by Tommy, Alexis, John, Kristin, Melissa, Colleen, and Adam Copyright © 2019, All Rights Reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list