Points in Case
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Daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy, since 1999. pointsincase.com
If humans were meant to be comfortable, they would evolve like AI technology that’s powered by the abundant data centers.
The Power Bill Is Here and It’s All Your Fault!
If humans were meant to be comfortable, they would evolve like AI technology that’s powered by the abundant data centers.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If humans were meant to be comfortable, they would evolve like AI technology that’s powered by the abundant data centers.
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When the kids are tearing open gifts on Christmas, know this is what they really want. @pointsincase.com
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The iPad Scoffs at Your Pathetic Christmas Presents
Nadine rips open the presents, revealing these primitive analog relics. But by noon, she’ll have forgotten about all of you.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When the kids are tearing open gifts on Christmas, know this is what they really want. @pointsincase.com
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Hey @pointsincase.com writers! I'm stepping away from my editing desk to climb up the Rockefeller Center tree with a bag of pretzels to recharge--please don't tell the staff, they always try to coax me out
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey @pointsincase.com writers! I'm stepping away from my editing desk to climb up the Rockefeller Center tree with a bag of pretzels to recharge--please don't tell the staff, they always try to coax me out
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
From Bob Cratchit: A simple "thank you" note. "Neatly folded. Handwritten and handmade---on my office stationery. Pay docked for materials."
Ebenezer Scrooge Reviews His Christmas Cards
From Bob Cratchit: A simple "thank you" note. "Neatly folded. Handwritten and handmade---on my office stationery. Pay docked for materials."
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December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From Bob Cratchit: A simple "thank you" note. "Neatly folded. Handwritten and handmade---on my office stationery. Pay docked for materials."
I’m best known as a benevolent holiday figure, I’m also a gifted anatomy artist and an expert at tiptoeing around houses without waking people up.
After Coming Down the Chimney, I Promise Not to Draw Your Feet While You Sleep
I’m best known as a benevolent holiday figure, I’m also a gifted anatomy artist and an expert at tiptoeing around houses without waking people up.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’m best known as a benevolent holiday figure, I’m also a gifted anatomy artist and an expert at tiptoeing around houses without waking people up.
If I had to choose between visiting key moments in your life or watching paint dry, I’d go to Home Depot right now and buy every single can of Sherwin Williams.
I’m the Ghost of Christmas Past and I’ve Never Haunted You Because Your Life Is Too Boring
If I had to choose between visiting key moments in your life or watching paint dry, I’d go to Home Depot right now and buy every single can of Sherwin Williams.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If I had to choose between visiting key moments in your life or watching paint dry, I’d go to Home Depot right now and buy every single can of Sherwin Williams.
Many of you are more than friends, you’re also treasured shareholders of American Correctional Solutions, so I don’t need to tell you that ACS’s profits are through the roof.
Christmas Card from a Family That Runs a Private Prison Company
Many of you are more than friends, you’re also treasured shareholders of American Correctional Solutions, so I don’t need to tell you that ACS’s profits are through the roof.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Many of you are more than friends, you’re also treasured shareholders of American Correctional Solutions, so I don’t need to tell you that ACS’s profits are through the roof.
WOULD: Portable Manger. Mamas, this is a must. I loved having this when I was praying, prostrating, or getting my nails done with the girls.
Registry Items I, The Virgin Mary, Would and Wouldn’t Buy Again If I Were Giving Birth to the (Next) Son of God
WOULD: Portable Manger. Mamas, this is a must. I loved having this when I was praying, prostrating, or getting my nails done with the girls.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOULD: Portable Manger. Mamas, this is a must. I loved having this when I was praying, prostrating, or getting my nails done with the girls.
And, so, I looked over my notes from your lesson and I figured it out. Boom. Just like that. Did it. Done. I proofread it, named it, kissed it, and then my dog ate it.
My Dog Ate My Homework and Then Did Ayahuasca
And, so, I looked over my notes from your lesson and I figured it out. Boom. Just like that. Did it. Done. I proofread it, named it, kissed it, and then my dog ate it.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And, so, I looked over my notes from your lesson and I figured it out. Boom. Just like that. Did it. Done. I proofread it, named it, kissed it, and then my dog ate it.
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In this week's newsletter, @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up some great pieces by @madelinegoetz.bsky.social, Will Lampe, and Rose O'Shea in @mcsweeneys.net; Adrian Tomine in @newyorker.com; and Alex Laskey in @pointsincase.com.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In this week's newsletter, @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up some great pieces by @madelinegoetz.bsky.social, Will Lampe, and Rose O'Shea in @mcsweeneys.net; Adrian Tomine in @newyorker.com; and Alex Laskey in @pointsincase.com.
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I want a scorn-pole so that I can use it against my coworkers (who are also my enemies).
This is an older piece published at @pointsincase.com but dreams die hard and I’m still hoping for that scorn-pole to finally appear beneath the Christmas tree.
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This is an older piece published at @pointsincase.com but dreams die hard and I’m still hoping for that scorn-pole to finally appear beneath the Christmas tree.
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All I Want for Christmas Is a Norse Pagan Scorn-Pole
I’ve been silently scorning them for years and I’m ready to take it up a notch—with a decapitated horse head and powerful pagan curses.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I want a scorn-pole so that I can use it against my coworkers (who are also my enemies).
This is an older piece published at @pointsincase.com but dreams die hard and I’m still hoping for that scorn-pole to finally appear beneath the Christmas tree.
www.pointsincase.com/articles/all...
This is an older piece published at @pointsincase.com but dreams die hard and I’m still hoping for that scorn-pole to finally appear beneath the Christmas tree.
www.pointsincase.com/articles/all...
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@seahawksofficial.com playing "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" at 9:34 ET/6:34 PT (!) during Thursday Night Football. Verdict? Too early.
From @pointsincase.com:
From @pointsincase.com:
A Comprehensive Timeline for When Your Cover Band Should Play “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
@seahawksofficial.com playing "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" at 9:34 ET/6:34 PT (!) during Thursday Night Football. Verdict? Too early.
From @pointsincase.com:
From @pointsincase.com:
If I can find the scissors and cut open all seventy-three of these packets, I might almost have enough stale soy sauce for one stir fry serving.
Before I Move, I Will Finish All of the Condiments in My Fridge
If I can find the scissors and cut open all seventy-three of these packets, I might almost have enough stale soy sauce for one stir fry serving.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If I can find the scissors and cut open all seventy-three of these packets, I might almost have enough stale soy sauce for one stir fry serving.
Recent "How did you find PIC?" from submitters:
- In the dark recesses of a cave, I found a map that led deeper into the gallows of a secret prison underneath a playground in La Jolla, San Diego. Inside, a chest had a QR code for PIC
- Word of Mouth
- Duotrope
- Googling "funny" places I can submit!
- In the dark recesses of a cave, I found a map that led deeper into the gallows of a secret prison underneath a playground in La Jolla, San Diego. Inside, a chest had a QR code for PIC
- Word of Mouth
- Duotrope
- Googling "funny" places I can submit!
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Recent "How did you find PIC?" from submitters:
- In the dark recesses of a cave, I found a map that led deeper into the gallows of a secret prison underneath a playground in La Jolla, San Diego. Inside, a chest had a QR code for PIC
- Word of Mouth
- Duotrope
- Googling "funny" places I can submit!
- In the dark recesses of a cave, I found a map that led deeper into the gallows of a secret prison underneath a playground in La Jolla, San Diego. Inside, a chest had a QR code for PIC
- Word of Mouth
- Duotrope
- Googling "funny" places I can submit!
There is evidence that Festerman did correct people on the Gandhi misattribution but there is no evidence he actually felt better about himself.
Who Actually Said, “Actually, Gandhi Never Said, ‘Be the Change You Want to See in the World’”?
There is evidence that Festerman did correct people on the Gandhi misattribution but there is no evidence he actually felt better about himself.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There is evidence that Festerman did correct people on the Gandhi misattribution but there is no evidence he actually felt better about himself.
I want you to unzip that undersized bag of dried sweet potato jerky and peel it apart... Use your teeth baby, too stale?
Sexting with Ocean State Job Lot
I want you to unzip that undersized bag of dried sweet potato jerky and peel it apart... Use your teeth baby, too stale?
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December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I want you to unzip that undersized bag of dried sweet potato jerky and peel it apart... Use your teeth baby, too stale?
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I wrote this for @pointsincase.com because sometimes, it’s just too early to be hearing “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
A Comprehensive Timeline for When Your Cover Band Should Play “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
www.pointsincase.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wrote this for @pointsincase.com because sometimes, it’s just too early to be hearing “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
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Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen! Thanks to @pointsincase.com for the chance to celebrate her genius with a satire piece starring the great satirist herself.
Jane Austen Regrets That She Cannot Attend Your Dream Dinner Party
I cannot abide the vulgar shoptalk of striving strangers who demand to know, “Where do you find your inspiration?”
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December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen! Thanks to @pointsincase.com for the chance to celebrate her genius with a satire piece starring the great satirist herself.
This year's most-voted-for reader faves include humor about Satan, the moon landing, and... awkward silences.
The People’s Favorites 2025
This year's most-voted-for reader faves include humor about Satan, the moon landing, and... awkward silences.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This year's most-voted-for reader faves include humor about Satan, the moon landing, and... awkward silences.
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
A Comprehensive Timeline for When Your Cover Band Should Play “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
www.pointsincase.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
10:24 P.M.: Has that older dude with frosted tips requested “Every Morning” yet? He always does.
I cannot abide the vulgar shoptalk of striving strangers who demand to know, “Where do you find your inspiration?”
Jane Austen Regrets That She Cannot Attend Your Dream Dinner Party
I cannot abide the vulgar shoptalk of striving strangers who demand to know, “Where do you find your inspiration?”
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December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I cannot abide the vulgar shoptalk of striving strangers who demand to know, “Where do you find your inspiration?”
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Feels like this is about me.
I got sidetracked into reading a biography of the book’s author instead.
Reasons My Library Book Is 47 Weeks Overdue
I got sidetracked into reading a biography of the book’s author instead.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Feels like this is about me.
I got sidetracked into reading a biography of the book’s author instead.
Reasons My Library Book Is 47 Weeks Overdue
I got sidetracked into reading a biography of the book’s author instead.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I got sidetracked into reading a biography of the book’s author instead.
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In this week's newsletter @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up great writing by @scarletkmeyer.bsky.social and Robert Rooney in @mcsweeneys.net, Ally Mason in @pointsincase.com, and W.F. Carolyn in @robotbutt.bsky.social.
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A Newsletter of Humorous Writing
by Luke Burns & James Folta A weekly newsletter dedicated to humorous writing and humorous writers. We round up the best short humor pieces and funny articles every week, and have some fun extras ever...
buttondown.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In this week's newsletter @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up great writing by @scarletkmeyer.bsky.social and Robert Rooney in @mcsweeneys.net, Ally Mason in @pointsincase.com, and W.F. Carolyn in @robotbutt.bsky.social.
Check it out and subscribe at the link below!
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Bleu De Gex: Known for its blue veins, it is aged for three weeks with Penicillium roqueforti, and cannot be legally sold in the continental United States.
A Menu of Our Fine, Illegal French Cheeses and Their Legal-to-Buy-and-Own Assault Weapon Pairings
Bleu De Gex: Known for its blue veins, it is aged for three weeks with Penicillium roqueforti, and cannot be legally sold in the continental United States.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bleu De Gex: Known for its blue veins, it is aged for three weeks with Penicillium roqueforti, and cannot be legally sold in the continental United States.