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"Songs For Mastubations" and Other Search Terms Used to Find Phronk.com (Volume 7)
I haven’t done this in a while. Here are some of the doors through which people walked to get to Phronk.com. Long-time readers will realize that most of these people entered to find exactly what they were looking for. stupid stuff on the internet [Note: any Google search can probably safely omit “on the internet.”] vampire…
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Why Horror Movies Are Scary, and Why People Like Them Anyway
Hollywood Horror by Tedakin A while ago, I was contacted by a PR agency who had seen one of my talks about the psychology of horror. A British media company was putting together a Halloween marketing campaign, and wanted some advice on how to use some scariness to make it more effective. I wrote them…
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Why Isn't Ignorance of the Law an Excuse?
You know how they say “ignorance of the law is no excuse”? Have you ever thought about how messed up that is? First let me preface this with one of my favourite acronyms: IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer). I don’t know the legal theory behind what I’m about to discuss, and my assumptions about…

I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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