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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime What if the classic board game had better rules for simulating capitalism? March 3, 2018 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I2anym
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My Life As A Minor League Baseball Clown (Literally)

This Ridiculous Exchange Captures The Infuriating Nature Of What Should Be A Very Simple Question: 'How Are You?'

What Happens If You Try To Hijack A ZipCar To Mexico?

Never Cover For A Con Man

Dog Riding In Car Adorably Ducks After Every Bridge They Pass

The Only Way To Save The Planet Is To Empty Half Of It Of Its Inhabitants

Trump, Lifelong New Yorker, Declares Himself A Resident Of Florida

A History Of Weird Web Design

This $250,000 Race Car Is Street-Legal. Watch This Baby Burn Rubber

Everyone's Wrong About The Streaming Wars

She Lost Her Son To Addiction, Then Lost Her House To Save Her Daughter

A Marathon Champion Answers All Your Burning Questions About Running

Is This Greece's Last Island Paradise?

Leaving Childhood Behind On The 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Ride

Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits To James Corden A Lie He Told When He Was Governor Of California

What's Blockchain Actually Good For, Anyway?

When The Wrong Patient Is Taken Off Life Support

No Sex In The Bunkbeds! Tales From The Most Intimate Sharing Economy Startup Yet

Cat Reacts Funnily To Owner Dressing Up As A Cat For Halloween

You Can Now Clone Your Pet. But Should You?

Early Black Friday Deals: Save 20% On Lego Ship In A Bottle

Professional Chefs Blind-Taste Test Cured Meats

20 Things That You Can Already Get Black Friday Deals On

Welcome To 'Cancer Alley'

Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down To Talk

Instead Of Running To Safety From The Fires, This Horse Heroically Went Back For Other Horses

This New Olympic Track Bike Is So Crazy It'll Probably Get Banned

Toddler's Favorite Toy In The World Is This Creepy Zombie Baby

Stolen Underwear And A Vengeful Spy Led To Baghdadi's Undoing

Fecal Transplant Death Mystery Solved

For Women In Business, Beauty Is A Liability

Think You Have Discerning Taste? This Researcher's Studies Reveal We're Truly Terrible At Identifying And Assessing The Food We Eat

Then WeCame To The End

Does The Future Of Public Housing Lie In These Cozy London Projects?

The Ultimate Fast-Food Barbecue Sauce Taste Test

Cosmic Triangles Open A Window To The Origin Of Time

Missing Words And A Screaming Match: Inside A Wild Day Of Impeachment Testimony

Truck Driver Scares The Bejesus Out Of Other Drivers With Horn Prank

Little Girl Dressed As Belle Adorably Dances With Her Dog That Is Dressed As Beast

Escalator Riders Horrified When A Heavy Piece Of Equipment Comes Crashing Down Escalator

How To Make A Black Hole

How Baby Boomers Have Killed the Manhattan Power Lunch

How Do We Get To The House Where This Dog Is Handing Out Halloween Candy?

I Guess My Parents Were Right About Frasier

What The Heck Is A Strand Game? Find Out With 'Death Stranding'

How Airbus Overtook Boeing As Aviation's Most Successful Aircraft Manufacturer

Diary Of An Awkward Teenage Balloon Artist

A Disastrous Disconnect

This Ultra-Slim, RFID-Blocking Aluminum Wallet Is Just $25

Nationals Manager Dave Martinez Has Meltdown With Umpires That Gets Him Ejected From The Game

Film Director Tries To Create Hollywood Style Shots Without Any Of The Professional Gear Required

The Building Designed By An Algorithm

The FBI Spends A Lot Of Time Spying On Black Americans

My GPS-Tracked Life: A Photo Essay About Being Electronically Monitored On Parole

Huskies Are Not Happy When They Learn There Are No Treats, And They're Not Afraid To Show It

My Time Inside A Group Where Men Confront Their Feelings

What Would A Truly Modern Human Look Like?

Man Witnesses The Strength Of A Leaf Blower By Levitating A Basketball

The Marshmallow Test Is More Controversial Than You Thought

Why Do We Think Cats Are Unfriendly?

Work Sucks — We Know

'Star Wars' Shocker: 'Game of Thrones' Duo Quits Planned Trilogy

Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Barred From Hong Kong Election

The Town Where WiFi Is Illegal

The Market For Voting Machines Is Broken. This Company Has Thrived In It

This Dog With A Clever Ambulance Costume Just Won Halloween

Digg Deals: Save $40 On Blink XT2 Smart Security Camera Two-Pack

YouTuber Learns How To Eat Fire And Describes The Surreal Feeling Inside His Mouth

Returning To Israel After 35 Years To Visit A Grave And Find A Country

Build a Solid Foundation in Electrical Engineering With This 5-Course Training Bundle

John Legend And Chrissy Teigen On Love, Childhood Traumas And The 'Sh*tty Human Being' In The White House

Hong Kong Protestor Comes Up With Ingenious Way To Tackle Tear Gas With Leaf Blower

The Weird History Of 'Nightmare On Elm Street' Comics

Gold Diggers On Camera

How To Write The Perfect Meet-Cute

It Was Supposed To Be The Safest Building In The World. Then It Cracked

Aaron Paul Goes Sneaker Shopping And Talks About The Outfits He Stole From The Set Of 'El Camino'

Why Are Parking Lots So Tricky For Self-Driving Cars?

A History Of The 'Bloody Mary' Mirror Trick — And Why, Horrifyingly, It Actually Works

The Art Of Healing Broken Hearts

The Cruel Lottery To Save America's Public Lands

Werner Herzog Narrates The Gun-Slinging New Trailer For 'The Mandalorian'

On Discovering A Multimillion-Dollar Trove Of Hitler's Looted Art In A Berlin Apartment

Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Lands After Record 780 Days In Orbit

Katie Hill Vows To Battle Revenge Porn After Resignation Following Leaked Nude Photos

How The US Finally Caught Up With ISIS Leader Baghdadi

How Pizza Hut Stopped Innovating Its Pizza And Fell Behind Domino's

A Cybersecurity Firm's Sharp Rise And Stunning Collapse

Watch Donald Trump Get Booed Loudly By Crowds At The World Series

Onlookers Capture Dramatic Footage Of A Momma Grizzly Bear Protecting Her Cubs From Curious Boar

My Company Sold For $100 Million And I Got Zilch. How Can That Be?

What Does A Downward Key Change Do To A Song?

How A Harvard Class Project Changed Barbecue

A Very Cozy History Of The Puffer Coat

Thirst Turns To Anger As Australia's Mighty River Runs Dry

The New NASA Book Will Make You Want To Be An Astronaut Again

Access More Than 500 Online Courses For Just $25

Check Out This Tiny Country On Top Of A Mountain

What It's Like To Build And Operate A Tiny Traveling Bookshop

The Power Law That Keeps The Brain's Perceptions Balanced

The Making Of A White Supremacist Myth

Billions' Worth Of Private Jets, Superyachts, And Mansions Have Been Bought With Corrupt Wealth

How Streaming Saved The Romantic Comedy

A Disease Expert Breaks Down Pandemic Scenes From Films And TV

Scientists Have Found A Way To Create Energy From The Night Sky

The Human Cost Of Your Smartphone

Puppy Furiously Attacks His Greatest Enemy: Hydration

World War II Posters That Made A Difference On The Homefront

The Final Five Percent

Inside Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Campaign

A Frustrated James Harden Bounced The Ball And Hit His Face, His Opponent Josh Hart Was Perplexed

Liberal Feminism Has A Sex Work Problem

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known For His Brutality, Is Dead At 48

How Liberalism Became 'The God That Failed' In Eastern Europe

Why America Isn't Equipped For The New Rules Of War

As Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Feds Take On Fanciful Crosswalks

Fuhgeddaboutit! Sorry, But There Is No Brooklyn Accent

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Killed In US Raid In Syria, Trump Confirms

Special Operations Raid Said to Kill Senior Terrorist Leader in Syria

Research And Rescue: Saving Species From Ourselves

Octopus Attempts To Steal Camera From Diver

How Would Opening Up Facebook Change The Internet?

Vincent Price's Halloween Special Has It All: Music, Friends And Arts And Crafts

Children Of The '80s And '90s, Prepare To Get All Nostalgic Over This Board Game

Sparks Fly As This Couple Experience Love At First Sight

The Fraught History (And Inevitable Future) Of Space Tourism

Buy Refurbished And Save $150 Off A 10.5-Inch iPad Pro

This One Handed Catch By South Carolina Wide Receiver Bryan Edwards Is Unbelievable

Doorbell Camera Captures Harrowing Footage Of California Family Evacuating From Wildfire

Remembering The Terror And Mayhem Of Woodstock '99, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week

The Reason Why Fire Trucks Are Painted Red

David Mitchell Had His Wife Victoria On His Team During An Episode Of 'Would I Lie To You?' And It Was Hilariously Delightful

Ms. Pac-Man's Revenge

YouTuber Attempts To Make Solid Steel Out Of Metal Shavings With A Hydraulic Press

Dog At A Bar Is Absolutely Transfixed By '101 Dalmatians' Being Played On The TV

I'm 72. So What?

Queen Elizabeth Is The Most Traveled Head Of State In The World — How Does She Get Around?

The Red-State Savior Democrats Don't Want

The Rise And Fall And Rise Of The American Tiki Bar

Speaking Truth To Power: Reflections On My Career At Microsoft

Rachel Maddow Confronts Bosses Live On The Air About NBC's Handling Of Ronan Farrow's Reporting

Conan Trolls His Messy Producer By Cutting His Office In Half

How The Runaway Success Of 'Flappy Bird' Ruined Its Creator's Life

Cinderblock, A Morbidly Obese Cat, Is Not In The Mood To Workout

What Would Happen To A Plane If Lightning Struck It?

Where'd You Go, Rocco DiSpirito?

This Floating Bonsai Pot Makes A Great Desk Piece And It's 50% Off

Are Memes Ruining Television?

Why Isn’t There A Diet That Works For Everyone?

50 Company Stocks To Watch In 2020

Whoops! We Really Should Have Known These Trivia Questions

800 Golf Courses Have Closed Down In The United States Over The Last 10 Years — What Happens To This Abandoned Land?

Maybe It’s Not YouTube’s Algorithm That Radicalizes People

An Oral History Of Those Extremely Creepy Chuck E. Cheese Robots

Meet The People Who Helped Their Exes Find New Love

The Teens Don’t Love TikTok As Much As You Think They Do

Get A Good Night’s Sleep Anywhere With This Memory Foam Travel Pillow

Here Are The Most Bizarrely Designed Banknotes Around The World

The Priceless Moment When Bobby Rankin, Pallbearer At Congressman Elijah Cummings’ Funeral, Deliberately Skips Shaking Mitch McConnell’s Hand

The 2010s Have Broken Our Sense Of Time

Wife Encounters Husband Taking Halloween To The Disturbing Next Level While Cycling Through The Neighborhood, Is Not Pleased At All

At MIT, A Rancid 25-Year-Old Milk Carton Is Fetid And Famous

How A Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To NBA Owner Dan Gilbert

The Brands Want You To Feel Good About Your Body Hair Now

Zelda Fan Reimagines ‘Ocarina Of Time’ In Unreal Engine And The Result Is Spectacular

Nokia Is Having One Of Its Worst Days Ever, Thanks To 5G

Melting Glaciers Reveal Five New Islands In The Arctic

Why Dietitians Won’t Shut Up About Nuts

Love And Other Drugs: On Bringing Cannabis Into The Bedroom

Driver Tries To Squeeze In Narrow Gap Between Moving Cars. Things… Don’t End Well

Will The Boeing 737 Max Ever Fly Again?

She Dedicated Her Life To The Military. Why Didn’t It Protect Her From Abuse?

Fearless Dog Won’t Back Down From Charging Sheep

How The Obsession By Parents Over Getting Their Kids Into The Best Schools Led To The Biggest College Admission Scam In History

The Case For Late Bloomers

An American Citizen Was Detained While Trying To Pay A Customs Fee

A Corporate Music Explainer: How To Compose With No Soul

Scientists Have Trained Rats To Drive Tiny Cars To Collect Food

Interview With Robert Eggers About That Gross Dinner In 'The Lighthouse'

Should We Generate Energy By Burning Trash?

Calling Danger At The Grandview Speedway

How You Can Break Into A Lucrative Coding Career And Fend Off Automation

One Family Built Forever 21, And Fueled Its Collapse

Is Adam Neumann's $1.7 Billion Severance The Largest Ever?

Here’s All The Times Mark Zuckerberg Faced Intense Grilling From Congress And Looked Lost And Confused

Apparently, I Attended A Windows 7 Party 10 Years Ago

Doom and Bloom: The Growing Millennial Obsession With Houseplants

Trump Said He's Building A Wall In Colorado, And No One Knows What He's Talking About

In Defense Of Airlines’ Basic Economy Seating

Mark Zuckerberg Looks Uncomfortable As Congresswoman Joyce Beatty Grills Him Over Facebook’s Record On Diversity

Jeans: Not Dead, Weirder Than Ever

Can Thomas Edison’s Reputation Be Salvaged?

Boy With Cerebral Palsy Gets To Enjoy Skateboarding For The First Time With Help From His Mom

Why Do We Like To Visit Scary Houses That Creep Us Out?

What The Downfall Of WeWork Says About Tech Capitalism

Paul Rudd Puts A Twist On Longstanding Prank On Conan O'Brien

John Lithgow Delivers Crazy Rudy Giuliani Impression In Stephen Colbert Interview

Shaq O’Neal Comes To Daryl Morey’s Defense In China-NBA Controversy: ‘Morey Was Right’

How To Think Without Google

In Hong Kong, Which Side Is Technology On?

Dog Is His Own Best Friend, Goes And Gets His Towel So His Owner Can Dry Him

This Truck Camouflaged In Leaves Will Leave You Just As Flummoxed As Us

This Lighthouse Was Moved Inland From The Coast On Skates

Hear Your Music, Not Your Coworkers

The Trial Of Harry Houdini

Everyone Loves Crispy And Crunchy, But What About Chewy?

On The Countercultural Influence Of ‘Peanuts’

Code For The New Apple iOS With This Complete iOS 13 And SwiftUI Developer Bundle

What If You Call 911 And No One Comes?

World's Weirdest Cop Chase Has Cops Pursuing A Car Without Wheels

Under Digital Surveillance: How American Schools Spy On Millions Of Kids

Listen To The Loudest Mating Call Among Birds

Brain Scans Shed New Light On The Mysterious Ailments Of US Diplomats In Havana

It's Not Just Ronan Farrow: NBC News Killed My Rape-Allegation Story, Too

How Do Surgeons Remove Conjoined Twins?

After The Storm

Spotify Saved the Music Industry. Now What?

Women At Ernst & Young Are Instructed On How To Dress And Act Nicely Around Men

What It's Like To Bring Up A Baby In A War Zone

David Bowie Played This Easy-Peasy Synth In 'Space Odyssey' And You Can Play It Too

Man Parachutes Right Into The Middle Of A Soccer Game In Italy

Uranium Scare Exposes Grand Canyon's Toxic Work Culture

The Rise Of 'Japandi' Style

How Reporters Figured Out The Identities Of The Men Who Vandalized The Emmett Till Memorial

You Talk Real Good

This Royalty-Free Stock Photo Library Is A Must-Have For Any Designer

The Obscure Charges That Utility Companies Add To Your Bills

A Million People Are Jailed At China's Gulags. I Managed To Escape. Here's What Really Goes On Inside

How The World's Largest Geode Grew To Half The Size Of A Small Bedroom

What If Tropical Forests Stop Absorbing Carbon?

Stop Carrying Around A Phone Perpetually At 8% And Start Using Dark Mode

A Bartender Considers His Final Drink

What It's Like To Work For The Same Company For More Than 25 Years

Julian Castro Says He'll End His Presidential Campaign If He Doesn't Raise $800,000 In The Next 10 Days

The Final Trailer For 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Features A Whole Bunch Of New Footage

The Fake School-Shooting Threats Getting Kids Arrested

What Will The Internet Look Like In 2030?

The Giant Art That Keeps Planes Quiet

Francis Ford Coppola Says Scorsese Was Being Kind: 'Marvel Movies Are Despicable'

Adam Driver, The Original Man

Alec Baldwin Drops His Pants During Jimmy Fallon Interview To Prove He's Lost Weight

What Viral Budgets Reveal About The Rich

The Secret Revenge Of An Assault Survivor

How Scientology Doubled Its Downtown Clearwater Footprint In Three Years

Meeting My Third Family

The World's Smallest Comic Book Shop

Remembering That Weird Live-Action Winnie The Pooh TV Show From The 1980s That Isn't Coming To Disney+ Any Time Soon

Coming Out In Uganda Was A Death Sentence. The US Border Was A Trap

The Outer Worlds Is Essentially Obsidian's Follow-Up To New Vegas

Why Do We Have Blue And Green Eyes If We Don't Have Those Pigments In Our Eyes?

Out With The Old, In With The Young

Glamping Is Most Popular Among Millennials And Gen Z

Total Noobs And Real Estate Experts Guess How Much A Mansion On Sunset Boulevard Costs

This Sonicare Alternative Is On Sale For Over 70% Off

What The Dark Web Can Teach Us About The Opioid Crisis

Millions Of People Are Living Without Access To Safe Drinking Water — What If We Just Desalinated The Ocean?

Affordable Housing Is Disappearing. So Cities Are Designating Parking Lots To Sleep In

Kindle Hackers Are Disabling Tracking And Ads

How One Man Went From A Life Prison Sentence To A $100K+ Engineering Job

Mitt Romney Has A Secret Twitter Account, And It Looks Like It's This One

How Art Created Stereotypes Of The Arab World

In New York, The Neighborhood You're Shot In May Determine Whether You Survive

Confessions Of A Spiritual Dickhead

Man Tries To Get Rid Of The Bugs In His Yard Using Matchsticks, Ends Up With A Minor Explosion

I Just Took The World's First 20-Hour Flight. Here's What It Did To Me

The Badass WWII Squadron Of Female Pilots Known As The Night Witches

Concussion Research Has A Troubling Patriarchy Problem

So…Why Is The Ocean So Salty?

I Study UFO's And This Is The Best UFO Documentary Ever Made

The Siege And Fall Of A Hoops Haven That Made All The Wrong Enemies

How Much Is Budgeted Towards The American President's Living Expenses?

Luigi's Mansion 3 Comes Out On Halloween

What Climate Change Will Do To Three Major American Cities By 2100

Adorable Baby Elephant Rolls Around In The Sand To The Delight Of Safari-ers

Five Green Men Ride A Bicycle

Sea Of Troubles

Terrazzo Used To Be Kitschy. Now It's On Everything From Spalding Basketballs To Madewell Dresses

How 'Almost Famous' Foretold The Future Of Music Journalism

'Bob's Burgers' Star H. Jon Benjamin Is Always There For You

Medicare For All? Try Immortality For All

Old Dudes On Skateboards

Appreciative Bull Thoroughly Enjoys Getting His Ear Scratched

The Devil's Horsemen

Save Over 50% On This Towel That Fights Bacteria To Keep You Clean And Healthy

'You've Got to Stop This': Jared Leto Fumed Over New 'Joker' Movie

Photographing A Teenager Over The Course Of Eight Years, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week