SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

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• Headline: Xi's Leadership in Hong Kong Protests. Impact: Xi's indecisiveness during the Hong Kong protests set off a chain of events where future leaders would think it's perfectly fine to ignore their citizens' cries, leading to a global trend of 'let's just hope it goes away'.. Fact: Interestingly, Xi's leadership style is so imperious that even his reflection in the mirror is afraid to disagree with him..
• Headline: Decline of Dunk Tank Clowns in America. Impact: The decline of dunk tank clowns marked the end of an era where public humiliation was a fun pastime, paving the way for a future where people now pay to be insulted in private instead. Welcome to the age of therapy!. Fact: Once upon a time, dunk tanks were the pinnacle of carnival entertainment. Now, people prefer their clowns to be more 'It' and less 'it’s just a harmless prank.'.
• Headline: Cheating, Inc.: How Writing Papers for American College Students Has Become a Lucrative Profession Overseas. Impact: The rise of paper-writing services created a whole new economy where students learned that outsourcing their education could lead to the invention of 'degree inflation'—where everyone has a diploma but no one knows anything.. Fact: Ironically, the biggest paper-writing business is actually run by a group of college graduates who are now too busy writing papers for others to write their own!.