Eric Scheske's Outside Modern Limits

The Man with the Pubic Hair Jacket

So many rabbit holes, so many authorities telling us there are no rabbit holes.

Jan 5 • Eric Scheske

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December 2025

The Newest Mad Brewer Concoction That's Sweeping 35 States in the Nation at $200+ a Bottle

A Micro-Essay

Dec 26, 2025 • Eric Scheske

My Contribution to the Genre of Addiction Literature

In the grand tradition of De Quincey's Confessions of an Opium-Eater

Dec 22, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Rationalism, Irrationalism, the Occult, Science: Whatever It Takes in Silicon Valley These Days

It's time for the rest of us to summon the ghost of Rabelais

Dec 15, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Prima Nocta Is Medieval Myth but Modern Overlords Aren't

From OneDrive to the Epstein files, they just keep sticking It in our face

Dec 8, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Five Ways to be a Good Host

I’m an introvert, not a prick (probably).

Dec 1, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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November 2025

Hey, Z: Stop Worrying about Your Life-Work Balance

I wasn’t thrilled about our town’s Mexican invasion back in the 1990s.

Nov 24, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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All Alcohol is Bad for You, Until It's Not

Dr. Lefty Hemifear is at it again

Nov 21, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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October 2025

Books are Irrational

That's why they're better than online prose. Embrace the tactile even if (especially if!) you can't understand why the tactile is better than the…

Oct 20, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Leather Yourself Against Cults

Role models are great.

Oct 13, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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The Zizian Inside You

“We’re all just one hyperlink away from a new cult.” Adam Lehrer

Oct 6, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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September 2025

The OG Reading App

"Truth outside the control of the powerful"

Sep 29, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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