Sickest Upgrade: An artist is apparently prowling the streets of Amsterdam in order to soup up the rides of unsuspecting vehicle owners with nothing more than cardboard and masking tape. Talk about a slick whip. -- Sandra Song
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Most Head-Scratching Hack of the Week: An Islamist's takeover of lit erotica publicationAdult Magazine's website. What's next? Stealing customer data off Etsy? -- Abby Schreiber
Best New Actress In A Real Drama: A drunk Iowa college student apparently called 9/11 claiming to be Olivia Pope of ABC's Scandal. Cyrus Beene and a bomb headed for the White House also got a special lil shoutout! -- SS
Grossest Sex Toy: Because a Trump sex doll was unavoidable. Granted, at least all the profits from this will go toward the U.N. Refugee Agency, so stick it *ahem* to Trump and his anti-Syrian remarks while you can. -- SS
Biggest Media News of the Week: Sorry, Playboy, but we don't really care if you show nudes or not -- the biggest media annouccement of the week was, instead, that Condé Nast has acquired Pitchfork. We give that decision a solid 7.4. -- A.S.
Biggest Media News of the Week: Sorry, Playboy, but we don't really care if you show nudes or not -- the biggest media annouccement of the week was, instead, that Condé Nast has acquired Pitchfork. We give that decision a solid 7.4. -- A.S.
Most Triggering News Tie-In: Yep, Law and Order: SVU is doing a tangentially Duggars-themed episode. Working title? "Patrimonial Burden."--SS
Most Snooze-Inducing TV of the Week: The Democratic Debate. While we applaud them for their civility compared to their Republican counterparts, the whole thing was the equivalent of televisual Ambien. -- A.S.
Best Father-Daughter Instagram: Larry David's daughter Cazzie, posting this photo of her dad doing some crazy dad Civil War stuff. -- Eric Thurm
Most Interesting Social Media Statistic:800,000 people reportedly came out in the past year on Facebook, a number that leaves a lot to be desired (namely, context) but at least points at some interesting thoughts. -- E.T.
Most Powerful Parental Content: Nathan Fielder, star of Comedy Central's Nathan for You, butted heads with Bonney Teti, mother of A.V. Club editor-in-chief John Teti, over the character of his show. It's a great read. -- E.T.