THE INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF QUESTIONABLE DECISIONSADULT HUMOUR · 18+
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THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF DIGITAL AUDACITY

THE DMs ARE
UNHINGED.
THE DIARY
IS OPEN.

Documenting digital audacity. One terrible decision at a time.

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CONFIDENCE:
UNSUPERVISED.
Blue the shy one, Green the confident one, Orange the chaotic one, Red the arrogant one and Yellow the elusive one: five rounded cartoon characters in hoodies, cargo trousers and chunky trainers.

THE D!@KHEADS Blue · Green · Orange · Red · Yellow. All accounted for. For now.

No names. No faces. Just staggering confidence.18+ · ANONYMOUS BY DESIGN

THE CITY IS A SCENE. FIND THE AGENT.

WHERE’S
WILLI?

Our silver suspect is somewhere in Cardiff. Find him and his five colourful witnesses.

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Busy illustrated Cardiff city puzzle
DMs OPENEDAUDACITY AWARDSSHAME ON MEREPLY HALL OF FAMEABSOLUTELY NOT.
THIS MONTH’S
CITY UNDER REVIEW

CARDIFF. YOUR FILE IS OPEN.

Big city energy. Very small “you know him too?” world.

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Stories marked editorial fiction are invented launch pieces. Community submissions open now.

DMs Opened
“Can we circle back to us in Q3?”
Cardiff · Editorial fiction

He sent a calendar invite. For a situationship.

Six weeks of talking. Zero dates. One surprisingly well-formatted meeting request.

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Reply Hall of Fame
“You’ll never find someone like me.”
Bristol · Editorial fiction

“You’ll never find someone like me.” Correct.

That was, in fact, the entire point of leaving.

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Audacity Awards
“I’m just not great at communicating.”
Manchester · Editorial fiction

A seven-minute voice note. To say he’s “not a talker”.

Sir, that was a podcast. There were chapters.

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Shame On Me
“Why am I in a caravan in 2014?”
Cardiff · Editorial fiction

I accidentally liked his mum’s holiday album. From 2014.

Shame On Me: a story of curiosity, poor thumb control and a very long scroll.

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YOUR INBOX HAS SEEN THINGS.

DON’T SUFFER ALONE.
MAKE IT LITERATURE.

The message. The date. The sheer, unearned confidence. We want the story.

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COMING NEXT: BRISTOL. The next City File is collecting stories.

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COLLECTING THE YEAR’S MOST QUESTIONABLE MOMENTS

ONE YEAR. ZERO SHAME. THE ANNUAL.

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