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Chris Illuminati

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As seen in: Message With A Bottle, Medium, MSN, Rolling Stone, Substack, Flipboard, The Daily Dot, Futurism, Yahoo, AskMen, Maxim and
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Chris Illuminati’s Biography

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Chris Illuminati is the author of five books, and his writing has appeared in various sources and front of millions of eyeballs, including Rolling Stone, Fatherly, AskMen, Popular Science, The Manual, Men’s Health, Cosmo, and Maxim.

He's the creator of the parenting website Message With a Bottle, where he writes jokes about parenting on post-it notes. Those notes somehow ended up on Good Morning America.

And that’s about it.

Wait, one more thing…

Yes, it’s his real last name.

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90s Stuff That I Can't Explain to My Kids

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By Chris Illuminati Verified
| Message With A Bottle
If you grew up in the 1990s, you remember a time before smartphones, social media, and instant Google searches — when late-night infomercials and cable TV basically were the internet. Some of the stuff we all loved and watched looks pretty bizarre to younger generations.
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This happened in a Walmart

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By Chris Illuminati Verified
| Message With A Bottle
I watched a video about a guy who purchased something at Walmart – using cash – and an hour later they emailed to ask him this question. Here is his story, plus a story I know about a woman who used gift cards and was being watched. VIDEO Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more content! Like this: Like Loading...
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The Craziest Food Challenges In The World-And How To Beat Them

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By Chris Illuminati Verified
| BroBible Verified
The world is home to plenty of insane food challenges designed to push people to their limit Here are some of the craziest feats offered by restaurants and others you can whip up at home—and the best strategies for coming out on top Check out more stuff about food here Crazy food challenges are commonplace in countless restaurants across the nation. Restaurant owners challenge patrons to gorge on excessive amounts of food with the promise of rewards if emerging victorious.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Content Creator with phillyBurbs.com

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I loved it.

How is social media changing news?

It now makes the news.