The Week contest: Despicable suitors
This week's question: "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli, the convicted fraudster who astronomically hiked the price of a drug often used by HIV patients, is seeking applications from "exceptional candidates" who want to date him. What would you call a dating app for the world's most despised people?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: political self-sabotage
RESULTS:
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
THE WINNER: “UnHinged”
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
SECOND PLACE: “The Loathsome Hearts Club”
Karen Shepherd, Social Circle Georgia
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
THIRD PLACE: “ScornHub”
Amanda Avallone, Portland, Maine
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“PlentyOfSchmucks”
Anne Butman, Green Valley, Arizona
“SpamScamThankUMa’am”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
“Loathe@FirstSite”
Valerie Ceriano, New York City
“Match.con”
Amanda Tumminaro, Dixon, Illinois
“Cringe”
Adam Mesirow, Chicago
“Friends With Deficits”
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Washington
“Adult FiendFinder”
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
“CageMatch.com”
Mary Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa
“Scum Like It Hot”
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
“eVillainy”
David Buch, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
“Despicable Meet”
George Zepernick, Denver
“Macchiavalentine”
Sophie Diehl, San Francisco
-
Cop30: is the UN climate summit over before it begins?Today’s Big Question Trump administration will not send any high-level representatives, while most nations failed to submit updated plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
-
‘The Big Crunch’: why science is divided over the future of the universeThe Explainer New study upends the prevailing theory about dark matter and says it is weakening
-
Quiz of The Week: 1 – 7 NovemberQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?