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Still, they have standards. His shipping inbox gets “a lot of rambling,” Guterman said.

“Someone will send an email, ‘I want to write about all my boy problems,’” she said. “And, well, maybe we really don’t care about all your boy problems.” In that case, he said, the writer was encouraged to explore “boys’ problems in general.”

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On a hot May afternoon, the co-founders discussed corporate sponsorship over white wine, Diet Coke and mixed nuts at the Chelsea Hotel. Byline contributors will not be paid for now, but Guterman and O’Sullivan said they had been in talks with possible backers, including furniture company Knoll, astrology app Co-Star and dating app Feeld.

Wearing an emerald maxi dress and nude Gucci sandals, Guterman applauded. “We had a moment of coming to Jesus,” he said. “We got rid of the banner ads. I don’t want to go to this great website and see advertisements.”

“Eww,” said Mrs. O’Sullivan, who was wearing a large blazer and wide-legged jeans.

The Drunken Canal didn’t make money. However, he managed to get the Soylent nutritional shake company to pay for a trip to Art Basel in Miami.

“It’s a bit of a confusing story,” Ms. Guterman said of her fleeting relationship with the meal replacement company. “Basically, Claire and I wanted to go to Basel,” she continued, referring to Claire Banse, co-founder of the paper. “I was like, ‘Let’s pretend Tesla drove us.’ Claire said, ‘No, no, let’s pretend Soylent he took us out.’”

Soylent seemed accessible to Guterman. “I was like, ‘I feel like I could get to Soylent,’” he said. Four hours later, he recalled, he was in a group conversation with the company’s founder, Rob Rhinehart.