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On this version of The Present, we share a love letter to a duck in disaster. Plus: our inaugural Greatest New Picks Awards winners.<\/em><\/p>\n

A number of weeks in the past, I had an especially essential 1:1 assembly with Wirecutter\u2019s editor-in-chief, Ben Frumin. It was a looking out dialog that veered into the existential and posed among the hardest questions I\u2019ve ever been requested on this (or truthfully, any) job. The matter at hand? A $17 duck lamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A lot of you might acknowledge the duck. It \u2014 in all of its cute, sophisticated, ennui-ridden glory \u2014 first appeared on this very publication,<\/a> when items knowledgeable Samantha Schoech urged it as a birthday reward for a prankster. Since then, the duck has come to imply many issues to many individuals, however particularly to our newsroom. And Ben was on a journey to search out out why.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do I really like the duck so?\u201d he wished to know. \u201cAnd what does it say about me, about all of us, that we love the duck?\u201d His reporting led him to uncover the true which means of the duck, which I gained\u2019t spoil for you, however it’s best to completely examine right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it gave us language to assist clarify what makes it such a very compelling reward \u2014 considered one of our hottest ever<\/a>. (As Ben factors out, importantly, \u201cvanishingly few recipients would have already got one.\u201d)<\/p>\n

To me, the duck is ideal. But it surely\u2019s simply one of many 71 winners we unveiled this week for our inaugural Greatest New Picks Awards<\/a>. These standouts span a spread of classes and costs, however are every pleasant, stunning, and helpful in their very own proper \u2014 and hidden amongst them are some wonderful items, too.<\/p>\n