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Much like humans, spiders have to drink water, which explains why they might hang out in your bath or shower stall. But unfortunately for those spiders, spending time in the bathroom might also mean being washed down the drain whenever you decide to take a shower (after...
April 16, 2021
I work from home, interact with people almost entirely through my computer camera and, most days, only leave my apartment to walk my dog. Put another way, so long as I seem even the slightest bit presentable on video calls, I can reasonably get away without showering...
April 15, 2021
Ah, to be a kid again: No worrying about things like taxes, or wrinkles, or whether you’ll have enough money to make rent (Owning a house? Please.) AND buy yourself dinner. Oh, and the other great thing about childhood? A mouth that doesn’t stink like a sewer....
April 14, 2021
Back in 2018, a strange life hack went viral. It purported that you could apply shaving cream to a sunburn instead of the more traditional aloe vera to reduce pain and swelling. And it turns out this is true! …technically. This nugget came from a Facebook post...
April 13, 2021
In the interest of looking beach-ready, you may well be thinking about embarking upon a regular plan of at least the G (gym) and T (tan) in GTL (that’s definitely still a thing, right..?) But if you’re vaguely aware that the sun is bad for your bare skin...
April 12, 2021
Every two hours. That’s the amount of time virtually every bottle of sunscreen you’ll ever buy says you have before reapplying its contents to protect your body from the sun. But…why? Some of the reasons are obvious: If you head into a pool or the ocean, the...
April 9, 2021
If you ever find yourself lost in the cosmetics aisle at your local drugstore — that aisle is a freaking labyrinth, dude — you know that there are all kinds of creams, balms and goops out there, characterized under all sorts of different names. Three of the...
April 8, 2021
When it comes to our bodies, there are the regions that are treated in high regard, and then there are the regions that are treated with distrust, if not outright disdain. From the former, we’d likely include our arms, our legs, our chests and, of course, our...
April 7, 2021
You’ve almost certainly heard of “shower thoughts,” those random ideas of incredible brilliance, profundity, and/or weirdness that seem to invariably hit us in the middle of a shower. There’s a decent chance you’ve had one or two yourself. But have you ever wondered why? To understand why...
April 6, 2021
There are still some naysayers when it comes to chest hair grooming: There are those that say chest hair is making a comeback, for example. There are even those who would argue that a good chest rug is healthy — that we evolved with chest hair because...
April 5, 2021
Having dry skin can be a drag. It’s itchy, painful, and makes shaving — which already dries your skin out — even more uncomfortable. Luckily, there’s something you can do about it, starting and ending with moisturizing. Shaving dry skin is much like shaving regular skin —...
April 2, 2021
Like many of us, you may have been using the last year as an opportunity to experiment with your facial hair. And like many of us, you may be, well, disappointed with the less-than-magnificent result. It can be easy to disparage your own looks, though, and you...