Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why the heck your body smells in the first place; find out what your groin has in common with your armpits (besides curly hair);...
Until recently, pop culture portrayed the “revenge bod” as a strictly female phenomenon. As Vanity Fair notes, the term first entered the lexicon in the early 2010s, as a way for glossy celebrity magazines to describe famous women (Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Katie Holmes) who...
From a young age, we’re taught to chew before we swallow. This, of course, is primarily to prevent our young selves from choking on large chunks of unmasticated food. To this day, though, articles around the web spout the importance of chewing your food at least 20...
I struggle with asking for things that I want. I’ve never, for example, sent a meal back to a restaurant kitchen for any reason. Instead, I’ll happily power down the veggie special after ordering lobster to avoid an uncomfortable confrontation with a waiter. I’ve been meaning to...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Our most recent Dollar Shave Club Debate asked the question: Should your partner leave you alone when you’re in the bathroom, or is sharing that space just a given? One DSC employee summed up the general consensus well: “Pooping is an alone time activity.” A recent survey we...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn how a single meteorite knocked down 80 million trees in one blast; find out how a leftover WWII ammo dump became the biggest non-nuclear...
I can still picture the first time I was fired as if it happened an hour ago: I was working at a record store and had mistakenly sold an R-rated DVD to two girls who turned out to be 14 years old, and one of their parents...
There was a time when dinner was the go-to first date. Two people would politely nibble at their meals as they gazed at each other over their plates and played footsie underneath the table. They’d talk about their lives over a shared bottle of wine. There might...
When Rick Webb got engaged several years ago, he turned to the best wedding planner he knew: Himself. The long-running stereotype is that men are not just indifferent about the details of their wedding ceremonies; they’re bored by them. Couple that with the idea that women are...
The mission of the online registry Traveler’s Joy is to “help couples take their dream honeymoon.” But more and more, that dream includes far more people than just the bride and groom. Or what is now being referred to as a “buddymoon”: a quick jaunt with members...
We’ve all waved a sparkler around on a warm July 4th evening, perhaps either trying to write our name in the air in magical glowing letters, or perhaps just trying to draw a rude doodle in the same manner, depending on your age/inebriation level. But where did...
