It’s both clichéd and pretentious to trot out a Benjamin Franklin quote at the start of an article, but here it comes anyway: “There are three things extremely hard: Steel, a diamond and to know one’s self.” In Franklin’s day, displaying a crushing lack of self-awareness in...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn the long, strange journey taken by the world’s most famous sex manual, and why we’re completely wrong to think of it as a sex...
No fewer than six of the last nine covers of Men’s Health have featured cavernous, chiseled abs — November, October, August, July, May and April. But just as Barbie’s dimensions are wildly unrealistic for a real-life woman (she would stand 6 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds, with 36D...
When you’re going through puberty, it’s easy to believe one of the perks of adulthood is not having a pizza face. But alas, adulthood disappoints once again, because, for many of us, acne returns with a vengeance in our postpubertal years—in fact, studies indicate that between 40...
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.
As you’d expect, a lot of dudes use nail clippers to trim their nails—86%* of them in fact. But there are also a lot of men out there who are either feeling way too stressed, or just unable to break out of bad childhood habits, with 23%...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why we automatically assume a commenter who disagrees with us is hateful; why people think it’s okay to insult others online but not...
If you’ve ever stuck a finger down your throat to make yourself throw up, you’ve triggered your gag reflex. It’s one of the many automatic responses in the body designed to keep us alive, similar to the way you jerk your hand away when touching something hot...
While humans have come a long way in terms of assistive reproductive technology, when it comes to sex, we’re still mixed up on myth vs. reality. Case in point: the idea that changes in how you eat or fuck can affect the sex of the offspring that...
Not sure how to impress your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? With a little help from our “Sensual Slow Jams” Spotify playlist, you can plan a stay-at-home date that would make Cupid snap his bow with envy. Simply turn up the tunes, light a few candles and open...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Meg Gallagher and menswear blogger Jessica Chance, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little...
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.
