“When it rains, it pours,” a friend once told me. Sure, it’s a cliché, but it seemed appropriate at the time. In particular, we were discussing the alternating phenomenon of the “hot streak” and the “dry spell.” During a hot streak, you can seemingly do no wrong...
Names like Brad and Chad may, rightly or wrongly, be synonymous with “douchebag.” But according to a new study, those guys earn more money — and it has nothing to do with their douche chills. According to a study from German job portal site Adzuna, men with one syllable...
Everyone knows at least one, “Those were the good ol’ days” kind of guy. The guy who’s still talking about his friends from his old job, even though he’s been at this one for four years. The guy who talks about his old college drinking escapades every...
I have an endless number of memories of my mom — most, if not all of them, in foreign countries — walking away from the sale of a leather purse unless she got it for the price she wanted. Refusing to budge always seemed like a solid strategy to me. After...
Kids tend to be fussy eaters. Case in point: And while there’s a biological reason for their pickiness — children are extra-sensitive to taste, smell and texture — the endless piles of leftover foods they create are frustrating and, for many, even guilt-inducing. “I know that I feel bad when tossing...
Anxiety, like the people it inhabits, comes in all shapes, sizes and forms. A 2015 Independent article cited one redditor who posted her patient’s description of anxiety as a never-ending limbo: “She explained the feeling as if she tripped and the moment where you don’t know if...
In early March, an article from 2016 recirculated, featuring the attention-grabbing claim that menstrual cramps can be as painful as a heart attack. Though the comparison was challenged, major women’s publications like Elle UK and Marie Claire spread the story, prompting surprise for plenty of men — and celebration...
Short answer: It’s four. But wait: Let’s examine this a little further. To start with, let’s compare two of the most significant groups in the history of human achievement: The Beatles and the Three Stooges. The Beatles — not coincidentally, also known as the “Fab Four” — revolutionized rock music while...
I have a tendency to drunk dial my local Chinese restaurant (or rather, the bastardized American version of a Chinese restaurant). I can’t help it: Booze makes me crave egg rolls and orange chicken every bit as much as it makes me crave deep and meaningful conversations...
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 we’re still a loooong way from getting a meal-replacement pill; find out why body fat might not be an issue one day; and...
They say nothing is certain in life but death and taxes, but heterosexual couples might amend that to nothing is certain in life but sex and dishes — or, rather, fights about both. But a new forthcoming survey on family dynamics has found that dishes have taken the clear...
There may come a day when you honorably decide to become an organ donor — not just as a dead vessel full of handy spare parts, but as an actual, living person. The need for such living donors has never been greater: They offer a life-saving alternative to waiting...
