If you’re a halfway competent employee, you’ll hear a variation of the following phrase multiple times throughout your career: “You’ve done such an amazing job on [extra thing you did] that we’d like to add [more of same extra thing] to your responsibilities. Keep up the good...
Seemingly since the first caveman made a crack about his hairy back, telling jokes at your own expense has been considered anything but funny—for your mental health, at least. Some evidence: Only the sheer number of studies, life coaches and doctors that claim that self-deprecation is something...
I whisper when I order food at a restaurant, muzzling the deeper nodes in my vocal chords until I sound like Michael Jackson in interviews. The reason: I used to work in the service industry, so I’m all too familiar with loud, obnoxious jerks. My mouthing my...
Are you the type of guy who pictures himself playing catch with his kid in the backyard? Or maybe you see yourself singing lullabies to your niño as you cradle them in your arms. Either way, you imagine a future that includes fatherhood, and the supposed euphoria...
One moment, you’re shooting through the waves of the Pacific Ocean with your new mermaid tail, high-fiving dolphin flippers left and right. The next, you’re jolted from your lovely (and strangely erotic) dream by a shooting pain down your spine that feels like you’re being impaled by...
Here’s something that never happens: You’re at the gym, lifting some weights, doing some push-ups and examining yourself in the mirror. You pause mid-clench as some pulsating gym bro yells, “Yo, will someone turn up the Bach?” Of course it doesn’t happen: Every bro knows that when...
You likely spent Valentine’s Day doing one of two things: Spending the evening with someone you love, or staring into the deep abyss of potential matches flashing across your phone. Because, after all, this is the modern world, and serendipity is a lot like dial-up internet: It...
It might sound absurd enough to be a joke, but some men really are allergic to their own semen. “In medical terms, this is known as postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS),” says Bayo Tojuola, a board-certified urologist in Houston. “It usually involves experiencing flu-like symptoms shortly after each...
We’ve written before about how there’s a cure for chronic lateness, which basically boils down to recognizing your lack of empathy and embracing your innately selfish nature: “Chronically late people need to find a motivation for making punctuality a priority,” says Ron Helpman, a psychotherapist in New...
Recently, the following came to our attention: “The clitoris keeps growing in size and power to the time a woman hits 32 years of age, where it quadrupled in size from puberty.” Which, naturally, raises the question: Does the same happen with our penises? That is, will...
Earlier this month, writing for The Guardian, Lily Canter vented about why couples should never go running together: “By the time we reached home I was fuming, accusing him of treating me like his training guinea pig, and of a complete inability to understand my level of...
There’s nothing quite like a picture of a sexy woman to get you in the cheater’s mindset, right? Right, says a new research paper by several Taiwanese academics, who found that the mere sight of attractive women can make men more dishonest. Given the amazing title, “Sexy...