There are certain experiences — like waving back at someone who wasn’t actually waving at you — that leave you feeling like slightly less of a person. Chief among them for me is the sign-language seminar I’m required to conduct in front of an automatic faucet’s sensor...
Conventional wisdom (and your mom) says that you should always wash new clothes before putting them on. But like, I want to put these new jorts on right now because they make my thighs look thicc, soooo… what to do? Unfortunately, washing them before wearing them is...
It’s always tempting to squeeze a big dollop of shampoo into your hand when washing your hair, but the truth is that most of us use way (way!) more than we actually need to. According to stylist and all-around hair guru Cleve McMillan, here’s how much shampoo...
We’ve already written about how yellow underarm stains are caused by the aluminum in your antiperspirant. But what about the gross ochre stains that appear on the collar of your button-down shirts? After all, it’s not like you’re rubbing deodorant on your neck. According to just about...
You might be vigilant about flushing toilets with your feet, swimming in hand sanitizer after riding the subway and avoiding bare-handed contact with bathroom door knobs, but did you know there’s a veritable petri dish of malevolent bacteria swimming in your pockets? Case in point: In a...
It’s not just serial killers who’ve wondered how to remove blood stains. It’s not only clumsy folk who’ve pondered how to remove red wine stains, or desperately typed in the words, “remove chocolate stain” as their dessert enthusiastically smears into their new white couch. We’ve all had...
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.
“What, did you sleep in your clothes again last night?” Marty McFly’s older brother asks him when Marty wakes in the new-and-improved 1985 at the end of Back to the Future. It’s clear from his brother’s inflection that this isn’t an acceptable behavior, but conventional wisdom — and scorn from...
Every so often, for seemingly no apparent reason, men are met with one of the great pleasures of owning a penis: The opportunity to pee into a urinal filled with ice. It’s a unique satisfaction — bestial, even — to mark one’s territory in a dive bar...
Recently, a cable news host claimed he hadn’t washed his hands in 10 years. He can’t see the germs, he said, “therefore they’re not real.” He continued that he believes the practice bolsters his immune system and prevents him from getting diseases. I had a sixth-grade teacher...
A trip to the gym can make you feel really good about yourself. You feel stretched out, you feel energized, you feel healthy… wait, did we say healthy? Scrub that one — until you’ve scrubbed your gym bag, at least. Despite how neat and clean a person...
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.
