Southern Living recently published an article that claims the occasional trip with friends is good for your health, and as expected — because we all want another excuse to spend more time with our buddies — the article has since inspired many local media outlets to run...
Existence is about suffering, at least according to Buddhists. But any of us who have ever stressed out about money, Buddhist or not, knows it’s true, especially those of us who don’t live like monks. Ask anyone who’s gone bankrupt: There are few mental sensations more painful than an increasing...
When I was gifted my first car — a rundown 1990-something Volvo wagon — my parents told me that I would have to pay more for auto insurance than my older sister. The reason for this discrepancy was apparently that, as one car insurance provider explains on their...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
There’s nothing more awkward than speaking to someone who can’t look you in the eye, and there’s nothing creepier than someone who seemingly can’t stop. Solving the problem of finding the perfect amount of eye contact is complicated by the fact that it really depends on the...
Men, as MEL previously reported, are more than capable of producing meals sad enough to make other grown men weep. And apparently, when nobody’s looking, dude meals somehow become even more depressing. This was sadly substantiated by a recent r/AskMen thread, which prompted guys to describe the dinners...
In theory, wearing two of something should equate to double the protection — two pairs of socks, for example, should keep your feet warmer in the middle of winter than one pair. (It’s common knowledge that the key to staying warm is layering, right?) But is that...
George Mallory, the mountaineer who died attempting to summit Everest in 1924, is said to have given a three-word reply when asked why he wanted to climb the peak: “Because it’s there.” Is this the same reason that certain people — they tend to be male, young and...
The quick answer to whether you can wear your hat indoors is almost certainly: Sure, why not? Do you, bruh. But let’s probe this question with a less laissez-faire approach. What does society writ large have to say about the uncouthness of the indoor hat-wearer? First, it...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
I was recently perusing r/IdiotsInCars when I stumbled upon a seemingly ordinary dash cam video of a seemingly standard car crash. The alleged “idiot,” in this case, recklessly merges in front of a driver with the dash cam installed, who proceeds to crash directly into the side...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....