Call an ambulance if you catch me wearing anything other than House Pants at home, because that means something has gone terribly wrong. My House Pants — a pair of hand-cropped gray joggers — have become a vital part of my being, and I wear them, without...
Less than two weeks ago, as Earth and its people spiraled increasingly closer to imminent devastation, an international committee of 37 scientists released a strongly-worded report urging humanity to adopt a new, planet-friendly diet. The researchers argue that ongoing global food-related crises — namely, climate change, environmental...
We’re all gonna get old someday — there’s no getting around it. Sure, you’ll have the privilege of saying whatever you want and getting generous discounts on stuff, but otherwise, aging comes with a whole lotta issues. We’re talking health stuff, obviously. Since this is our money...
Depending on whether or not you were concerned that you haven’t seen a redhead in awhile, or were perhaps preparing to throw a “Sorry About Your Looming Extinction, Gingers” festival, this news may affect you differently: Redheads are not, in fact, dying out. Gingers, those genetically quirky...
It’s pretty easy to tell when you’re done with most medical treatments: You either finish the prescribed medication, or whatever it was that was oozing/bleeding/itching/flaking stops what it was doing and you forget to take the remaining doses. Either way, it’s pretty cut-and-dry. Therapy, on the other...
“It started when I was a kid, maybe 7, 8 years old,” redditor Blu3Army73 tells us. “I was a little kid on a big toilet. I had to spread my legs to not fall in, and if I wore a long shirt, it could get in the way.”...
“I was tripped by this mouthbreather Troy,” Mike Wheeler admits to Eleven on Stranger Things. “Mouthbreather?” Eleven asks, confused. “Yeah, you know, a dumb person,” Mike explains. Later in the episode, we hear Eleven hurl the “mouthbreather” insult at someone themselves for the first time. Of course, Stranger Things is...
What’s a guy working a normal job supposed to do when his friends and fellow colleagues are all busy blowing out the candles on their retirement cakes? Everyone’s career trajectory being different, it’s not hard to believe that some of us will still feel the urge to...
One of the best tips on how to write an all-time classic work of fiction comes from E.M. Forster, who advised: “‘The King died, and then the Queen died’ is a story; ‘the King died and then the Queen died of grief’ is a plot.” It’s also,...
“Don’t get involved.” That was the singular message I got from the University of Maryland’s Geoffrey Greif, author of Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships on the subject of two of your guy friends suddenly being at odds. “You should role model for them that you’re sure they can work out...
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....
Do men fight each other just so they can feel less guilty about hugging it out after? It’s a question that came up recently when I was watching the episode of Sex and the City where Big and Aiden quickly go from wrestling in the mud to sitting across...