The open-office plan was supposed to be a thrillingly radical departure from traditional, stuffier office spaces. Invented to tear down the fascist walls of isolation and hierarchy in the workplace, they were designed to encourage more socializing, more light and more free-spirited collaboration between workers, who could stop and...
As we near that time of year where you feel socially obligated to invite some friends and family over to your house, for no other reason than the fact that it’s your turn to host the thing, it’s time to address the issue of lingerers. I am...
Contrary to popular belief, men love tanning salons, too — and while men admittedly use tanning beds at lower rates than women, research suggests that it’s men who are more likely to develop addictive (and risky) tendencies toward tanning. More specifically, the study found that compared to...
‘Tis almost the season to call in sick: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu generally strikes most often between December and March. “Other illnesses that show up most often in winter include the common cold,” reports The Chicago Tribune. Now, whether you’re...
There are so many dumb ways to spend your money — indeed, Las Vegas was pretty much founded upon this principle. But vices and material pleasures aside, what are truly the stupidest ways to waste your money? Alongside a couple of Certified Financial Planners affiliated with the...
In 1970, David Bowie created the androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, depicted in his third album, The Man Who Sold the World. It was the beginnings of an androgynous revolution that would come to a head with the 1984 Grammy Awards, which according to Jefferis Kent Peterson,...
Nikki, a 22-year-old journalism student from Minneapolis, is telling me about the worst date she’s ever been on, with a man called Athens she met at college. “He talked about his goals, his week, his career, his meditation, his favorite books, his respect for ‘real’ musicians and...
Anton, a 25-year-old from Texas, has a humongous butt — a bouncy, meaty bubble butt his pants can barely contain. He’s ripped at least eight pairs in the last five years — “like, right down the butt crack, from waist to waist.” André, an 18-year-old Swede, has had...
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....
On June 8, 1948, Saskatchewan farmer Cecil George Harris fell off his tractor and became pinned beneath it. Fearing he might not survive, he used his pocket knife and his remaining strength to carve a will into the side of the tractor as it crushed his lower body into...
Cancelling plans is my Prozac. One minute, I’m pent up with anxiety about performing human activities in a social setting and the next minute, after sending a quick text along the lines of, “So sorry man, I’m not gonna make it,” it’s pure climactic release. Needless to...
Winter is nigh in Chicago, which has forced my girlfriend and me to layer our individual blankets and sleep… together. Ugh! Sharing blankets is awful. We do, in fact, like each other, but she’s a serial blanket thief with jimmy legs while I am a perfect sleeper. We...