In a quiet corner of my high school’s study room in 2009, I booted up my busted laptop while making sure nobody could peer over... | Continue reading
It wasn’t that long ago that I stumbled across a piece in The Atlantic about how TurboTax uses bogus progress bars when completing a tax... | Continue reading
Karl Grueschow had just entered his twenties and begun a college career when the unexpected happened: His father committed suicide. Grueschow’s own life went into... | Continue reading
“For the past eight or nine years, we were living in different cities in Canada, whether for schooling or work, and it seemed like we... | Continue reading
It’s a question I don’t think I’ve ever been asked, nor has anyone ever asked me, but here goes: How much interest does your savings... | Continue reading
In March, presidential candidate and noted table stander Beto O’Rourke delivered yet another ubiquitous political moment. When asked about how he would get U.S. troops... | Continue reading
“I’m a business owner and a growth expert. If you just say reposter, I’ll be in a bad light,” Patrick repeatedly tells me over Instagram... | Continue reading
People like to say that America has never been more divided than it is right now, and though we haven’t suited up for Civil War... | Continue reading
Whenever I log on to Instagram, my heart drops a little. After years of living the lifestyle and covering the subject, fitness influencer behavior shouldn’t... | Continue reading
Despite Boeing’s recent catastrophes, we live in an era of unprecedented airplane safety. “There are a range of estimates out there, but based on its... | Continue reading
Read a few pages from any of the high-profile exposés of Donald Trump that were published last year, and whatever your political persuasion, you might... | Continue reading
On February 28th, a mysterious figure logged on to Twitter and offered to send $35,000 to the first person who retweeted this post. Nearly every... | Continue reading
Last month, I ranked alleged healthy items from popular fast-food chains, and despite already being aware that even the healthiest fast food dishes are less... | Continue reading
“I’m no psychologist, and I’m no economist or big deal politician, either. My goal is to share with you what my life has taught me... | Continue reading
I am, herein, seeking justice for my five-year-old self, who underwent military-grade table etiquette boot camp under the supervision of my loving but sometimes despotic... | Continue reading
Once upon a time, the forums associated with sites like Muscular Development and Bodybuilding.com offered users everything they could have wanted: an opportunity to interact... | Continue reading
Priya Mittal, a 19-year-old freshman at Brown University, lives for spontaneous FaceTimes. She’ll be at the library in the middle of her Intro Economics problem... | Continue reading
Fitness model Brad “The Manimal” Castleberry has assembled an army of admirers and hate-followers on Instagram who watch him perform an impossible number of repetitions... | Continue reading
At 6-foot-8, Phil Beans, the guy with arguably one of the cooler jobs in college basketball, is easy to spot in a crowd. The crowd... | Continue reading
Imagine for a second that you lived life without all your texts, your favorite apps and the internet in your hands. Now, stop imagining because... | Continue reading
Like 8 million other Americans, I work from home. There are some nice things about doing so, sure, but before you go gushing over my... | Continue reading
On a Friday morning in April 1990, Christopher Matthew Kerze, 17, told his mother, Alona, he had a headache. And so, having no reason to... | Continue reading
On one of my more recent voyages down a YouTube wormhole, I was introduced to a suspiciously profitable practice called retail arbitrage. The concept is... | Continue reading
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Everyone should eat more vegetables. But if navigating the produce section gives you anxiety, don’t worry:... | Continue reading
If Mortal Kombat had followed its original trajectory, it would exist in a paltry 200 arcade cabinets, collecting dust in hipster arcade bars scattered across... | Continue reading
New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hates water so much he’ll fight through painful cramps rather than hydrate. “When you get that stomach... | Continue reading
Imagine you’re on an airplane that’s crash-landing — right now, as we speak. What details can you remember from those preflight airline safety briefings? Stop. Think. Your... | Continue reading
Attempting to smell the roses when sino-nasal squamous cell carcinoma (aka nose cancer) has left me with a plastic imitation schnoz and… | Continue reading
Hemorrhoids. Irritation. Diarrhea and constipation. Your work habits are waging a secret war on your anus. | Continue reading
Slapping, Klobbs, speedrunning, cheating Oddjobs and more: Everything you ever wanted to know about the creation of the iconic… | Continue reading
Just because there’s video of you saying sorry, isn’t proof that you mean in it | Continue reading
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All 45+ (mostly terrible) ingredients in this bachelor-pad staple, explained (yep, even thiamine hydrochloride) | Continue reading
Leslie Nielsen’s career got serious when he got the chance to lighten up | Continue reading
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