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According to a concerning trend piece on the current ‘dating apocalypse’ of twentysomethings, hookup culture has hit a critical mass of excess and indulgence, and the kids are not alright—they are, in fact, all fucked out with nobody to love. RIP going steady. The piece comes courtesy of Vanity Fair via journo Nancy Jo Sales,…
Vibrating, Bluetooth-enabled, custom-fit and applicator friendly? Yep, the condom game has changed. The latest in condom innovations is the VA w.o.w. Condom Feminine, a latex female condom that comes equipped with a miniaturized bullet vibrator in its frame base. Sitting snugly against the clitoris, the vibrating condom, created by IXu, would be the first-ever condom designed…
SeaWorld has suffered a 84% collapse in profits as customers have deserted the controversial aquatic theme park company following claims it mistreated orca whales. The company, which trains dolphins and killer whales to perform tricks in front of stadiums full of spectators, on Thursday reported declines in attendance, sales and profits because of “continued brand…
ASSOCIATED PRESS The new Drug Enforcement Administration chief has finally made it clear: Marijuana is safer than heroin. DEA head Chuck Rosenberg told reporters Wednesday morning at the administration’s headquarters that “heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana,” clarifying a less definitive statement he made last week, when he said marijuana is “probably not” as dangerous as…
Forget daily handfuls of almonds and blueberries — the key to a long life is a healthy dose of the Champagne of Beers. According to The Record, a 110-year-old New Jersey woman named Agnes Fenton, who celebrated her birthday last Saturday, chalks her long life up to the wonders of the Miller High Life. Fenton…
James Holmes walked into a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rise in 2012 carrying three guns including a semi-automatic rifle and opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring 70 more. Nobody, not even his defense attorneys, denied that. But those attorneys still told a jury and a judge that Holmes was not guilty of those…
1. When I was 18, while hiking with a friend in Colorado, I tried to impress him by climbing up a rock. A minute later, realizing I was stuck, I called down to him, near tears. “You’re O.K.,” he said, spreading his arms. “Jump. I’ll catch you.” So I jumped. Had I been alone, without…
Anxiety: We worry. A gallery of contributors count the ways. This is the fifth installment of Going Off, a series of Anxiety posts chronicling the author’s attempt to wean off the medications she takes for depression, anxiety and insomnia. • Last night at the karaoke place, I could tell that the bartender was happy. It…
Still upset about Cecil the lion? Maybe you should just skip this story. You see, Cecil’s death at hands of an American dentist who paid guides to lure the majestic beast from a nature reserve has struck a global nerve, and in the US, led to significant criticism of big game hunters and laws that…
There are a few differences, of course. For one, its solar system is 6 billion years old, compared to our system’s 4.5 billion years. It’s also 60 percent bigger than Earth. That means there’s a 40 percent chance that it’s either a water-world or a gas dwarf rather than a super-Earth. But of all the…