Getting Off on Snapchat’s New Gender-Bending Filter, How Long Before Your Dog Eats Your Dead Body and Hand Jobs for Hollywood

I read this piece from Magdalene Taylor about guys getting turned on by their gender-swapped selves thanks to Snapchat’s new filters, and I have to laugh. I laugh because, when I tried it at least, I didn’t turn into a sexy vixen worth rubbing one out to, as disturbing and depressing as that sounds now that I read it back to myself. I turned into a jowly, bug-eyed, bearded woman:

Well, you win some and you lose some. (P.S.: Don’t @ me about charging my phone.)

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Damn, I Look Hot

By now you’ve likely tried out Snapchat’s new gender-reversing filters and looked into the reflection of your sexier, swapped self. If you’ve found the woman (or man) peering back at you hot enough to jerk off to, don’t be alarmed — the filter is designed to mimic the idealized version of beauty.

Unhappy Meal

Studies have long suggested that eating properly, in addition to making your body feel good, can improve your overall mental health. But for many of us, “healthy” is just a euphemism for boring and bland. And as anyone who’s gone on a serious diet knows, forcing yourself to eat food that doesn’t make you happy in an effort to make yourself, uh, happier, can sometimes have the opposite effect.

Running While Heavy

Male runners all over are torn when it comes to running shirtless — especially when they’re carrying a few (or a lot) extra lbs. It’s a popular opinion that guys who aren’t rail-thin need to cover up or else passersby might recoil in disgust. Just ask CNN’s Chris Cillizza:

But enough about the rantings of a politics-for-idiots blowhard — what do husky men have to say? Quinn Myers talked to a number of shirtless-and-proud runners about what it’s like to run bare-chested when the weight they’re shredding is on full display.

Let the Big Dog Eat

Everyone dies. Sadly, we can’t all pick where and when we’ll meet our maker, and for an unfortunate few of us, it might just be alone — and in the presence of a hungry dog. That’s right, it might sound morbid, but if your furry friend happens to be around when you kick the bucket, you could very well end up a doggy dinner. And according to a dog trainer, a forensic anthropologist, a canine researcher and an EMT, it can happen sooner than you might think.

Hand Jobs for Hollywood

Sex worker and writer Antonia Crane documents her year working at a happy-ending massage parlor in L.A. not so dissimilar from the Orchids of Asia Day Spa famous for being a favorite of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. In Crane’s opinion, it was a grubby and labor-intensive service job, jerking off Hollywood’s elite. But, on the upside, it was also safer than striking out on her own.

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Jeff Gross

Jeff Gross is MEL’s senior editor for social media and content marketing. His daily ICYMI column, which chronicles all things meta on the site, is the quickest way to catch up on MEL, and the funniest thing you’ll read all day. Follow him on Twitter.