A gentle reminder that we’ve got a great new video series, Deep Dive, for you to check out on our Instagram page. A few weeks ago, we chronicled C. Brian Smith’s afternoon riding around L.A.’s Skid Row with two addicts getting high in his back seat while discussing the ineffectiveness of Narcan to treat fentanyl overdoses. It’s pretty wild:
Check out the rest on our Instagram page, here.
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“Why Are Male Movie Directors All So Disgustingly Handsome Now?”
Somewhere along the line, a lot of the men behind Hollywood’s cameras have gotten really really, ridiculously good-looking: Cary Fukunaga, Ryan Coogler, and heck, throw David Lynch in there too — just to name a few. So when, and how, did the dudes shouting “Cut!” get so smoldering? Mike Rampton has some theories. READ MORE
Teenage Terror
"You can’t spend years calling leftist men cucks and betas and then have an on-air emotional breakdown because someone born in the last 20 years is advocating for the survival of the human race.”@MilesKlee on the men filling their diapers over greta https://t.co/rR6POkp1F9
— Cooper Fleishman (@_Cooper) September 24, 2019
Illegal Tender
There are numerous examples of fake tips that people have shared on the internet — mostly by justifiably pissed-off food servers who, instead of getting the tip they deserved, received some fake money with either a political or religious message.
do NOT give me this as a legit tip and think everyone will find it acceptable. i find it so rude to service customers only to have a fake tip along with pushing religion on strangers. this is peoples living, take it seriously pic.twitter.com/BGvJQmonVB
— jo (@josettetheiss) July 7, 2019
It’s an obviously shitty move, but the more important question is, is it even legal? Brian VanHooker reached out to the Secret Service — the department in charge of investigating counterfeit money, not the bodyguards — to find out more.
O Pillow My Pillow
Pregnancy pillows are specifically designed to prop up pregnant people who need extra support for an inflating womb — because it’s hard to sleep facedown or faceup when carrying around a beach ball in your stomach. But like all soft things encountered after dark, they’re also catching the leering eyes of curious husbands, eager to test-drive a different sort of nocturnal embrace.
Embrace Your ‘Fall Body’
There are people who starve themselves or work out incessantly to preserve their summer body, and there are people who, when the weather begins to turn, let that summer bod turn into fall — as in that slightly rounder version of ourselves we wind up with in autumn from too many Corona ‘n’ limes. Some of us might rue the unwanted lbs. But Miles Klee says, let the plump times roll, because unlimited consumption of mashed potatoes and pie comes but once a year.
Zoomer’s Gonna Zoom
There are few things more adorable than a dog or cat running in circles in full “derp” mode. It’s a sort of manic animal behavior known affectionately as the “zoomies,” and it’s one of the most entertaining parts of being a pet owner. But what exactly does it all mean? We asked an animal behaviorist, the son of ‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar Millan and others for their expert opinions.
When a Nose Ring Gets in the Way of a Good Facesitting
What happens when an unstoppable force (i.e., one’s love of facesitting) meets an immovable object (i.e., a new nose ring)? The bleakest life there is, for starters. Quinn Myers asked Elayne Angel, author of The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, how long of a hiatus freshly pierced cunnilingus aficionados need to wait before they can once again offer their faces as seats.
What Does Sex Smell Like, Exactly?
According to the experts, chicken broth features prominently. But wait, there’s more!
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.
