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ICYMI: Don’t Cry for XXXTentacion, Healthy(ish) Hangover Cures and What Happened to Pissing in…

ICYMI: Don’t Cry for XXXTentacion, Healthy(ish) Hangover Cures and What Happened to Pissing in Public

Did you know that you can get married on a commercial airplane? As in, on your Southwest flight to Reno or wherever? I didn’t either. But alas, it’s true:

Posted by Skylee Campbell on Sunday, June 17, 2018

Fucking weird, dude. That’s right up there with the couple who got hitched at Walmart. YOU JUST DON’T DO IT.

As for what you should do, here’s the very best of MEL today…

Must Read

“A Dead Asshole Is Still an Asshole”
We can stipulate that the murder of rapper XXXTentacion on Monday was borne out of our nihilistic firearm culture. That it’s yet another example of the American failure to save young men of color, raised in a broken system. But as Miles Klee argues, we can also say that he was violent a piece of shit, and we aren’t going to miss him. READ MORE

Some Bullshit…

Drinking cranberry juice for a UTI.

Eating Right(ish)

Battling a hangover? You can stuff your face with carbs but still do it with a little forethought about what you’re putting in your body — especially if you’re on a diet and sopping up all that booze with grease is verboten. We spoke to registered dietician and nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein, who suggested whipping up some banana-egg pancakes. “Bananas are a perfect hangover remedy: They contain potassium and magnesium, which can relax muscles, and they contain pectin, a natural digestive aid.” Get the recipe here.

Meanwhile, on Twitter

This tweet got posted on the our Slack channel today, and it’s so good:

Elon, chill out or make yourself useful.

Too Long, Didn’t Read

Pissing in public used to be the norm. Open-air urinals were once common around the world, seen outside pubs in London or along popular shopping avenues in Paris. So how did we go from there to where we are now — a time when public urination might land you in jail or on the sex offender list for life?

And Finally, Something to Chew On — Where We’re At With Eating Ass