I’m gonna make this short since I know you probably just want to scan this whole thing as quickly as possible in order to get to what you really care about this first Sunday of February: Football. Yes, it’s Super Bowl Sunday, which is evidently a thing that people really seem to care about, and not just the people whose birthdays are today.
So go, go get drunk in a parking lot, go eat too many chicken wings (preferably dipped in ranch), go scream at the referee, go stress out over who’s winning and who’s losing. See if I care.
Must Read
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From the Service Department
What Would Happen if You Were Filled With Unpopped Popcorn When You Got Cremated?
Why Are CT Scans and Other Medical Imaging So Fucking Expensive?
The Football Long Read
Marshawn Lynch Is Fighting for the Soul of Oakland, California
The Non-Super-Bowl Culture Stuff
This Bernie Meme Takes Away the Shame of Asking for Financial Support
Tweet of the Week
.@milesklee perfectly articulates why it's been so hard to talk about Kobe's legacy, and that often our relationships with icons say more about us than they do about them: https://t.co/qtA98fJUKP
— ????? ℌ??? ???????? (@alanalevinson) January 27, 2020
But Don’t Just Take Our Word For It…
Incredible analysis from @MilesKlee on election ads from 2008 that we’d now call “cringe” and the history of political candidates trying to be relevant online using humor and formats they don’t seem to understand https://t.co/GyVlkWQDAB
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) January 30, 2020
"Had I just so thoroughly front-loaded my bathhouse experience that I concussed myself within the first hour? At least I could say someone literally fucked my brains out." v excited about @TyMitchellxo's new column at mel https://t.co/mNs5odrBoP
— Harron Walker (@HarronWawker) January 27, 2020
since deadspin is gone the only online brands I actually could maybe say I "like" are Jewish Currents, Mel Magazine, and LARB
— Daniel Salas (@d_a_salas) January 27, 2020
Magdalene Taylor
Magdalene Taylor is a staff writer at MEL. She covers internet culture, sex and the online adult industry. She lives in Brooklyn but is from God's Country, Western Massachusetts.
