Just when I thought I’d read everything there is on pumpkin-spice lattes — and there’s a lot, ourselves included — Joe Longo has to go and write about pumpkin-spice latte poppers being the official scent of Gay Autumn, and pull me back in.
Y'all, I cracked last night and opened my PSL poppers and they were amazing. Can't wait to share them over the turkey
— Malicious Faggotry (@YouLoveBentley) November 22, 2018
THIS is the PSL content we need right now.
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“Why Hentai Memes Are Taking Over the Normie Internet”
For the uninitiated, hentai is basically anime porn, examples of which often depict hardcore sex featuring young-looking characters in very, very dark situations. It’s that interplay between the cartoonish medium and graphic content that makes sharing hentai memes so popular online, especially on the normie internet — because out-of-context they even appear kinda innocuous. For the weeaboos who spread them, hentai memes are like a covert middle-finger to a society obsessed with politics and the culture wars; to everyone else, they’re what happens when the fringe starts bleeding into the mainstream. READ MORE
No More Mr. Nice Guy
When we think about nice guys, we probably think about the numerous online accounts that have popped up recently exposing a Nice Guy as anything but. Yet musicians have been writing songs about nice guys for decades in everything from sensitive ballads to hardcore rap. Tim Grierson picked six tracks about nice guys to demonstrate that in music, a nice guy can range from stereotypically meek to unpredictable and complicated.
Born to Run
Did you know that men and women from Massachusetts complete marathons faster than any other state? Magdalene Taylor, herself from the Bay State and proud AF of it, recently learned this fact from a report published by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Naturally, she had to test the hypothesis herself. It did not go well.
Man on a Mission
We’re all used to people doing strange things for YouTube views, but you’ve likely never seen anything as wickedly funny, genuinely inspiring and incredibly dumb as Tom Davies’ “Mission Across Wales.” Eddie Kim profiled the absolute madlad who decided to walk across an entire country, in a straight line, with a GoPro strapped on. Naturally, hilarity ensued.
You Can’t Bring it With You
You: “Weed?”
TSA: “OK”
You: “Big bag of ice?”
TSA: “OK”
You: “Antlers?”
TSA: “OK”
You: “Canoe paddle?”
TSA: “Put your goddamned hands where I can goddamned see them.”
This is the Worst Kind of Luck
What happens to you when you reach your lowest point? Christopher Nalley knows rock bottom all too well, having been there not once, not twice, but three times as a result of two lung transplants in a battle against cystic fibrosis. Though he might be waiting to die — even the best lung transplants don’t last forever — he hasn’t let it stop him from being happy for every day he has in the meantime.
Paying to Budget
Can expensive budgeting apps really help pull you out of debt? Services like You Need a Budget are relatively pricey, but some experts argue that it helps trick your brain into actually taking budgeting seriously.
Feet, Feet, FEET
Quentin Tarantino has soiled feet — literally — for the rest of us who like them. Miles Klee took a Deep Dive into QT’s favorite movie prop:
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