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This Ned Flanders Metal Band Will Change the Way You See Nice Guys

Okilly Dokilly attempts to balance the rage of their music with the kindness of the man who inspired them to make it in the first place

Welcoming E.T. to the Ummah

Is it the religious duty of all Muslims to try to convert our alien overlords when they descend down upon us?

The History of the Illegal ‘Alien,’ The Pissy Reason Soldiers Love Gatorade and An Ode to the Plumber’s Crack

Though it’s Alien Week (thanks, Storm Area 51!) and MEL is covering all things extraterrestrial, it behooves me to remind you that not all aliens…

‘High School Musical’ Made Me the Man I Am

Sorry, Zac Efron. Sharpay Evans was the series’ true star — the reason a whole generation of Disney kids began believing in themselves

Lil Mayo Isn’t the Alien Instagram Influencer We Want. He’s the Alien Instagram Influencer We Need.

Can I Pump Gas While My Engine Is On?

The Fine Art of Taking a Whizz in Afghanistan

What Does It Mean to Be Nice to Yourself?

The Future of Bionic Limbs Is Amazing, but Don’t Expect to Become Superhuman Any Time Soon

How ‘Illegal Alien’ Became an American Lightning Rod

A Cultural History of the Plumber’s Crack

If You Chose Your College Major for a Silly Reason, You’re Not Alone

The UFO Hunters Hunting UFOs Since Before It Was Cool, The Dark Side of ‘Scooby Doo’ and Delicious Depop Drama

Depop Drama Has the Best Gen Z Gossip Online

What’s in This?: Spam

Are All Guys Doomed to Stain Their Pants as They Get Older?

Everything We Think We Know About Testosterone Is Pretty Much Wrong

How Come Every Takeout Pizza Box Has Different Artwork?

‘The Goldfinch’ Has This Year’s Best-Dressed Sadboi

Weird Fan Theories Have Kept ‘Scooby-Doo’ Going for 50 Years

The Alien True Believers Who Were Searching for Answers Long Before It Was Cool to Storm Area 51

Sunday Reads: Surviving a ‘Nice Guy’ Bootcamp, The Millennials Chandler Bing-ing It at Work and the World of Competitive Whistling

Men Should Read More Fiction After a Breakup

The Adventures of the Low-T.Rex: Bi, Baby

If a Friend Tells You a Secret About Themselves, Are You Allowed to Tell Your Partner?

Undead Again and Again: Why We Can’t Let Go of Frankenstein’s Monster

The Men Who Watch Porn While Driving

‘Hustlers’ Is a Dark Portrait of American Greed in a G-String

Can You Fly With Poppers, Juuls, CBD, Sex Toys and Booze?

The Vape Juice Homebrewing Scene Is Bracing for Trump’s E-Cig Crackdown

Elite Competitive Whistlers Put Their Lips to the Ultimate Test

The Watertight Economics of a Coin-Throwing Fountain

Ranking Hard Seltzers by How (Un)Healthy They Are

All the Rocky Training Montages, Ranked by How Intense of a Workout They Are

Everyone Working in the ‘Digital Space’ Is a Chandler Bing

The Assholes Who Celebrate the Day After 9/11, ‘Nice Guy’ Bootcamp and an Oral History of ‘Snake’ on Nokia

Eat Your Heart Out: Kent Rollins’ Sparklin’ Potatoes

The Obscure Origins of Every Great Pop Fandom Nickname

Only Assholes Are Nostalgic for the Day After 9/11

An Oral History of ‘Snake’ on Nokia

How Women in Blue-Collar Trades Talk Shop

Do Some Goddamn Chores If You Want to Live Longer

My Weekend at ‘Nice Guy’ Bootcamp

A Gentleman’s Guide to Dealing With Your Stupid In-Laws

Thank Cardi B for Bringing Armpit-Licking Into the Mainstream

‘Face/Off’ Redux, Incels Without Hate and What It’s Like to Work the Night Shift for a Decade

What It’s Like to Work a Decade on the Third Shift

You’re Actually ‘Raised Right’ When You’re Poor

It’s Your Duty to Get as Much Cash as You Can From Equifax

‘Tall Bottoms’ Are the Latest Movement Dividing the Gays

So… Why Does Rolling the Batteries in the Remote Make Them Work Again?

‘Face/Off’ Was the Last Original Idea in Hollywood

Why Talking to Strangers Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Mental Health

‘Incels Without Hate’: Can a New Movement Overcome the Group’s Notorious Violence?

The Ban-Happy Men of Tinder, The Werking Dads of DragCon and Instagram Pet-Influencer Profiteering

Dude, Where Does the ‘Surfer Voice’ Actually Come From?

How Profitable Is a Popular Pet Instagram?

How to Deal With Your Partner’s Fucked-Up Sleep Schedule

Meet the Dads of DragCon

What to Do When Your Best Friend Gets Back With the Ex You Hate

Who Is Actually Using the Bristol Scale in Their Pursuit of the Perfect Shit?

Our 30-Year History of Trolling the Wall Street Bull

Guys Are Reporting Women on Tinder for the Crime of Not Being Into Them

The Millennials Pretending to be High Schoolers, A High Time for Sibling Rivalry and the History of Coin-Op Cigarette Machines

What’s in This?: Delay Spray

The Science of How Getting Hit in the Head Stops Your Dick From Working

A Mixologist’s Guide to Creating an Actually Great Suicide Soda

The Wrestling Promoter Whose Piledrivers Are for a Good Cause

Whatever Happened to My Bar’s Cigarette Machine?

It’s Brother-Betraying Season, Baby

Doug Was the First Mainstream Sadboi Cartoon Character

The Grown-Ass Millennials Roleplaying as High Schoolers on Facebook

Sunday Reads: Embracing ‘Horny on Main,’ the Fight Against Retirement Depression and the Basketball Player Who Is Paid to Be A Loser

I Strapped On the Trtl Neck Pillow to Try to Get Some Damn Sleep on a Red-Eye

Where’s the Best Place to Have Sex?

Who Cleans Up All the Gore and Goop When the Horror Movie Cameras Stop Rolling?

How to Mix a DIY Spiked Seltzer That’s Better Than White Claw

The Bargain-Basement Economics of Dollar Stores

What’s in This?: Trader Joe’s Microwave Chicken Tikka Masala

Turn Your Fall Chili Into a Medieval ‘Perpetual Stew’ and Eat It Until You Die

Nostalgia Is the Real Killer in ‘IT Chapter Two’

An Uncensored History of the Red Band Trailer

Ranking Beans (and Legumes) by How Healthy They Are

Help! My Doctor Is Really Hot

What Happened to the Guys Who Invested Their Life Savings in Cryptocurrency?

Bitcoin Bros v. Gold Guys, A Eulogy for Jeremy Renner’s App and the Story of the Most Humiliated Athlete in All of Sports

How Do I Buy a TV for My Tiny-Ass Living Room?

What’s in This?: CLIF Bar

I Was the Captain of the Team That Loses to the Globetrotters Every Night

It’s Science Now — ‘Old Town Road’ Is Pop

How Student Loan Debt Is Destroying Marriages

The Jeremy Renner App Was Our Most Surreal Social Network

Inside the New Movement of Support Groups for Retired Men

Bitcoin Bros and Gold Guys Are Battling Over the Millennium’s New Currency

An Argument for Getting Horny on Main, People Who Claim to Be Born in the Wrong Era and Life After a Botched Circumcision

Male Dancing Is Way More Than Trauma Porn

What It’s Like to Go Through Life With a Botched Circumcision

What’s in This?: Canned Soup

Does Your Lady’s Vagina Know You’re Not Right for Her?

Is There a Way to Stop Sweating So Much at the Gym?