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BENIDORM, SPAIN - JULY 22: People sunbathe at Levante Beach on July 22, 2015 in Benidorm, Spain. Spain has set a new record for visitors, with 29.2 million visitors in June, 4.2% more than the same period in 2014. Spain is also expected to be the main destination of tourists seeking a value-for-money all-inclusive holiday after the Tunisia attack. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Summer Holiday Season Begins And Tourists Flock To The Beaches In Spain

Funbag

I Went To The Beach And All I Got Was This Petty Existential Rage

DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: A general view of play between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners during the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 12, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Oklahoma v Texas

College Football

A Bigger SEC Is Better Football

OSKALOOSA, IOWA - JANUARY 25: Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang plays mini-golf after holding a town hall meeting at Penn Central Mall January 25, 2020 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. While three of the top-polling Democratic presidential candidates are U.S. Senators and must be in Washington for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, millionaire businessman Yang continues to campaign across Iowa ahead of its all-important caucuses scheduled for February 03. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Campaigns In Iowa

No, You Couldn’t Beat A Pro Golfer At Minigolf

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Do Any NBA Players Smoke Cigarettes?

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 11: ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith during Game Three of the NBA Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns at Fiserv Forum on July 11, 2021 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

2021 NBA Finals – Game Three

Media Meltdowns

This Is What Happens When ESPN Only Has One Pundit

England's forward Harry Kane celebrates with England's forward Raheem Sterling (L) after scoring third goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 quarter-final football match between Ukraine and England at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on July 3, 2021.

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Soccer

IF YEW DON’T FINK ISS COMIN ‘OME I HAVE NEWS: ISS COMIN’ ‘OME!

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A Completely Useless Guide To Switching Careers

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There Are A Million Ways To Avoid Calling Yourself An Alcoholic

393787 01: Hector Ofunio applies suntan lotion to the back of his friend Leandro Munoz August 28, 2001 at the beach on Key Biscayne, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Suntan Lotion Popular on Florida Beach

Elder Wisdom

Lemme Explain The Sunscreen

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Journalismism

Frank Bruni, I’m Not Sorry

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos talks about his 'Blue Origin Space Program' during a keynote session at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

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You Call This Going To Space, Jeff Bezos?

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Parental Screen Angst Is A Disease

CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos (R) gestures during the Amazon's annual Smbhav event in New Delhi on January 15, 2020. - Bezos, whose worth has been estimated at more than $110 billion, is officially in India for a meeting of business leaders in New Delhi. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

INDIA-E-COMMERCE-AMAZON-BEZOS

The Dream Is To Be A Boring Asshole

An interior view of a bathroom with matching flowered wallpaper and shower curtain and blue sink, bathtub, toilet, and tiles, circa 1985. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

1980s Bathroom Interior

Can I Take A Shit At An Open House?

The crew of NASA's STS-30 mission pose in front of the mid-deck starboard wall-mounted sleep restraints on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle OV 104), 8th May 1989. Clockwise from top right, they are Commander David M Walker, mission specialists Mary L Cleave, Mark C Lee and Norman E Thagard, and pilot Ronald J Grabe. They are wearing red, white and blue mission polo shirts and light blue flight overalls. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

STS-30 Crew

Life Lessons

I Think I’m Done With T-Shirts

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Kevin Hart Hosts Mohegan Sun’s 20th Anniversary Comedy All-Star Gala Starring Sarah Silverman, Dave Attell, Margaret Cho & More

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I Have Passed On To My 9-Year-Old A Love Of Dirty Comedians

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I’m Worried People Might Get The Wrong Impression From My Satanist Tattoo

NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 09: Nelson Bays Brett Wallace extracts himself from the mud in his teams 2026 loss to Bay of Plenty in the Air New Zealand NPC second division match at Trafalgar Park, Nelson, Saturday. (Photo by Ross Land/Getty Images)

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Soiling Ourselves

KIAWAH ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 23: Phil Mickelson of the United States retrieves his golf ball on the 18th green after putting to win during the final round of the 2021 PGA Championship held at the Ocean Course of Kiawah Island Golf Resort on May 23, 2021 in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

PGA Championship – Final Round

Golf

I No Longer Have To Pretend I Was Enjoying Sports Without Crowds

An old man reads a newspaper as his wife looks through a magazine circa 1940's. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Old Couple At Home

Underexplained Lists

Lamp Switches, Ranked

JACKSONVILLE, FL - APRIL 24: Tim Tebow is seen by the octagon during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 24, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)

UFC 261: Usman v Masvidal 2

The Jaguars Signed Tim Tebow For The Same Reason The Mets Did

TORONTO, ON - MAY 22: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox comes in from right field and plays on the lip of the infield as the Red Sox emply a five-man infield with the bases loaded in the tenth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on May 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mookie Betts

Boston Red Sox v Toronto Blue Jays

Analytics Aren’t Why Baseball Is Worse

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Business Travel Is Meditation

circa 1945: Two couples walk arm-in-arm outdoors, laughing. The wind blows the ladies' hats and the men's hair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Out Door Larks

A Taxonomy Of LOLs

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 30: NCAA president Mark Emmert attends the game between the Texas Longhorns and the South Carolina Gamecocks during the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Alamodome on March 30, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Texas v South Carolina

We’ll Never Kill The NCAA