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Children participate in a pasta eating competition

Funbag

I Demand We Normalize Chewing With Your Mouth Open

A father and son buy fireworks at a stand

Minor Dilemmas

Is It Possible To Teach My Kid How To Manage Risk?

View of the Baltic Sea beach on the Gulf of Riga.

I Crave The Ocean

Switzerland supporters celebrate their team's victory with flares

Podcasts

The World Cup Quarterfinals Are Here. Pick A Team Or DIE

Media Meltdowns

Dana White Stars In History’s Worst Truck Ad

The Hot Take Industrial Complex Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Means

Life's Rich Pageant

Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden

Lobsters at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 13, 2026.

OK, This Is Probably Too Much Talk About The KLF

Erling Haaland watches a ball fly over the heads of Ivory Coast players

A Clueless Soccer Guy’s Favorite World Cup Things

This Is So Stupid

I Can No Longer Accept Being Condescended To By The Little Game On My Phone

What’s The Ideal Target For A Heist?

It’s Time To Begin Safeguarding The Future Against Our Intelligent Teddy Bear

’60 Minutes’ Was A Good Show

There Are More Brendan Sorsbys To Come

CLEVELAND, OHIO - AUGUST 23: Defensive end Myles Garrett #95 of the Cleveland Browns reacts as he warms up before an NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Los Angeles Rams at Huntington Bank Field on August 23, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

What The Fuck Are The Rams Doing?

Protestors carry a coffin with an upside-down democratic party logo on it

I Am Captain Of The Democrats Now. Here Is My Battleplan.

Gloria Caulfield delivers her commencement address

The Machines

Wow! America’s Graduating Seniors Really Fucking Hate AI!

How To Eat A Pop-Tart Correctly

A woman sits at the dinner table eating with her young son, who is making a funny face while his plate of food sits untouched. The black and white minor dilemmas logo is in the middle of the image.

How Do I Get My Picky Eater Off A Chicken Nugget-Based Diet?

The Pittsburgh Steelers stand in a darkened tunnel

Steelers, Longing For A Quiet Death, Willing To Wait For Aaron Rodgers

A man tests the new touchscreen inside the new all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 that is on display inside a dealership

Fuck Touchscreens

The Jackson family poses on the red carpet

The Musical Biopic Is Dead

GRIMSBY, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: An aerial view of imported new cars on the quayside of Alexandra Dock at Grimsby Port on June 28, 2025 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Life Lessons

Want To Buy A Car? Be Ready To Suffer

TREMOLI, ITALY - MAY 16: Portrait of professional road racing cyclist David Millar taken on May 16, 2011. (Photo by Joby Sessions/Procycling Magazine via Getty Images)