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Why Your Team Sucks

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: Chicago Bears

A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is going into public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on September 15, 2016. - A guard will be stationed outside the bathroom to protect the work, entitled 'America', which recalls Marcel Duchamp's famous work, 'Fountain'. (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Funbag

Help! I Love To Shit In The Nude!

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: Carolina Panthers

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: New York Giants

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: New York Jets

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Capital

Inside Hollywood’s Visual Effects Crisis

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: Jacksonville Jaguars

Snoop Dogg may be one of the world's most famous entertainers, but SeaWorld San Diego's Clyde the Sea Lion wanted the rapper to know that he too can "Bring the Bling." Snoop Dogg, who was recently in San Diego for a concert, spent a few hours at the marine-life park interacting with several of the SeaWorld's animals and shared some center-stage time with Clyde at Sea Lion and Otter Stadium. Clyde said he'd be happy to collaborate with Snoop Dogg on one of his future hip-hop songs! Photo: Bob Couey - SeaWorld San Diego Contact: Bob Couey Visual Services Manager SeaWorld San Diego

Lightweight Activewear Is The Most Important Invention Of Our Lifetimes

It’s True: Your Parents Will Eventually Possess Your Body

COLMA, CA - FEBRUARY 1: A man wearing a hazardous materials suit walks through a decontamination shower during a weapons of mass destruction training workshop February 1, 2005 in Colma, California. Representatives from several San Mateo County police and fire departments took part in the one day training to prepare for a chemical or biological attack. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

It’s Your Rays Week Funbag, Featuring An Email From A Ray

Cane toad Agathe sits on a toy balance during an inventory at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on January 5, 2011. All habitants of the zoo are to be counted, weighed and measured during the week long inventory. Agathe has a weight of 1850 grams. AFP PHOTO HOLGER HOLLEMANN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read HOLGER HOLLEMANN/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

So It’s Come To This: My Life Counting Calories

I Know Exactly What Kind Of Professional Wrestler I Would Be

We Must Give The NBA Finals A Better Name

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 26: &lt;&gt; at 230 5th Ave on May 26, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) (NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 26: &lt;&gt; at 230 5th Ave on May 26, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by B

‘Stranger Things 4’ Is A Masterpiece

Arts And Culture

“They’ve Got To Pee On It”: A VFX Supervisor Explains Why Their Job Is So Tricky

during a Western Bulldogs AFL training session at Whitten Oval on May 17, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

Life Lessons

I Fucking Hate Resistance Bands And I Am Not Wrong

Should Cars Have Another Horn In The Back? (No.)

Would You Eat Your Chocolate Hand?

Interviews

An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now

LAS VEGAS - AUGUST 05: Fans react as Papa Roach performs at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino August 5, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The rock group is touring in support of the platinum-selling album "Getting Away With Murder." (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

We Don’t Need Concert Encores Anymore

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You Deserve A Dad Pat Today

Bad Special Effects Are A Choice

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - MAY 01: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after being ejected during Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals of the NBA Playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum on May 01, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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 Ford/Getty Images)

Oh God I Think I Love Draymond Green