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QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 14: (CHINA OUT) A woman wearing Facekini enjoys herself at a beach on August 14, 2014 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. The mask is used by people for protecting themselves from the sun's rays, jellyfish and algae. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

I Used To Be A Summer Crank

KANSAS CITY, MO - APRIL 28: A Washington Commanders fan during the second day of the NFL Draft on April 28, 2023 at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire)

Just Keep The Name Commanders And Be Done With It

MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 08: in their middleweight fight during the UFC 287 event at Kaseya Center on April 8, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Who Are The Four Grimmest Men?

This Stupid Oven Is The Juicero Of TV Dinners

Help! My Friend Uses A Separate Loofah Just For His Butthole!

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Israel Daramola

1824: Oxford undergraduates on a latenight drinking escapade. The original caption reads 'Oxford Transports or Albanians doing Penance for Past Offences'. Original Artwork: Drawn and engraved by Robet Cruikshank for 'The English Spy', 1824 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

What Was The Worst Era To Attend College?

Fans of the Michigan State Spartans write ''state'' on their chests during a game against the Southern California Trojans at the Rose in Pasadena, California. Michigan State won the game 20-17.

Can I Stop Caring About My College Team?

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Cherry blossoms near peak bloom around the Tidal Basin on March 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.

A Half-Assed But Useful Guide To Visiting Washington, D.C.

View of young music fans as they look at vinyl LPs in the racks of an unidentified record store, Falls Church, Virginia, October 13, 1977. The teen at fore holds two albums ('New England' and 'Locked In') by British rock group Wishbone Ash. (Photo by Warren K Leffler/US News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

What Crap Should My Teenager Have To Pay For?

Can I Throw Out My Husband’s Old Wrestling Dolls?

26th January 1955: Two deaf German women using different types of hearing aid. The woman on the right uses an ear trumpet whilst the woman on the right uses a more discreet instrument attached to her speactacles. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

How I Hear Now

Online Is What You Make Of It

I Am Getting Old Man Skin And Don’t Care For It

SLUG: ST/WONDERBOOK. DATE: December, 15, 2008 CREDIT: Katherine Frey / TWP. Frederick, MD. Wonder Book and Video warehouse for their internet business. They also have stores in the area. Debbie Schnibbe (CQ), who has worked at Wonder Book and Video for 8 years pulls about 150 books in an hour and a half. The books are shelved according to a number when they arrive at the warehouse. So, a novel can be next to a textbook which is next to cookbook. That's why the public is not invited to come and browse the million or so books on hand. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)

There’s Too Much Shit To Remember

Prime Minister Boris Johnson alongside electric vehicles operations manager Agata Litwinowicz-Soltysiak during a visit to the National Express depot in Coventry. The Prime Minister is unveiling a shake-up of the bus sector which aims to see lower, simpler flat fares in towns and cities, turn-up-and-go services on main routes, and new flexible services to reconnect communities. Picture date: Monday March 15, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Bus. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

I Can’t Stop Giving People The Thumbs Up

Pop Culture Is Good For Your Children

I Love My Freakshow Body Hairs

Damar Hamlin’s Story Is About More Than An NFL PR Campaign

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 19: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams watches action prior to a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on December 19, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers defeated the Rams 24-12. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Oh God I’m Ranking Matts Now

Ashley Feinberg

Trump Vs. DeSantis: Who Ya Got?!

High School Students Writing at Desks (Photo by �� William Gottlieb/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Writing Longhand Is For Suckers

Roger Ebert & Gene Siskel dinning at the Brown Derby Restaurant, Walt Disney World, Florida in 1990

I Don’t Need Everyone’s Opinion On Everything

How Old Are You In Your Dreams?

The Prince of Wales looks closely at the Sanyo UK Microwave Oven from the Steel Life' range, during an award ceremony held at The Victoria and Albert Museum in central. * The Homes and Gardens Classical Design Awards, recognise and reward outstanding contempary British Design in everyday items, the magazine Readers Award went to the Sanyo oven which was chosen for unusually simple, pleasant and modern styling. (Photo by Peter Jordan - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

Do Not Besmirch The “Add 30 Seconds” Microwave Button

'The Luncheon in the Conservatory', 1877. Three generations of a prosperous family relax and talk at the end of an informal meal in their conservatory where the plants are as flourishing as their owners. From the Musee des Beaux Arts, Pau, France. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)