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Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Actors Lucille Hutton and Jackie Levine play tug-of-war with Jack Miller's blanket while attempting to get him out of bed in a still from the silent film comedy 'Oh, Mama'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Life Lessons

Hear Me Out: Put A Blanket On Top Of The Comforter

Lauren Theisen

A baseball player is silhouetted as he follows through while practicing in the batting cages

Lost And Found In The Batting Cage

Kelsey McKinney

two images of cherries on a small plate: one in color and one desaturated

When The Cherries Run Out

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

The writer, Dan McQuade, receiving his coronavirus vaccine.

I Got The COVID-19 Vaccine, Then I Tried To Figure Out Why

Barry Petchesky

A member of the Ripoll Taberner family minces meat during the annual tradition of the pig slaughter (matanza de cerdo) in Llucmajor on the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca on November 23, 2020. - For the traditional slaughter, a pig is fattened up for a year and then killed on a cold day to ensure the best conservation of the "sobrasada" sausages. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP) (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Year In Review

What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?

What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

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Chris Thompson

Pizza The Hutt from the movie Spaceballs.

Hibernating For One Year Has Turned Me Into A Toxic Blob

My cat, on the rim of a sink, next to a running faucet

Is Drinking 40 Sips Of Water With Your Hand, Like A Cat, Every Morning “More Efficient” Than Using A Glass? An Investigation

A cartoon of Dwight Eisenhower from a French poster in 1953.

Science

Teeth Are Horrifying

I Hate This Stupid Amazon Hub In My Apartment Building

Cook With A Timer, You Neanderthals

Elder Wisdom

Let’s Just Do It And Be Legends. Let’s Make Pasta.

Dave McKenna

&lt;&gt; on February 26, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll has risen to 113 and the hope for finding survivors is fading as rescuers search through debris for over 200 still missing following a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch on Tuesday. The quake, which was an aftershock of a 7.1 magnitude quake that struck the South Island city on September 4, 2010, has seen damage and fatalities far exceeding those of the original.

The Unnecessary And Gross Tale Of Me And My Kidney Stone

a young blonde girl rides with her arms out atop a toy car

Circling The Block

Albert Burneko

Actress Dagmar reads book beside TV in old black and white photo

You Can Always Just Not Watch TV

Have Some Pie

A kissing booth in aid of the New York Arthritic and Rheumatic Foundation, charging 25 cents a kiss, USA, 1953. (Photo by Carsten/Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images)