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A movie theater, closed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, advertises its reopening on March 12, 2021, in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York

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Movie Theater Popcorn In New York City, Ranked

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Drew Magary

Funbag

All Teams Should Be Ranked

Kelsey McKinney

Underexplained Lists

Discourses We Can Stop Having, Ranked

Samer Kalaf

FOXBOROUGH, MA - JULY 29, 2021: Gunner Olszewski #80 of the New England Patriots performs a drill during training camp at Gillette Stadium on July 29, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

NFL Training Camp Storylines, Ranked

LIVERMORE, CA - JULY 18: A Safeway customer browses in the fruit and vegetable section at Safeway's new "Lifestyle" store July 18, 2007 in Livermore, California. Safeway unveiled its newest Lifestyle store that features numerous organic and natural foods as well as expanded produce, meat, seafood and floral departments. The store also offers freshly made desserts and baked goods, a coffee roaster, a fresh nut bar and wine section with over 2,000 wines, some of which are stored in a climate controlled wine cellar. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Time For War: I’m Ranking Supermarket Chains

Rafi Schwartz

Overexplained Lists

The 10 Dumbest Congressional Caucuses, Ranked

Ways To Reply To “Thank You,” Ranked

Soraya Roberts

Please Remove Me From This List

Albert Burneko

FRANCE - CIRCA 1890: La Sorbonne : chemistry laboratory. Paris, about 1900. (Photo by ND/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Journalismism

Any Worthwhile Player Ranking Will Make You So Mad

Luis Paez-Pumar

France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group D football match between France and Denmark at Stadium 974 in Doha on November 26, 2022.

The 16 Teams Left In The World Cup, Ranked By Coolness

Barry Petchesky

Mario Bros figure is seen in a Nintendo store in New York City, United States on October 22, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

Video Games

Mario Power-Ups, Ranked

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Two boys playing baseball.

The Coolness Of Baseball Positions, Ranked

Laura Wagner

Worst Places To Get A Mosquito Bite, Ranked

Caitlin Schneider

State Flags, Ranked

Falstaff sits with a woman, holding a tankard, in an illustrated scene from the Shakespeare play, 'King Henry IV,' Act II, Scene IV. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Shakespeare’s Plays, Ranked

Worst Places To Get A Sunburn, Ranked

Birdfector

State Birds, Ranked

A Senate Judiciary Committee ready to discuss prohibition enforcement, Washington, circa 1925.

Senators Week

Senate Committees, Ranked

LLANDUDNO, WALES - MARCH 31: Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. The goats normally live on the rocky Great Orme but are occasional visitors to the seaside town, but a local councillor told the BBC that the herd was drawn this time by the lack of people and tourists due to the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine measures. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

My Pandemic Pursuits, Ranked

Iraqis drink juice at a shop in a market in Iraq's central shrine city of Najaf on September 15, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP) (Photo by SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Images)