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9 Tips For Jay-Z And Beyonce’s New Vegan Diet
Deep-fry cauliflower, slather in barbecue sauce. It’s so simplistic, but so, so good.
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21 Pretentious Things That Only Single People Do
Regularly discussing all the things they want to do before they get with someone, such as travel or write a novel, because — as we all know — the freedom…
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50 Funny And Uplifting Quotes For Your Inner Holiday Cheermeister
“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”
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44 Things Only Identical Twins Will Understand
11. The spot-the-difference game grew old quickly didn’t it?
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35 Doctors And Patients Share Their Worst Misdiagnoses And Doctor Horror Stories
In 2005 my father went to the doctor complaining of chest pain. The doctor assured him it was heartburn and sent him home with Tums and no further testing. My…
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21 Pretentious Things That Only People In Relationships Do
Employing the word “soulmate” in casual conversation, as if that wasn’t the linguistic equivalent of coughing up glitter on someone in the middle of a sentence.
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How I Became An Orgasm Donor
Perched atop an exam table at Rutgers’ Imaging Center, twitching bare feet, I glance from the standard medical gown keeping me cold to drab linoleum floor to unforgiving fluorescent ceiling…
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10 Old Fashioned Dating Habits We Should Make Cool Again
Straightforwardly asking someone out and not calling it “hanging out.”
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Are “Child Brides” The New Hotness? Apparently So/Not.
It seems to come down to this. If you’re going to rape teenage girls then you damn well better be famous and good looking in a harmless sort of way.…
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9 Rules For Surviving Minnesota Winters
Tip: in a pinch you can scrape ice off your windows with a credit card and an empty fast food beverage cup can shovel up snow near your tires.
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15 Signs You Grew Up In A Korean Family
I have successfully branded my childhood memories with Thought Catalog.
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23 Things That Only Sisters Understand
The disturbing ways they start to resemble your mother, in habits and appearance.
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19 Seriously Questionable Things People Have Done In The Name Of Love
Here’s a list of 19 people that did some regrettable things for love. Found on Quora’s “What’s the stupidest thing you’ve done for love?” thread.
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5 Of The Worst Possible Things That Could Ever Happen To You
1. Making eye contact while on the toilet, or with someone who’s on the toilet Someone I know, let’s call him my “uncle,” once scored a hot date, and took…
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22 College Seniors On Their Advice To College Freshmen
Get some real advice from a college senior who’s been there. From interviews with seniors at my college.
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12 Insane Things That Happened On My Night Out With Bill Murray
He had this smug look like he was the most important guy in the room, which he probably was. No one was talking to him. I had to try.
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9 Ancient Torture Methods That Will Have You Jumping Out Of Your Skin
It could be so much worse.
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Maybe One Day I Will Meet You
And maybe one day I’ll be reading a book at the Laundromat. Some movement will catch my eye and then I’ll see you taking your clothes out of the dryer.
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It’s Not Just Women, Guys Get Hurt Too
I remember tears streaming down her face as she shook her head from side to side hysterically and in a mixture of words and uncontrollable sobbing I remember her saying,…
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28 Things I Learned While Working For Lululemon Athletica
If you are a size 6, then you’ll be given free clothes to wear, termed “promotions”.
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The 50 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Of The 90s
The 90s were such an amazing time for hip-hop. The styles and sounds shifted tremendously from that of the 80s and some of the biggest names in the genre emerged…
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10 Weird Facts About Buddhism
In Western culture we love to hate or point out all the weird things about Christianity, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Bill Maher have made life-long careers pointing out the…
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7 Dudes Who Definitely Have Chlamydia, But Whom I Would Still Totally Hit
This veteran chlamydia hottie, who splits his time between follicle replacement therapy and banging his domestic help, is always a perennial choice for the STD hit.
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I Voluntarily Signed Myself Into A Psych Unit
My little book that I’ve been working on for the last few months, My Heart Is An Autumn Garage, came out last week. It’s a short memoir about the breakdown I had in…
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Confessions Of An Old Virgin
I’m a 23 year old male virgin. Well, I was a 23 year old male virgin. Once upon a time, I was a 23-year-old virgin.
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How You Know It’s Over Before It Ends
You can’t go beyond your saturation point. You can’t let yourself regress. If your paths are diverging, let them.
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31 Albert Camus Quotes That Show The Beautiful Paradoxes And Complexities Of Life
“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
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5 Weird Things The Internet Does When Famous People Die
Complaining that a dead movie star isn’t worthy of a massive response from fans and comparing it to the death of a starving child or a soldier is beyond pointless.
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19 Signs Your Mom Is Your Best Friend
1. You call her every day or multiple times a day just to tell her about little things going on in your life and to find out what’s going in…
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21 Disney Employees Tell The Craziest Thing They’ve Ever Seen At The Park
About half way through the dinner the husband politely stands up and taps his glass for attention. He announced that his wife of 15 years has been cheating in him…
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10 Little-Known Facts About ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Wait, Bob Saget isn’t the father. What the hell is going on?
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This Is What’s Wrong With The Education System
Education is knowledge – not the thoughtless accumulation of knowledge, but knowing what to make of what you see.
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3 Ways To Handle Your Breakup With Maturity And Grace (And Pizza)
Don’t Get Wrapped Up in the Blame-Game/Self-Hate/Regret Tornado.
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30 People On The First Moment They Officially Felt Like An Adult
When my father and grandfather both approached me for help in family affairs.
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Top 10 Dating Faux Pas Debunked
The past few months have presented me with ample dating horror stories, which had me thinking a lot about where these guys get the idea that certain things are acceptable…
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How You Know You’re Not Ready For A Relationship
Many people jump into relationships thinking about the outcomes, not the work it will take to get there.
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Sometimes Courage Means Being The Crazy Girl On A Train
Sometimes it takes courage to be silent and walk away. Sometimes it takes courage to speak up.
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What Happened To All My Friends?
I have no friends. A statement thought by almost everyone after they graduate from college at least once… or, let’s be serious, at least once a week. In college, the…
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This Is My Love Letter
In your most beautiful moments, in between the minutes of dawn, when the sun rises over you and illuminates the curves of your skin in soft gold hues and glimmers.
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10 “Trendy” Items Girls Wore in the Early 2000s
Decked out in graphic T-shirts from Abercrombie with roll-on-glitter covering my eyelids and a big smile sporting a whole lot of colorful metal, I thought I was hot shit. Now,…
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10 Of The Most Self-Aware Lyrics From Lorde’s ‘Pure Heroine’
Only bad people live to see their likeness set in stone What does that make me?
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50 Christmas Movies You Should Be Required To Watch Every Year
I put together the essential Christmas movie watch list, giving you two movies per day to watch with friends or family. There are some that you may not even realize…
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19 People Who Were Kidnapped (Or Almost Kidnapped) Tell Us The Terrifying Stories Of What Went Down
At the time I knew that his behavior was weird and not to go with him but I didn’t fully grasp the danger enough to be all that frightened. It…
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I Always Miss You More Around The Holidays
Now we have jobs, and bills, and real responsibilities that make all of that feel like some kind of fever dream.
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Reasons I Wish People Would Just Be Happy Already
JUST LOVE EVERYONE. ALL THE TIME. FOR NO REASON. FOR EVERY REASON.
