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11 Ways To Be A Decent Person
Nice doesn’t equal kind, there are kind people who aren’t nice.
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6 People You Become On Fridays
4. The I Can’t Wait To Get Home, Put On My Softest Pants And Do Nothing Person
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7 Reasons Why Dating Is The Absolute Worst
Finding out if someone is going to love you or not takes time and lots of cash. Just to power through some awkward dates, I’ve had to gulp down four…
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15 Things We Should All Admit
You always click on those headline-grabby articles on Yahoo! or People about “Taylor Swift’s Latest Break Up” or “You’ll Never Guess What Selena Said!”
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26 Things I Learned During My First Year Of Real Employment
Exactly which holidays are federal holidays and which are just the stupid ones.
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15 Things I Don’t Understand About Myself
I don’t ever dress the way I envision myself dressing. I see all these cute outfits on fashion blogs but then I just pull on a sweatshirt and jeans.
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Things You Have To Learn On Your Own
You have to learn to be happy. Happiness is not something you can buy or earn, it is something you are and have; it is a state of mind.
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The 7 Most Unappealing Qualities In People
Competitive people are the worst for so many reasons but one of the major ones is that they’re always trying to one-up their friends. “Oh, you got a boyfriend? Well,…
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Physical Appearance Should Not Be The Most Attractive Thing About You
Yo, dudes, we’re not looking for supermen (or women). We’re looking for real, loving, genuine, kick-butt people who lift us up and make us happy.
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20 Songs That Perfectly Encapsulate Being In Your 20s
They only want you when you’re seventeen. When you’re twenty one, you’re no fun.
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7 Things That Happen To You When You Are Completely Honest
I got a death threat last week from a guy who’s a senior at Brown University who didn’t think I could track him down. More on that in a second.
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The 7 Most Appealing Qualities In People
As we go through life searching for meaningful connections with the all people we meet, if they have these qualities you will definitely want to keep them around for awhile.
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5 Stages Of Finding Out You Have Cancer
I wouldn’t call it hopefulness, exactly; it was more like last minute, panic-induced mania, probably induced by the same biological response that causes all your capillaries to explode in a…
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5 Non-Fiction Books That Will Suck You In
Want to read a HUGE book about Abraham Lincoln? You’re in luck.
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9 Songs That Always Make You Feel Fabulous
Nobody’s perfect, and sometimes you wake up and you’re feeling down. But don’t feel sorry for yourself. You’re amazing! Here are 9 songs that’ll always make you feel fabulous so…
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You’re Allowed To Have Feelings
I am The Person Who Feels Everything, surely one of the most Sisyphean of all fates.
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15 Times I Want To Die Of Embarrassment
When I have headphones on and I fart thinking no one else can hear it like an idiot.
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Things I Love You More Than
I love you more than Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage and Liam Neeson combined.
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10 Reasons 22 Is The Perfect Age
Twenty-two is basically the only age you can use as leverage. Meaning that because it’s the exact age between life-as-you-know-it and what will later be known as ‘real life’ (that’s…
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Girl, I Don’t Care About Your Hair Down There
I appreciate my body for some of the ways it helps me out. In the summertime, I get mosquito bites on my ankles because they can’t navigate through my hairy…
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19 Questions You Wish You Could Ask Their Ex
Do you have fantasies about getting back together… and can you not?
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Why I Reject The Idea Of Hooking Up
I came to the conclusion that drinking a lot of alcohol and staying up till the wee hours of the morning trying to get laid, although fun when used sparingly,…
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How To Be A Cool, Trendy, Popular Person And Stuff
Does this stuff come in newsletter form? Is there some exclusive memo or cool-kid-illuminati type of secret society meeting that excludes the rest of us? Or is it called Twitter?…
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16 Signs You’re A Control Freak
7) You get a rejection letter from a job or a school but just like, WHATEVER. It’s their fault they didn’t take you. They will be sorry!
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33 Unusual Tips To Being A Better Writer
I spent the entire 90s writing bad fiction. 5 bad novels. Dozens of bad stories. But I learned to handle massive rejection. And how to put two words together. In…
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19 Signs You Are Obsessed With Your Crush
You spend several hours extra getting ready — possibly even buying new clothes — when you know that there is a chance you might see them tonight.
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8 Insane Thoughts I Have On A First Date
I’m going to casually mention an ex-boyfriend just so he knows that other people have loved me before.
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Having An Ex Who Hates You
This whole time I thought you were just some emotionless zombie who didn’t really care about me but I now know that’s not true. You don’t delete someone from your…
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The Difference Between A Nice Guy And A “Nice Guy”
The women who rejected them are but one bullet point in a longer list, for many of these Nice Guys.
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22 Facts That Prove Tilda Swinton Is The World’s Most Fascinating Creature
11. She claims that she didn’t speak for five years. This sounds fake, but it’s so real.
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The 10 Best Indie Movies Currently On Netflix Instant
From well-known classics to movies you’ve maybe never heard of, here are 10 great indies to check out on Netflix.
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What It Feels Like To Have Sex With Your Ex
There is also the familiarity. It becomes like a kind of drug, something you can’t take big enough hits of when you are looking for something, anything, to make sense…
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Once Your Heart Has Been Damaged
A moment of pleasure is constantly being chosen over potential years of reliability and happiness. Then, when the flash of indulgence is over, consideration for what has been done begins.
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The 10 Best ‘Mean Girls’ Quotes To Use In Day-To-Day Life
Don’t have sex, because you will get pregnant and die.
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Falling In Love With Yourself
I think that when you don’t fall in love with yourself, there is an expectation that the person you fall in love with, will fill the void of self-worth that…
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Distance Doesn’t Matter, I Still Think About You All Day Long
We have to try to touch with our hearts and minds since our bodies can not.
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30 Amazing New Ideas For Podcasts
5. We Need to Talk…About We Need to Talk About Kevin: A podcast where my guests each week are a couple that finally breaks up by arguing about the movie…
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A Few Words On Interracial Dating: When You’re The Only Brown Face At A Concert
When I came back home, I asked my girlfriend, who is white and very into hip-hop culture, if she experienced the same thing when she went to rap concerts.
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15 Greatest Lil Wayne Songs (Vive Weezy!)
I’m glad Lil Wayne is still alive. He’s one of the greatest to ever do it.
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24 Dates To Take Yourself On
2. Cheap buffet. Usually I like to wait all to eat, only having a snack here and there – you know, like appetite foreplay.
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5 Things Guys Need To Stop Doing In Bed
The thing about orgasms is that they can come from anywhere. If the Peen Patrol isn’t bringing them, why not take her to Tongue Town or Vibrator Valley or even…
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What Your Shoes Say About You
You buy vegetables at farmer’s market — carrying their ostentatiously exposed stems and leaves in an artistic canvas tote bag purchased at Etsy — and render them into soup that…
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15 Ways To Make Me Fall For You
Know how to dress and how to mix a drink. Two very easy things to learn, and everyone who wants to be impressive to their desired gender can do it.
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Do You Want To Make Out With Me?
It’s not like I want to marry or date you. I just want to kiss you. There’s something about our dynamic that intrigues me and I don’t think I’ll figure…
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19 Ways To Deal With Frustration
12. Type a long angry text. You don’t actually have to send the text to anyone but it’ll feel good just to get the words out.
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