Slate cites a deeply implausible statistic in an item about masturbation...
Slate cites a deeply implausible statistic in an item about masturbation habits: "A 2010 survey found that 75 percent of 16- and 17-year-old boys had masturbated in the past year." Seventy-five...
View ArticleWhat the Hell Happens Five Minutes Into This Richard Dawkins Speech?
World's most insufferable atheist Richard Dawkins opened Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors Showcase at Cannes last week with a brief speech on "memes," a term and concept he introduced in his 1976...
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Aaron Carter Got Beat Up in Boston for Being on 'New Kids' Turf
An unlikely turf war took place over the weekend in Boston, if former heartthrob and Backstreet Boy's brother Aaron Carter is to be believed. The now-25-year-old took to his Twitter account on Sunday...
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What the Girls Call Murder
If you're anything like me, you don't need to be reminded that yet another record that shaped your musical upbringing is twenty fucking years old. But Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville was recorded in...
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Is It Wrong for a Restaurant to Pay Its Workers? Discuss!
The New York Times' "Room for Debate" online feature is grappling with the news that Sushi Yasada Yasuda—where lunch bills seem to run in the triple figures—has implemented a no-tipping policy,...
View ArticleA red panda missing from the National Zoo was found and captured in a bush in...
A red panda missing from the National Zoo was found and captured in a bush in D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood this afternoon. He was probably just after some Jumbo Slice.
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Ed Snowden's Great Escape: An Annotated Guide
On Sunday morning, Edward Snowden boarded an Aeroflot flight in Hong Kong, landing in Moscow more than 13 hours later. We think. The truth is, no one's quite sure where the NSA leaker is—Moscow?...
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Wikileaks Is Back. Goddammit.
Where's Edward Snowden? As I write this, only a handful of people know exactly the location of the world famous NSA whistleblower, after he apparently ditched his flight from Moscow to Cuba last night....
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Awesome Daughter Fixes Dad's Computer, Sends Him Equally Awesome Bill
No matter who you are or where you live, chances are your parents expect you to fix their computer for free. It's as if the only reason you're even alive is because your parents were too cheap to pay...
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TMZ: Scottie Pippen Questioned In Assault Case [UPDATE]
TMZ is reporting that basketball Hall of Famer and Michael Jordan sidekick Scottie Pippen has turned himself in to face charges of felony assault with intent to deliver bodily harm for allegedly...
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Amanda Bynes Appeared to Me Under the Supermoon Late Saturday Night
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young woman, who flew east through the clouds following a series of vehicular crimes in order to develop a fashion line and a perfume line as well as many...
View ArticleThe L.A. coroner's office has ruled the death of a woman found in a hotel...
The L.A. coroner's office has ruled the death of a woman found in a hotel cistern as an accidental drowning with "other significant conditions, being bipolar disorder." The Toronto Sun reports...
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Zorro Masks and Cartoon Suits Are the Things in Style Now
Hello, do you wonder what is the newest fashionable thing to wear this summer? You've come to right internet site (Gawker.com). We can now EXCLUSIVELY report that, according to other reports, the...
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Here's What You Missed at Tumblr's Massive Cannes Party
The gilded dust has settled across Cannes after last week's advertising Hajj, and by all indications, Tumblr's party was a hit! Drinks, palm trees, etc. But we weren't invited, and neither were you, so...
View ArticleBandz a Make Stephanie Tanner Dance
Full House and Juicy J match up surprisingly well. [YouTube via WSHH]
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NYC Courier to Clients: We Don't Employ 'Dirty, Smelly' Immigrants
The NYC-based bike courier service Dutch Express bills itself as the city's "most reliable same day courier service." Unfortunately, as Dutch Express surely knows, swiftness often comes at a price —...
View ArticleGizmodo You Can Finally Buy the Magical Spray That Waterproofs Everything |...
Gizmodo You Can Finally Buy the Magical Spray That Waterproofs Everything | Gawker Awesome Daughter Fixes Dad's Computer, Sends Him Equally Awesome Bill | Kotaku This Real Life Version of Super Smash...
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IRS Head Says Close Scrutiny Wasn't Restricted to Tea Party Groups
After six weeks of conservative handwringing about reports that the IRS was unfairly targeting Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status, the new head of the federal tax body is suggesting that it...
View ArticleGood news!
Good news! The new strain of the bird flu is less deadly than the previous strain. It will only kill 36 percent of people sick enough to be hospitalized, which is pretty good compared to the previous...
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Man Arrested for Dressing as Woman, Taking Pictures in Female Dorms
A 46-year-old man was arrested Friday for assaulting a college security guard, after the guard had to gall to interrupt the man, who was dressed as a woman, from snapping pictures inside a student-only...
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