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  • The Thing About Deleting A Facebook Friend

    The Thing About Deleting A Facebook Friend

    When Facebook first became popular it was of social protocol to immediately add someone you had just met, anyone you had met. Saw them across the room at a high school party? Add them! Bumped into them that one super fun time at that really awesome place? Add them!

  • Why Are The Kardashians So Popular?

    Why Are The Kardashians So Popular?

    What separates Kim Kardashian from all the other ladies who came to being known via a sex tape is that she’s managed to parlay it into a career that has NOTHING to do with sex.

  • This Is Why You’re My Best Friend

    This Is Why You’re My Best Friend

    We’re best friends because I can take you anywhere and you’ll adapt. Whether it’s the chicest party or some insufferable family gathering, you’ll deal with it like a champ. I don’t have to worry about leaving you alone or keeping you entertained.

  • An Awkward Letter To My Best Friend(?)

    An Awkward Letter To My Best Friend(?)

    My best friends have always changed over time. There was Madison in second grade. I helped her plaster her bedroom walls in ‘Teen Beat’ Jonathan Taylor Thomas posters. She and I lost touch when I changed schools. Then, there was Matthew in fourth grade.

  • What It’s Like To Be A Pretty Girl

    What It’s Like To Be A Pretty Girl

    When you go out, you always end up getting too messed up due to a combination of accepting too many free drinks from losers and drinking by yourself in the corner while your friends meet nice, college-educated guys with jobs.

  • 20 Ways To Scare Your Crush Away

    20 Ways To Scare Your Crush Away

    Minimize eye contact. As a general rule, the ratio of eye contact with your crush to how much you’re crushing on your crush should be inverse. If you must acknowledge your crush, a sideways glance or indirect stare is advised.

  • What To Do When Your Best Friend Ditches You For Their BF/GF

    What To Do When Your Best Friend Ditches You For Their BF/GF

    Sometimes it’s okay to choose dicks before chicks. Sometimes it’s okay to go off the grid and just do the whole “I’M IN LOVE!” thing. The first few months of a relationship are always intoxicating. It’s like you’re on drugs and going on a love binge — it’s very “Hit Me Baby One More Time”…

  • The First Time You Fart In Front Of Someone You Like

    The First Time You Fart In Front Of Someone You Like

    I am aware that a vast majority of people are both ashamed and embarrassed about farting, even though I’m not. I’m also aware that a vast majority of this vast majority are women, and moreover I am aware that most women only fart perfume and poop rainbows (everyone has to fart and poop OK, some…

  • Why It’s Okay To Date Someone You Don’t Have Strong Feelings For

    Why It’s Okay To Date Someone You Don’t Have Strong Feelings For

    I learned so much about myself from dating. I was challenged and put out of my comfort zone. I was taught how to compromise and how to deal with different personalities. It was exciting, scary, and foreign.

  • How To Lose Your Virginity

    How To Lose Your Virginity

    Your first time is special. It sounds corny to say but how could it not be? SEX IS SO INSANE. The fact that we do it blows my mind on a regular basis. The first time is special because you feel like you’ve just been clued in on a giant secret.

  • Why I Pretend I Don’t Like You Like That

    Why I Pretend I Don’t Like You Like That

    I’m pretending that I don’t like you like that, and I bet you don’t even know. Why would you? I’ve put a lot of effort into this charade, and I’m pulling it off with such ease I’ve almost even convinced myself that I don’t like you like that. Sort of like that creepy thing people…

  • Some Thoughts On The Winky Face ;-)

    Some Thoughts On The Winky Face ;-)

    Maybe our generation should be called Generation :-) instead of Generation Y or whatever they’re calling us. Now, conveniently, you don’t have to put your complicated thoughts and sentiments into words. You can just use a smiley.

  • Ten Flawless Love Songs

    Ten Flawless Love Songs

    The best love songs make it possible for you to feel like you’re in love for the duration of the song. Even if you’ve been single for some time, you can play the song and feel like you belong to somebody. That’s what “I Only Have Eyes For You” does for me.

  • That Look Boys Give Girls But Pretend They Don’t

    That Look Boys Give Girls But Pretend They Don’t

    That’s the point where you really know, you really, really know, that you’ll be able to tell everything you need about a man’s feelings from the way he looks at you. It’s when you’ll stop demanding frivolous gestures and “I love you,” because on the rare occasion you notice him looking at you like that,…

  • What Your Internet Laugh Says About You

    What Your Internet Laugh Says About You

    bahahah: You’re a male programmer with a pony tail who’s generally seen as weird/ creepy/ nerdy by your IRL peers and as either a “guru” or a tyrannical dick by your fellow elitist programmers in IRC. You may also employ “mwhahahah.”

  • The 10 Least Sexy R&B Lyrics

    The 10 Least Sexy R&B Lyrics

    R&B is such a truly wonderful genre of music. The sheer, blinding earnestness of so many people trying not only to market sex itself, but how sexy they are as individuals, is something to be admired. It’s strange, almost surreal, watching so many grown men declare, insist, that they are incredible at the act of…

  • Some Much-Needed Rules For PDA

    Some Much-Needed Rules For PDA

    I’m sorry, but no amount of love, no Leo and Kate or Jim and Pam or Carrie and Big love, could ever justify the unimaginable bullshit that is eating dinner on the same side of a cramped table.

  • 5 Things That Smell Amazing And Will Make Lots Of People Want To Have Sex With You

    5 Things That Smell Amazing And Will Make Lots Of People Want To Have Sex With You

    I want to impart my newfound wisdom to all of the readers who want their apartment to stop smelling like One Night Stand and Regret. Listen carefully, grasshoppers.