Sentinel Island: Inside the home of the last uncontacted people

Sentinel Island: Inside the home of the last uncontacted people

You’ve just been chosen as a contestant for “Survivor: Andamans.” But instead of immunity idols, there are red buckets (more on that later). Instead of elimination challenges, there’s smallpox. And instead of television hosts, there are missionaries and Indian bureaucrats trying to wipe you out with bible worship and civilization. What do you do? Self defense them to death, of course. Welcome to…

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8 reasons young men should date MILFs, according to Benjamin Franklin

8 reasons to prefer MILFs, according to Benjamin Franklin

[Ed.: “Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress” is a letter by Benjamin Franklin dated June 25, 1745, in which Benjamin advises a young friend (Cadwallader Colden of New York) on how to channel sexual energies. He admonishes him strongly to get married, but if he would not, and wants a lover, he provides 8 reasons to pick an older woman. Due to some of these reasons being quite saucy, the…

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Meet the Yugo: the worst car ever made

Was the Yugo the worst car ever made?

Even people who weren’t born before 1985 know that the Yugo is a synonym for automotive crapulence – one of the most laughable, undependable, unfortunate products ever hawked in the United States. Jason Vuic’s fascinating book, The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, provides a detailed roadmap of how this sad hunk of car came to be. It’s a thoroughly weird saga that involves a…

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The world's oldest jokes reveal we've always laughed at the same things

The world’s oldest jokes reveal we’ve always laughed at the same things

The delivery and format of jokes may be subject to fashion, but the ancients laughed at the same things we do today. Don’t believe me? Just check out this list of the world’s oldest jokes. Credit for some of it goes to Wolverhampton University, who in 2008 had a team of researchers scour old manuscripts and even stone tablets for the world’s oldest jokes. “Jokes have varied over the years, with…

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Love and sex in Georgian England, according to this vulgar 1785 dictionary

Love and sex in Georgian England, according to this vulgar 1785 dictionary

This article originally appeared in the Spring edition of the vintage EROS magazine, which was published in four 1962 issues and ceased to be when its editor Ralph Ginzburg was charged with three counts of obscenity (convicted in 1963). Browse our vintage tag to read more articles from times past. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue In the year 1785 there appeared in the bookstalls of…

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The bizarre science experiments that revolutionized sex (and how we think of it)

The bizarre science experiments that revolutionized sex (and how we think of it)

Young, stoned out of their mind, students usually get all the credit for sexual revolutions, but a lot of progress in the field of recreational whoopie-making has actually come thanks to the efforts of your boring old scientist. We have compiled key scientific developments in how we understand sex — none of which would make a decent porno. Physical exertion and fear transformed into sexual…

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The catchy genius of the 'nonsense song'

The catchy genius of the ‘nonsense song’

In 1958, Frank Sinatra famously described rock’n’roll lyrics as “imbecilic reiteration… written for the most part by cretinous goons.” He didn’t name names, but you can bet that he was thinking about the rash of nonsensical hits that year, from Yakety Yak to Splish Splash to Bimbombey. Though nonsense songs had been around for centuries — from rum dum diddles in Renaissance ballads to…

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The joys of a celebrity meltdown caught on tape (top 15)

The joys of a celebrity meltdown caught on tape (top 15)

There is nothing like a good celebrity meltdown to remind us that Hollyweirdos are people just like us, and not much like the Disneyfied PC golems constructed by their teams of branding professionals. Every second of drain-circling mental unbalance caught on tape nevertheless feeds our communal tulpa made of pure schadenfreude that will one day smash the beast 666 and release those poor pizza…

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Here's why you should trust no one—not even yourself

Here’s why you should trust no one—not even yourself

When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World is a classic work of social psychology by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, detailing a small UFO cult that believed in an imminent apocalypse. (via Wikipedia) It is December 20th, 1954. There are 16 people sitting in a small house on the outskirts of Chicago.…

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Top 15 '80s action movie power ballads

Top 15 ’80s action movie power ballads

Have you noticed how nearly every action movie of the ’80s combined high body counts and tough guy quipping with some of the most romantic, uplifting soft rock ever put to record? Beefcake stars fire machine-guns with one hand and ram faces on giant meathooks with the other, and then all this intestine-ripping action suddenly explodes into an amazing, reverb-heavy slice of John Parr crooning…

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Red flagged: these are the girls you need to avoid at all costs

Red flagged: these are the girls you need to avoid at all costs

We’re letting women in on a little secret. Guys make lists too. And, we just made a list that addresses a question on the minds of single women everywhere: What are the real reason they’re still single? She’s an only child… You’re sitting at a bar, nursing a vodka cranberry when a guy comes up and the two of you begin conversing. You’re really hitting it off. You don’t want to seem overconfident,…

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Hulk Hands, and 9 other wholly unnecessary licensed toys

Just because kids are idiots who’ll buy anything with their favorite character’s face slapped on the box doesn’t mean that toy companies should take advantage of them. Here’s some of the most odious licensed crap to have ever been hawked as “fun” or “worth buying.” Spider-Man Web Shooters One can only assume that Hasbro bought companies that had an excess of both rubber gloves and silly string…

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7 ways to be obnoxious while exercising

7 ways to be obnoxious while exercising

We all try to exercise in some capacity. Some choose to get fit in the great outdoors, while others enjoy the comfort of a weight room or gymnasium. Unfortunately, some people take their exercise too far in an attempt to impress the masses. Here are a few ways people become obnoxious while they’re breaking a sweat. Ride your bike in the middle of the street Do you want to live in a body cast for…

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15 embarrassing “before they were famous” commercials

15 embarrassing “before they were famous” commercials

Before making the big bucks, many actors paid their bills with low rent commercial advertising gigs. Hey, we all got to start somewhere. Evangeline Lilly for Live Links (phone sex) Before she was a Lost star, Evangeline Lilly was on G4TV. And before that, she was the model for this ad for some kind of phone sex thing. It’s even got that cheesy porn music. Oh my. I guess Sayid fixed the satellite…

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10 signs you’re "that guy" at the gym

10 signs you’re “that guy” at the gym

Everyone knows a that guy at the gym. He’s greasier than a sunbathing piglet. He’s got on more accessories than a bondage slave. He’s oblivious to the stares and points that come from every inch of that sprawling exercise wasteland. Maybe he’s the muscle-mound mass who provides more comic relief than that “hip adductor” machine that should just be called the vagina tightener — or the creeper who…

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The penny-pinching bible: 500 frugal tips guaranteed to save you a fortune

The penny-pinching bible: 500 frugal tips guaranteed to save you a fortune

Hi folks, Alec Parsimonious here. I am currently on track to retire early (the year 2076) and wanted to share some helpful money saving tips I have picked up along my journey to early retirement. As a quick background, I live in McAllen, Texas and have a current net worth of $9,835.34. My hobbies include watching Netflix all day. Stop using toilet paper Toilet paper is a really big expense. The…

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10 steps to getting drugged and robbed in Tokyo (guaranteed)

10 steps to getting drugged and robbed in Tokyo (guaranteed)

Tokyo is considered one of the world’s safest cities. Crime is basically zero, everyone is impossibly polite and you can leave your bike lying on the street like it wasn’t a thing. Being the victim of crime in Tokyo is actually REALLY, REALLY difficult. But it’s not impossible. Here’s a step-by-step guide that will have you balls deep in Rohypnol, cheap hookers, and organized crime before you can…

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