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Go to any Baltimore Ravens road game, and you’ll notice a lot of local fans dressed in purple with the number eight on their backs. This jersey is consistently among the top sellers in the National Football League, alongside those of the 44-year-old obelisk Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, the …

Back in 2018, Diana Deets, a cam performer, was burnt out. She’d been camming for a few years and had amassed 700,000 followers on Instagram — an impressive following, though not necessarily superstar status. But she was famous enough to be recognized when she went out in public, something that …

There’s a tendency among the geriatric users of the internet (namely, people 25 and older) to develop a bizarre fixation on the sexual habits of younger people. Often, this manifests in a slow-moving, primordial sludge of concern-trolling trend pieces that gripe about zoomers either having too much casual sex, or …

The summer of 1993: there’s a new movie out called Dazed and Confused. But Hollywood doesn’t have high hopes. It’s a time capsule of a small Texas town, in the summer of 1976, set on the last day of school. The plot? Just high-school kids cruising in search of kicks, …

There are two different Paris Hiltons: the Gen Y Paris Hilton, and the Gen Z Paris Hilton. For Gen Y, the Hilton burnished in our minds is someone who is “famous for being famous,” a sloe-eyed, coltish heiress who does little more than pose for paparazzi photos and drunkenly stumble …

About a year ago, when Lyden Henderson took a sip of a nonalcoholic, cannabis-infused beer, he discovered something was amiss: The beverage was chunky — bits of cannabis floated throughout the beer, creating an unpleasant consistency. “It tasted kind of like I was drinking milk that had been sitting in …

While COVID-19 cases peak and stay-at-home orders remain in place, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is advising cannabis consumers with access to legal weed to stock up on product in advance of April 20th, and weed lovers are figuring out new ways to celebrate the most …

Last summer, Jasper McTaggart came to the abrupt realization that life as he knew it may be coming to an end. He was nine years old. It was lunchtime, and he was eating a sandwich in the dining hall of a New Hampshire summer camp. Sitting near him, a fellow …

“In photo-shoot six, we’ll have everyone who wears scales on the outside,” the announcer drones over a microphone, as dozens of six-foot alligators, snakes, lizards, and other assorted reptiles scramble to pose for a group photo. Some take a final sip from their water bottles, a friend or partner patiently …

When the lineup for Disney’s new streaming service, was released last week, there were so many obscure titles on the list that even the most diehard fan was left wondering whether they really existed, or were just an elaborate prank conceived of by Disney CEO Bob Iger. (If anyone in …