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Is Jerking Off the New Infidelity?

495 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 21:59:00 by jaybol | 184 comments

Colin and Mia had been together two years when they hit their first dry spell. "We hadn't had sex in a few weeks, and one night before bed she asked me how I was dealing with it," says Colin (not his real name), a 38-year-old vice president at a Web start-up in Boston. "I told her I was masturbating," he says. "She asked me where and how."

Single Men Want a Child, but the Relationship Can Wait

309 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 15:36:20 by miranda622 | 99 comments

Now, with fertility technology or adoption, men are becoming single fathers. Statistics on single fathers by choice are few, but there are indications that while they make up a sliver of the demographic pie, their numbers are growing.

Undercover Cop Never Knew Selling Drugs Was Such Hard Work

862 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 21:52:01 by insaincain02 | 69 comments

"I guess I imagined it being like in the movies: drinking champagne, hot-tubbing with honeys, and cruising in customized Escalades while watching the cash roll in. But here I am, freezing my ass off. I've got to say, these drug-dealing scumbags really earn their pay."

Comcast Driver: "Get The F!@# Down From Your Car So I Can ..

888 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 11:24:44 by SirPopper | 100 comments

Comcast Driver To Senior Citizen: "Get The F!@# Down From Your Car So I Can Kick Your Ass" Northfaceninja watched in horror as a Comcast employee repeatedly smashed his Comcast van into a car driven by a senior citizen before barking: "Get the fuck down from your car so I can kick your ass." The angry employee quickly abandoned his ass-kicking pla

Lego Hawking [PIC]

2263 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 02:13:29 by MookiBlaylock | 171 comments

Guys Try to Read Society's Map on How Their Behavior

282 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 05:02:09 by life38 | 14 comments

USA Today addresses the competing messages that lead to confusion.

Link between Peoples Personalities and their choice of Music

541 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 01:45:26 by lucy22 | 105 comments

Fans of heavy metal music are gentle, creative people who are at ease with themselves, which makes them very similar to fans of classical music.

Clarifications

918 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 12:55:05 by Angel1379 | 71 comments

Thank god for people who feel a deep urge to explain the obvious.

Institutional Racism Found In Schools

482 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 17:39:58 by ritubpant | 139 comments

Researchers have uncovered evidence that teachers are routinely under-estimating the abilities of some black pupils, suggesting that assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing their academic talents.

The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want to See Her Naked

2942 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 15:05:25 by insaincain02 | 471 comments

If you’ve visited digg.com at any point over the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen a ton of articles about Sarah Palin. Various scandals she may be involved in. Various scandals she someday will be involved in.

How to survive your first college roommate

572 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 05:14:35 by LewP | 176 comments

If the separation anxiety isn't enough, teens headed to university have to face a scary fact: They've got no choice in a first-year college roommate. But that doesn't have to spell dorm doom, according to a study from University of Michigan researchers.

Five simple ways to save a life

566 votes | submitted 2008-09-04 17:07:39 by atulperx | 54 comments

In this story you can find be idea like What would you do if you impaled yourself with a large, sharp, piece of wood? If your tooth fell out? If you fell from a high ladder? If your friend had a severe allergic reaction?

Son Spots Dad on TV, 5 Years After Family ‘Cremated’ Him

1380 votes | submitted 2008-09-04 18:05:11 by vick3ii | 130 comments

John Renehan spotted his father, John Delaney, by chance on a programme about missing people. Unknown to his family, Mr Delaney had spent the intervening years living in a care home just a few miles away from them, using a new name because he could not remember his own...

Ow! [Pic]

1957 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 01:38:10 by suxmonkey | 273 comments

You're doing it wrong!

Finding a Guy Who Looks Like Dear Old Dad

379 votes | submitted 2008-09-04 08:28:28 by broalexinfo | 76 comments

"You have such full lips, just like my mom." That pickup line probably won't get a guy many dates--but it's likely to be true. A new study of facial features adds to mounting evidence that a man tends to choose a girlfriend who resembles his mother, and a woman picks a boyfriend who looks like her father.

The 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century

439 votes | submitted 2008-09-03 18:01:47 by numberneal | 29 comments

Who are the seventy-five most influential people of the 21st century? Who made our register of the great and angry and inspired and obsessed -- famous, notorious, powerful, and not -- who will have something to say about the rest of our lives? This here, this is just a little hint.

Police Deliver Baby Jesus At Gas Station

664 votes | submitted 2008-09-03 21:03:50 by sungoddess808 | 129 comments

A pair of Modesto police officers who stopped to help a motorist Tuesday morning ended up helping the man's wife give birth to a baby boy, who was later named, Jesus. After the mother and baby were transported to the hospital, the two officers thought the logical next step would be to buy Jesus some gifts. =)

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