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We Asked People About the Time They Literally Almost Died
"There was a sense of fear, but then comfort because anything could happen at any time no matter how careful you are."
We Asked People About the Times They Definitely, 100%, Saw Ghosts
"I don't want the fact that we were high to affect the fact I'm talking about aliens because WE ALL SAW THE SAME THING."
Why Every Social Media Platform Is Blending Into One Big Mush
Fleets, Stories, Reels – who can even be bothered to keep up?
People Tell Us About Their Strange Quarantine Injuries
Everyone’s getting COVID-19 cabin fever these days, and some of us are getting hurt as a result.
When I Was 14, I Found Out I Was a Princess
Raised by a struggling single mother, I remember thinking: this is not how a princess should live.
These Photos Document the Most Polluted Cities in India (and the World)
"We tend to resort to fatalism and apocalyptic thinking, which ends up letting everyone off the hook. But most people don’t have that choice."
Meet the Politician Who Wants to Make the Cow ‘India’s National Mother’
Gopal Mani Maharaj—an independent candidate contesting for elections—thinks problems like terrorism, violence in Kashmir and the Ayodhya issue can be solved simply by being nicer to cows.
People Told Us Their Hairdresser Horror Stories
"When I took a closer look in the mirror, I noticed that my hair had started to turn green."
Juggalo Couples Tell Us How They Fell in Love
Stories of juggalo love involving shrooms, wrestling, and Outback Steakhouse.
Quincy Jones's Thoughts in This Batshit New Interview, Ranked
The music industry icon talked to Vulture about the Kennedy assassination, The Beatles' incompetence, and his belief that Marlon Brando had sex with Richard Pryor, Marvin Gaye, and James Baldwin.
People Tell Us Their Most Awkward Stories of Running Into an Ex
"Did I really just run into my ex in a city neither of us live in the first time I did acid?"
When a Poly Person Dates Someone Who Is Monogamous
Here's a collection of epic stories of love, sex, and devastation.