While on a trip to Australia a few years ago, my sister and I noticed our dad was using a plastic shopping bag to haul his belongings. After years of traveling with my father, I’ve come to realize he can’t leave the house with just his wallet and phone. He always has his binoculars and […]
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Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us atminordilemmas@defector.com.
This week, Chris answers a question about how to help your child get good at things.
(Paid post) I'm sure most of you know what "killing your darlings" is... but do you really know what it means, or how it can be useful?
I realized something recently and thought I should share. For d&d type monsters I always roll for HP the moment they first get hit. This has worked fine and sped things up however it didn’t save much time for high HD monsters, I now realized I can just roll one HD at a time and then simply roll the next HD when the current one gets depleted by a hit.
Not groundbreaking but something I haven’t…
“I have a three-episode romance arc coming up with Stephanie this season,” I tell my aunt at our Mother’s Day gathering. “You’re... Continue this tale
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Dua Lipa kissed Callum Turner in a London ceremony this weekend, and the internet did what it always does. Squealed. Zoomed in on the dress. Pulled up the two-year timeline from soft launch to “I do.” The “Physical” singer and the “Eternity” actor look impossibly aligned. Same indie-film taste. Same book club energy. Same easy...
Your trip starts impacting the planet before you even leave home. Here are a few pointers for keeping your footprint small.
Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column. Today we have a bathroom color dilemma, a backyard makeover, and someone wondering if they’re DIYing too close to the sun.
GB asks:
I own an older townhouse type of condo in the southeast. So, heat and humidity are a foundational concern for the topic I'm going to get into. I've lived here about 3 years, and the room…
If you’re expecting the usual sex blogging here, you’ll be sorely disappointed. I wrote this because some people (like, literally about five) asked me if I was planning to blog about my recent bike trip across Europe, and although I’m not going to write a tonne of posts, I do love having the excuse to […]
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In her senior column, Chor writes of the verbs that built her Stanford experience.
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I know I always bang on about how there aren’t any universal tricks to make your sex life better. There’s no ‘one simple way’ to please your lover in bed. But I’ve decided – after a decade and a half of sex blogging – that there is actually one change that would have a near-universal […]
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Advice about college essays from the winner of a top prize for children’s literature: Kelly Barnhill encourages teens to write about experiences that are uniquely their own, from a point of view that is theirs and no one else’s. Plus, why do we say that someone who’s fortunate has the luck of the Irish? And […]
We’ve all heard the bad news: men are scared of women, now more than ever. Especially those they encounter in real life. Blame big tech, which has relegated guys to shooting their shot behind the safety of a screen — from dating apps to sending flop Instagram DMs to giving up and going full-time gooner. […]
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Not to brag, but I think I’ve got great wanking game. Of all the things I do in life, masturbation is the thing that consistently brings me the most joy for the lowest cost. I’m not going to argue I’m the world’s most creative wanker, though. A significant amount of my wanking is purely functional: […]
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One of my favourite songs by The Beautiful South, Prettiest Eyes, tells the story of a lifelong love by the lines it has drawn on the face of the singer’s beloved. “Line one is the time that you, you first stayed over at mine. And we drank our first bottle of wine. And we cried.” […]
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"Love isn't just something that happens to you. It's something you have to nourish."
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A fatal hantavirus cluster has prompted renewed online claims about ivermectin. But the same drug was falsely promoted during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite warnings from public health agencies that evidence did not support its use as a COVID treatment outside clinical trials.
Every facet of American life is getting more expensive. Gas is averaging almost $5 a gallon. Round-trip domestic flights are up 8% from just a few months ago. Grocery prices haven’t decreased since the COVID-19 pandemic (and continue to increase). It feels like your streaming services are tacking an extra couple of dollars onto your […]
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Some philosophy professors, realizing that many of their students are unfamiliar with writing philosophy papers, provide them with “how-to” guides to the task. [Originally posted on January 15, 2019. Reposted by reader request.] I thought it might be useful to collect examples of these. If you know of any already online, please mention them in the comments and include links. If you have a PDF of…
"We remember being you."
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Today’s guest blog speaks to me deeply. As a filthy, experienced sex blogger I have dated quite a few people who have worried they’re too ‘vanilla‘ for my tastes. As if once you start trying kink, there’s no going back, and no sex will be good enough unless at least one of you ends up […]
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The student-produced book of stories from upperclassmen and recent graduates will be distributed to prospective freshmen at Admit Weekend.
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If you have women sleeping over at your place regularly, please do not make them rest their pretty little heads on a flat pillow. You know the kind I’m talking about: sad, lifeless, devoid of fluff. Not only do they offer zero head and neck support, but these pillows make me question how long you’ve […]
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Because of the nature of my job, I often spend my mornings parsing through pages and pages of sex toys. (Hey, it wakes you up better than coffee.) Usually, I’m searching for considerable deals on best-selling sexual wellness items, compiling lists of the top lubricants or finding accessories to outfit your very own sex room. […]
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On Valentine’s Day, my boyfriend presented me with a beautifully wrapped bouquet of pink roses. I graciously accepted them, bringing the fresh flowers up to my nose for a whiff. Then I asked a question I already knew the answer to: “Do you have a vase?” I was staying at his house for the weekend, […]
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There are so many ways AI is affecting our lives it can sometimes be difficult to keep up. I’ve written before about how depressing it is that people want to use robots to write porn, but there are even more sinister uses of AI tools out there. I’m very grateful to today’s guest blogger, Kate […]
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So I just went to the doctor for my tri-annual checkup, and she recommended I get at least 150 minutes of moderate... Read more nonsense
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I went to New Orleans for a wedding last weekend. I used to go there pretty often, for work conventions and lots of Jazzfests, but hadn’t been back since Katrina. I was happy at how much the city, in this small three-day sampling, seemed like its old self. Among the many familiar things that enthralled me all over again: Cafe du Monde. I went twice. So great!
But then a certain someone—who,…
I write stuff here. Sometimes the stuff is good. Sometimes it reads like I wrote it at 2 AM after an argument with a YAML file, which is because I did. But one decision I made early on was that I didn't want to offer an email newsletter.
Welcome to The Groom’s Guide, our expert-led handbook to help you navigate the proposal, the wedding and everything in between. Find all the stories here. For most of their lives, men don’t normally discuss weddings. But once you get engaged? Suddenly everyone becomes an expert with some critical piece of advice. Your prospective father-in-law, your […]
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