How Often Should You Wash Your Dog’s Food Bowl?
Ask five dog owners how often they wash their pet’s bowl and you’ll probably get five different answers. While there are likely several reasons for […]
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How to See Through Price Inflation
There are probably certain products or services that you have been buying regularly for years, if not decades. And over time, you’ve probably learned how […]
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How to Attract Wasps to Your Garden (and Why You Need It)
Wasps have problems with the public. Of course, there are probably many people who aren’t big fans of bees, especially if they’ve had an allergic […]
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Two Bathtubs Are Not Half Full, and Other Real Estate Bathroom Math You Need to Know
Last weekend we talked about the dimensions of home bathrooms – like what you get with a half bath versus a 3/4 or full bath. […]
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How to Get a (Temporary) New York Public Library Card Even If You Don’t Live in New York
One of the perks of living in a major city like New York is access to cultural institutions like the New York Public Library (NYPL). […]
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How to Actually Tell If You Need a Lawnmower or a Tractor
When it comes to cutting grass, you have several options (including not planting and maintaining traditional American turf). The solution may be easier for those […]
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14 Video Games to Play When You’re on Top
If there’s a better way to pass the time than smoking weed and playing video games, I’ll never know because I’m too busy smoking weed […]
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What Is Protected Free Speech (and What Is Not)?
Let’s talk about freedom of speech: after all, it’s our constitutional right to say what we want, but since the Constitution places few restrictions on […]
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The Most Useful Terminal Commands Every Mac User Should Know
The Terminal on your Mac can do some amazingly useful things, like checking your internet speed, changing the types of apps you see in the […]
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15 Things You Should Never Tell Your Kids
In the 18 or so years it takes to raise a child from infancy to someone somewhat ready for life outside of your protective bubble, […]
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10 Extremely Niche Theme Parks to Visit
I love a good theme park. Take a lot of things that people love but can’t easily replicate on their own (huge rides, disgustingly delicious […]
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Why You Need to Update Google Chrome ASAP… Again
If you think you’re feeling déjà vu after reading this headline, you’re not: Google has reported yet another zero-day vulnerability affecting Chrome and, by extension, […]
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How to Delete Your Twitter Account When You’re Bored
Have you had this with Twitter? Are you getting toxic discourse? Elon Musk was the last straw? Luckily, unlike other social networking sites, deleting your […]
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How to Tell If Your GE Refrigerator Has Just Been Recalled
When it comes to kitchen appliances, we usually don’t think about refrigerators as the biggest threat to our safety. (We’re looking at you, stove .) […]
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What You Can (and One Big Thing You Can’t) Wipe Weed
If you’re new to marijuana and about to celebrate your first 4/20, you’d be forgiven for thinking that dabbing is just an outdated dance craze. […]
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A Child Culture Guide for Disconnected Adults: Who Is Courtney Klenney?
If you are desperately trying to stay afloat in the swirling ocean of information and ephemera in which young people float so easily, please enjoy […]
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How to Write Alt Text on Twitter That Doesn’t Suck
Twitter has had the ability to add alt text to your images for years, but unless you’re using a screen reader, you probably won’t be […]
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The Strange (but True) Story of Easter
Easter is weird. For religious people, this is the most sacred day of the year, a time to reflect on the main miracle on which […]
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9 Ways to Make the Best Grilled Cheese
A good grilled cheese is one of the simplest and most satisfying pleasures in life. It has few ingredients; all you need is bread, cheese […]
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The 10 Best Gilbert Gottfried Performances of All Time
Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced on Tuesday that the comedian had died after a long illness later revealed to be type II myotonic dystrophy, a rare […]
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Don’t Buy the Apple Watch Series 3 (and What to Buy Instead)
Looking for your first Apple Watch? You may be tempted to choose the company’s cheapest offer. If you don’t know if you’d like to wear […]
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Smart Ways to Add Rooms to Your Home Without an Extension
Homes are depressingly constant. A two-bedroom, one-bath house might seem luxurious on first purchase, but throw in two kids, a dog, and a Frozen DVD […]
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How to Anonymously Sneak up on Someone’s Instagram Stories
Since its launch in 2016, Instagram Stories has become a phenomenon. Users can freely post about their day, their interests, their thoughts, their clothes, their […]
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Besides Broccoli, There Is a Whole World of Rabies
Fuck cabbage. Once a year, my gardener friend wholeheartedly encourages me to grow dirty vegetables, and every year I remind her that my opinion on […]
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Everything You Need to Know About Your 15 Minutes of Fame Before It Happens
We’ve all heard about Andy Warhol’s old statement that in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, except that’s not what Warhol actually […]
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How to Hide the Most Obvious Mistakes When Repairing Your Own Hands
Renovating or renovating your home on your own can be an affordable and very enjoyable journey. You’ll learn practical skills, decorate your living space for […]
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How to Find Out Who Viewed Your TikTok
As long as social media has been around, there have been people who have asked, “Can you see who has viewed your profile?” For the […]
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Check If Your Toyota or Lexus Is Part of This Massive Recall
It’s officially road trip season, and according to a recent poll , 80% of Americans are getting ready to hit the road this summer. But […]
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Every Parent Should Watch These Independent Toddlers Run Errands in Old Enough
This month, Netflix released your new favorite show: Old Enough , a documentary imported from Japan with a simple and perfect premise: in each episode, […]
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Make Spicy-Sweet Cocktails With Pepper Jelly
Recently my stepmother made a pepper jelly that I can only describe as “cruel”. “Yes. I should have warned you,” she wrote when I told […]
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When This Month You Can See a Whole Bunch of Planets Lined up in the Sky
If you like planets (and who doesn’t love them these days?), the solar system has a gift for you. From April 17 through July, Saturn, […]
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What Is the Best Day of the Week to View New Home Listings?
Warm weather means a lot: pool days, ice cream trucks and peak travel season. About 80% of all moves in the US occur between April […]
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Stop Saying Exercise “breaks Your Knees” FFS
It’s 2022 and people are still saying that exercises like running or squats will “ruin your knees.” And this nonsense needs to stop. Knees don’t […]
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This James Beard Recipe Is My New Favorite Way to Cook Asparagus.
One thing I loved about owning a house was finding all sorts of plants that I didn’t plant growing around the lot. One such surprise […]
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How to Stop Octo Malware From Remotely Accessing Your Android
There is a new kind of malware roaming the internet that tries to take control of your Android device. Once installed, Octo, as it is […]
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These Things Reduce the Value of Your Home.
If you’re a homeowner, you’ve no doubt checked your home’s appraised value on Zillow once or twice (or sixty). And while this dollar amount may […]
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Why Your Dog Eats Shit (and How to Make Him Stop)
In the animal kingdom, the eating of feces is a common occurrence occurring on the spectrum. Bunny rabbits, for example, must eat some of their […]
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32 Movies Best Watched in Complete Ignorance
The logic of movie marketing suggests that we should know everything about a movie before we fork out for a movie ticket, but that doesn’t […]
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Trees, Shrubs and Plants You Need to Prune in Spring (and How to Do It Right)
Pruning is an important garden task. In addition, by simply keeping growth in check, proper pruning also keeps trees and shrubs healthy by ensuring that […]
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Use Lemon Zest to Moisten the Herb
Spring is in the air, flowers are starting to bloom, and 420 is just around the corner. You don’t want to be at 4:19 on […]
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