What’s in a Dad Joke? A Surprising Amount of Brainpower
From the outside, corny puns or knock-knock jokes may look simple, even purposefully dumb, but they’re also powerful stress-relievers, perspective-givers and attention-redirectors. Most dad jokes, like good riddles, rely on word play, and scientific research suggests that a functional pun — no matter how corny — is an incredibly complex mental feat, requiring the lateral cooperation of both hemispheres of the brain. Read More...
UPDATE (12/8): In an interview with The Daily Beast, James Deen said via email that he’s "shocked" and “completely baffled” by the wealth of allegations against him. He claims his breakup with ex-girlfriend Stoya (whose revelatory tweets sparked an onslaught of rape and abuse accusations against Deen from multiple women) was “messy” and that she “made threats toward [him] and harassed one of [his] employees.”
Deen says, "the reason Stoya made this claim could be as simple as her finding out that my current girlfriend and I are moving in together," Read More...
Forget throwing cold water over your head or striking ridiculous dance poses. The latest trend to take TikTok by storm is the so-called old man test, which may actually give important insights into your fitness level — regardless of if you’re 25 or 105. Whether you’re among the strongest men or a fitness newbie, everyone has something to glean from this Internet-sweeping physical endeavor.
Essentially, the old man test boils down to standing on one foot, barefoot, and putting on your sock and shoe and tying it before you put down your other foot. Read More...