Here Is a Long List of Medical Procedures You Don't Need

Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/13 01:34PM

One good way to fix America's vastly bloated and expensive health care system would be to make our health care system public like lots of other civilized nations with higher stands of living than us. [PAUSE FOR LAUGHTER]. Haha. But seriously—until then, here are some medical procedures you don't need.

'Reddit Assault Rifle' Is The Most Terrifying Thing On The Internet and It's For Sale on Reddit Right Now

Adrian Chen · 02/21/13 12:35PM

Users of the internet culture behemoth Reddit are not famous for their level-headedness or discretion. So it was a bit discomfiting to spot this AR15 assault rifle—the same kind of gun used by Newtown shooter Adam Lanza—with a cute little Reddit alien logo engraved into it for sale on the site. Minnesota-based Redditor "x—-x—x-x" listed the gun for $1150 last week on Reddit's Gunsforsale section, where fans of memes and viral videos have been loading up on firearms before Obama orders FEMA to confiscate them all. (Online gun sales between individuals are generally legal, as long as they are shipped to a federally licensed firearms dealer.)

Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/13 12:17PM

A shocking profile of mentally ill Texas death row inmates like Andre Thomas, who gouged his own eyes out.

Maggie Lange · 02/21/13 12:01PM

Ben Affleck's first film, here in two parts, is straight-up atrocious. Also it's called I Killed My Lesbian Wife, so A+.

Unlikely Trio Laura Bush, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney Appear in Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy Advertisement

Maggie Lange · 02/21/13 11:45AM

The former First Lady's feathers have been ruffled. An advertisement supporting same-sex marriage used a clip of Laura Bush without her permission, and she is very upset. The soundbite captured by Respect for Marriage Coalition is from a 2010 interview on CNN's Larry King Live, where Mrs. Bush said, "When couples are committed they ought to have, I think, the same rights that everyone has."

Justin Timberlake Continues To Sleepwalk Through His Comeback With Another Underwhelming Performance

Rich Juzwiak · 02/21/13 11:30AM

Justin Timberlake performed "Mirrors" from his upcoming 20/20 Experience album at last night's BRIT Awards in London. When that track was released after the Grammy Awards, it seemed like an energizing, skittery return to FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin. In the live context, it was just as dull as his R. Kelly-lite Grammys rendition of "Suit & Tie" and "Pusher Love Girl."

There Are No Used Cars For Sale Any More

Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/13 11:09AM

In my day, if you wanted to buy a car, you just opened up the "newspaper" to the "classified ads" section and looked under "used cars." (Later, you had to find some money also.) Things change. These days, none of those things in quotation marks exist any more.

Can You Eat Your Own Poop?

Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/13 10:25AM

Hello, it is time for "Hey, Science," our nauseatingly scientific weekly feature in which we have your most provocative scientific questions answered by real live scientists (or related experts). No question is too smart for us to tackle, which will be our downfall. This week, medical experts answer the question: Can you eat your own poop?

Here Is a Woman Who Stings Herself With Bees, Making Her Sex 'Great'

Rich Juzwiak · 02/21/13 09:55AM

TLC's weekly hoot My Strange Addiction profiled one of its wackiest specimens yet last night. Fifty-three-year-old Margaret is a ringer for Mackenzie Phillips who lives in Morningview, KY and stings herself with bees up to 15 times a day. It started as a treatment for her arthritis but then became a recreational activity. She describes the sensation as "peppery" and reports, "No two stings are alike but I feel relief from all of them."