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Market Research: Young People Neither 'Hate' Anything Nor 'Love' Anything

Max Read · 08/06/10 01:52AM

Marketing research firm Civic Science was forced to recalibrate its survey scoring system after finding that "millennials"—children born between the late 1970s and early 2000s—don't feel particularly strongly about anything. Not true! Want to know what millennials hate?

The Way We Love Now: Without Speaking

Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/10 10:23AM

Do you like to fuck, but hate being forced to say one word to your prospective sex partner up until the very moment of copulation? You live in the right decade, buddy. Modern dating is retreating even deeper into sullenness.

Judge Just as Dorky as Other Guys

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/10 04:40PM

A "socially inept" Pennsylvania judge has been suspended from his job for calling repeatedly and "making uninvited visits" to the homes of five women. We'd expect that from a lawyer, cop, or other male professional. But not a judge. [AP]

Divorce May Be 'Contagious'

Max Read · 07/06/10 01:15AM

A couple's chances of divorce are increased by 75% if a close friend or colleague of one partner gets a divorce, according to researchers. Does this mean that Al Gore, Tiger Woods, and Kelsey Grammar are bros? [Daily Mail]

A Quickie With Andrea Peyser

Hamilton Nolan · 06/07/10 08:10AM

Are you horny, but rushed? Here's the condensed version of sex beast Andrea Peyser's column today: "Breast-feeding. It was in your face...so much testosterone...muscular chests...mommy's milk...crime against nature?...Hot single mommy...showed off her assets." Mmmm. That's the stuff. [NYP; Previously]

Meet Williamsburg's Poster Boy of Spurned Love and 'Nasty Sex'

Maureen O'Connor · 05/17/10 06:58PM

Hell hath no fury like a scorned woman with a computer. Someone has been wallpapering Williamsburg's telephone poles with a printouts warning of a jobless man who "made passionate nasty sex with [mistresses] ALL OVER" his girlfriend's apartment.

Mathematical Proof That Your Spouse Is Leaving You

Maureen O'Connor · 05/17/10 02:28PM

Spanish mathematician Jose-Manuel Rey has calculated the "second thermodynamic law for sentimental interaction" and charted the trajectory of "sentimental equilibrium." Just like a relationship that is falling apart, it is as complicated as it is inscrutable.