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Welcome to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, But First a Word from Our Sponsor: Toyo Tires

Champs count on the only tire to receive MMA Magazine’s “Most Ultimate Tire” one year in a row.

by Dennis Chen

List: Places the Car Might Have Flown Off to at the End of “Grease”

by Landy Erlick

The Rules I Must Never Break in Order to Keep My Job Wringing the Oil Out of Tom Cruise’s Hair While He Calls Me a Neanderthal

by Ryan Ciecwisz

Jokes

Staring into the mirror, I say out loud, “You’re such an idiot. What are you doing with your life? Maybe you should just drive yourself into a river, call it a day.” Which is a terrible thing to say, and an even more unsettling thing for the Uber driver to hear.

— Joe Collett, @JoeCollett9

We have to stop telling little girls they need to know how to cook and clean if they want to attract a good husband; it’s 2021: if you want to attract a good husband, you work on your Borat impression.

— Isabel Brodsky, @itsuhhbell

I don’t believe in hard work. It’s just a way for some people to justify good fortune.

— Linsen Liu

Recent Comedy

Man fertilizing and applying pesticide spray on plants in his garden

You Need to Know about These Five Cognitive Biases (Sponsored by Bayer, the New Owner of Roundup)

At Bayer, we have a duty to pretend we have a duty to have a positive impact on the world.

by Scotty Jenkins

List: Tenant Security Deposit Deductions for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Item Removal Charge: 660 million expired, room temperature vaccine doses. Attached note: “SEND BACK. Already had virus!”

by Adam Rozak

“Jessie’s Girl” Made You a Guide on How to Find a Woman Like Her

You Remind Me of Jessie’s Girl! Please, Do Tell Me, Do You Have a Name? – While just a tad bit rude, this is also respectful enough to answer!

by Chloe Schneider

I Am the Reply All Button and God Am I Sexy

Yes!! Tell the whole department how unintuitive you find the system. Oh YES it’s been so hard for you to find your files since the software update.

by Calen MacDonald

Best Man Speech for the Worst Couple

Seeing you both now, I think we will sue. Sorry—I think we will. SUE, and Noah, you are clearly blessed.

by Dom Stephens

Censorship Is Preventing Me from Publishing My Novel “Rat Sex in Outer Space”

Brave ideas drowned in a sea of silence. That’s a direct quote from "Rat Sex in Outer Space" and it applies here.

by Devin Wallace

Self-Guided Meditation for You Lonely People This New Year

Take a moment to become aware of the sounds around you. Tune out your next-door neighbors who won’t stop having elaborate sex.

by Eliana Waxman and Jenny Wise

Our Company Is One Big Family, If Families Laid Off 30% of Their Family Members

It's truly killing me that our family's goals for next year don't seem to include your position and your services will no longer be needed here.

by Alex Bergmans

Quiz: What Can We Expect from the Next Installment of “Sex and the City”?

Carrie’s new side hustle is: A) Monetizing her signature monologues with a TED Talk! B) Renting out rooms in her apartment on Airbnb.

by Miriam Jayaratna

It’s an Honor to Be Your Band-Aid on This Momentous Vaccination Day!

I always dreamed of big things, like covering a knife cut on Mark Bittman’s finger, or a scrape on Usain Bolt’s leg, or being forgotten in Beyonce’s purse.