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Money & Career

Are We Being Duped By ‘Use-By’ Dates?

From food to tires, running shoes to underwear, here’s when to believe (and when to ignore) product labels

Sex & Relationships

5 Shocking Reasons You Could Be Having ED

When your libido disappears, it’s not always the reasons you think

By Carrie Borzillo

, November 28, 2022

3 Min Read

Family & Fatherhood

Strange Things Your Teenager Does, Explained

Baffled by your teen’s odd quirks? We have answers.

By Yvonne Condes

, November 28, 2022

3 Min Read

American actor and educator John Burstein, in costume as his fictional character, 'Slim Goodbody'

Health & Fitness

Back to Health Class

What your high school health teacher got completely wrong

By Matt Christensen

, November 28, 2022

2 Min Read

George Clooney poses for a portrait wearing a grey sweater at the Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel on Wednesday February 05, 2014 in New York, NY

Money & Career

How to Find a Great Sweater if You’re Over 40

Whether you’re looking for warmth or to distract from your dad bod, here’s how to find the perfect sweater

By Dale Arden Chong

, November 7, 2022

3 Min Read

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Eating & Drinking

8 Gift Ideas For Anybody Who Loves to Cook

Need the perfect Christmas present for the amateur chef in your life? Bob Blumer has suggestions

By Bob Blumer

2 Min Read

Couple fighting and seated separately on couch

Sex & Relationships

Your Biggest Relationship Disputes, Settled

By Carrie Borzillo

, November 7, 2022

We pick a winner in marriage’s most unwinnable fights

Inside Dope

8 New Albums Every Gen Xer Needs to Hear

By Dave Holmes

, October 24, 2022

From old favorites to new artists, here’s what you should be listening to this fall

Painting of Paul Rudd smirking while he sits in a ficitonal fountain of youth

Inside Dope

I Demand Access to Paul Rudd’s Fountain of Youth

By Brett Berk

, November 11, 2021

A full investigation into why that motherf***er never ages

Eating & Drinking

8 Gift Ideas For Anybody Who Loves to Cook

By Bob Blumer

, November 28, 2022

2 Min Read

Sex & Relationships

Your Biggest Relationship Disputes, Settled

By Carrie Borzillo

, November 7, 2022

3 Min Read

Inside Dope

8 New Albums Every Gen Xer Needs to Hear

By Dave Holmes

, October 24, 2022

3 Min Read

Inside Dope

I Demand Access to Paul Rudd’s Fountain of Youth

By Brett Berk

, November 11, 2021

2 Min Read

Honest. Smart. Aimed at guys like you.

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Inside Dope

22 Gen X Movies That Explain All of My Relationship Problems

From High Fidelity to Reality Bites, here are the movies that fed us all the worst advice on love

By Eric Spitznagel

The Arrow Poll

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It's the 1980s again! What's on your Christmas wish list?

Thanks for playing!

29%

Atari 2600.

14%

Masters of the Universe action figures.

29%

Sony Walkman.

29%

World peace. LOL, just kidding! Probably a Teddy Ruxpin.

When does the holiday season officially begin?

16%

The first time somebody remarks that "Charlie Brown Christmas" USED to be free.

14%

Egg nog is offered to you as a perfectly reasonable adult beverage.

You overhear your spouse rapping along to Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" in the kitchen.

26%

You receive a credit card statement that does not reflect the reality of your financial situation.

According to a new survey, one in four Americans are skipping Thanksgiving this year because of rising food prices. What are you doing instead?

21%

Staying home and getting into arguments with strangers for free on the Internet.

If pretzel sticks, popcorn, jelly beans, and toast served on a ping-pong table were good enough for Snoopy, it's good enough for me.

Nothing but football and cheap beer. And I will survive the holiday stronger than all of you.

23%

Oh, that's just what I'm telling my family. I'm still eating a big meal. I'm just not inviting those freeloaders.

If you could become a kid again but only in 2022, would you do it?

19%

Absolutely! A chance to screw it up all over again, but this time on TikTok? What could go wrong?

19%

Maybe. But only if I can keep my middle-aged cynicism and complete disregard for what other people think.

28%

Nope. I love the age I’m at and my memories of growing up at the perfect time in history to be a kid.

13%

Wait, is this going to involve befriending an eccentric scientist and building a flux capacitor? Sounds too complicated.

Daylight Savings ends this Saturday, with much of the country “falling back” and setting their clocks one hour earlier. Are you pro or con the time change?

14%

As a 19th-century farmer with limited access to candles, I find it very helpful.

26%

I hate it! In fact, let’s just abolish time completely. I’m tired of being oppressed by clocks!

What choice do we have? We can’t defy the will of Ra the sun god!

30%

Don’t care. Make it whatever hour you want. I’m hitting the snooze button either way.

What are you going as for Halloween this year?

20%

Sexy Guy Who Can’t Believe What He Paid For Blink-182 Reunion Tickets

Sexy Guy Sexily Drinking His Colonoscopy Prep Drink

Sexy Tom Brady Posing For His Tinder Profile

27%

Sexy Dad Finally Getting Some Likes For His Dad Jokes on Twitter and Now He’s Like, “Wait, What’s Happening?”

Who are you rooting for in the World Series?

24%

Phillies

19%

Astros

I still think the Yankees have a chance.

17%

If by "World Series" you mean the Great British Baking Show, I'm rooting for Maxy to take it all.

When's the right time to turn on the heat in your home?

19%

When one of you kids gets a job and starts paying bills around here, that's when.

11%

It's been on since August. I want my living room to be as balmy as the inside of a Tauntaun.

27%

We're close, but we're still in "put on a damn sweater and stop complaining" season.

11%

Exactly five business days after you first hear "O Tannenbaum" from the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.

According to a Reddit debate, some people under 30 feel that thumbs-up emojis, used primarily by "Gen X people," are "hostile" and "passive-aggressive." What do you think?

28%

Please accept this eye-roll emoji in lieu of me caring.

If it was good enough for the Fonz, it's good enough for us. If you don't like it, aaaaay, sit on it!

Wait, but eggplant emojis are fine?

36%

If they're worried about hostile hand gestures, I've got another finger I'd like to introduce them to.

A new 10-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that colonoscopies don't significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer deaths. What do you think?

23%

Sounds good! I'm going with option B from my doctor: A pinkie swear that I won't get cancer.

Nice try. I'm still doing shots of the colonoscopy drink prep with my boys. Delish!

11%

There's only one way to settle this. An old-school wrestling cage match between gastroenterologists.

25%

I'm getting a colonoscopy anyway. I could use the nap.