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Why Sports Help

There is nothing out there on the internet, nothing useful to learn about the Boston bombings, only more of the guilty inertia that leads us to put this shit on in the background in the first place. There’s nothing here for us, at the moment. So I’m going to a baseball game tonight, where it’s quieter and more human. Full story

I Stayed up All Night Watching Coverage of the Boston Bomber Manhunt

I was met with a flurry of false reports. Some were just dropped without mention: the suspects jacked a police SUV, possibly another car, and blew something up at Harvard. Other persisted. Was the bomber an Indian-American student who'd gone missing? Was he a Black Panther? Shoul… Full story

Power Moves by Karl Welzein

How to Keep It Chillin' Successfully After One of Your Pals Tries to Murder You by Accident

S’up. Name’s Karl Welzein. Really hurtin’ right now and seriously considering some major life changes. On Monday, my piece-of-trash buddy, Crazy Cooter, called to tell me how my old roomie, Dave, “f@ckin’ died when his old lady Sue smothered him to death.” I was pretty distraugh… Full story

Anonymous Taught Twitter About the Rohingya Genocide

Yesterday, for a few hours at least, the plight of a small indigenous people was given center stage on Twitter. The Rohingya people—inhabitants of Burma, known officially as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar—were recognized by several thousand Tweeples during a "twitterstorm"… Full story

How Many Ways Did the Oscars Offend Everyone?

Like all major events where anyone talks for more than half an hour, the Academy Awards were a chance for people to get extremely angry about what others were saying and doing. Here is an incomplete list of the events that happened during the Oscars that people took offense to. Full story

Guns: The Cause of, and the Solution to, All of Life’s Problems

Republicans believe that gun ownership is a Constitutionally protected right with a philosophical pedigree. They now also appear to think that the more guns people carry around, the better society will be, which is a different and weirder proposition. Full story

VICE Premiere: Prism House's "Need You (Part I)"

Prism House is a weird, Brooklyn-based electronic duo. VICE spoke with Prism House member Brian Wenner to discuss the duo’s debut EP 'Reflections,' 8-bit sounds, and how they can't make good music when they're stoned. Full story

Power Moves by Karl Welzein

How to Keep It Chillin' When Visitin' a Piece-of-Garbage Pal in the Hospital

Crazy Cooter had a stroke after rockin' solo carnal passions in my john. Went to visit him with my roomie Dave the next day and brought Hot ’n Ready’s, Triscuits & mayo, and cold ones. The works, really. Full spread. Friendship's important, so here are some tips on how to keep it… Full story

Power Moves by Karl Welzein

How to Rock It for the Supes' Celebraish

If you’re not some piece of trash, you like to keep it rockin’ for the Supes'. It’s pretty much the biggest celebraish of the year for the USA. Last year was so off the chain. I made my Captain Karl’s Pizza Dip (special recipe). It’s kind of a tradish. Kicked up with bold flavors… Full story

Vine Doesn't Have a Porn Problem, You Do

Twitter introduces a new app that allows human beings to share six seconds of video on their iPhones, and what does it expect we’re going to do with it? Full story