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Why I Quit Drinking

I quit drinking in 2002, mere months before my college graduation. As you can imagine, quitting drinking before the window when it’s socially acceptable to be drunk all the time had closed was due to some pretty specific incidents and behaviors that I wish I could forget. Some of them I have forgotten, because I never remembered them. Full story

Hamilton Is a Paradise

Hamilton, the land of Canada's finest confederate flag waving BBQ restaurant, is a veritable paradise. We sent our pal Kelly Nguyen out to photograph its numerous wonders. Full story

Munchies

Walter's

So you're an all-American boy, and you meet a potential sex partner who doesn't seem terrible on OkCupid. After the second date things are looking pretty decent, and now you need a not-too-expensive place to go for dinner and drinks that also has to be super casual so you can wea… Full story

Munchies

Blue Hill

This 'Munchies' episode is going to make whatever you eat today look like shit. It features chef Trevor Kunk of Blue Hill, one of the early bastions of farm-to-table cooking in New York City. The food Trevor and his team put out is revelatory: Their parsnip steak and salt-baked r… Full story

Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers

Partying in Panama City Beach

An overview of the eight-week period of spring break in Panama City Beach, Florida, when hundreds of thousands of students take over the usually sleepy beach town. We talk to the mayor, the chief of police, the owner of the largest club in the United States, and an evangelical st… Full story

Really, Ryan?

I Don't Like the Internet, I Just Work for It

In this first edition of his new column for us, Ryan O'Connell talks about the weirdness that comes with being a person who makes the internet on a daily basis. Full story

VICE Eats

A Chinese New Year Boozefest in Brooklyn

You know when you're eating something that's not soup dumplings, and you think, 'Maaaan, I really wish this turkey sandwich from a bodega was actually soup dumplings'? We do that all the time, just about every day at lunch. Soup dumplings are like a puppy, or a weird girlfriend; Full story

Raggare Love Hot Rods and Rock 'n' Roll

A Chat with One of the Last Original Swedish Greasers

Raggare are modern-day greasers who are as important to Sweden’s national identity as meatballs, ABBA, and blue-eyed blonds. This is despite the fact that the raggare subculture is all about the appropriation of American cars, rock ’n’ roll, and tough-guy leather jackets. Full story

The Stupor Bowl: America’s Drunkest Bike Race

Last Saturday, over 300 cyclists gathered in Minneapolis for a 50-mile bike race in the freezing cold that featured nine checkpoints where they had to stop and take a shot. What could go wrong? Full story

Real-life Stories

There's Nothing More Damaging Than School

Here are a few stories about horrible or funny things that happened to people at school, including menstrual finger-banging and biting little girls until they bleed. Full story