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Pen Pals

Pissin’ Out the Pain

I’d never been happier to relieve myself in a jailhouse bullpen full of dirty men. I pissed for about five minutes and felt great. Then I finished and looked around like, “Fuck worrying about going to hell… I’m already in hell.” Full story

The Man Who Was There

Interviews with Syrian Army Defectors

Today, we're serving up two interviews Robert King conducted in the field with Abu Ahmad, a civil engineer and defector from the Syrian Army, and Akhi Muhammad, a defected Free Syrian Army officer from Damascus. Full story

Welcome to the Syria Issue

Today we are proud to present the first bits of The Syria Issue, an entire magazine dedicated to one of the oldest and most important cradles of civilization in the world that has been decimated by brutal internal strife for the past year and a half. Full story

Fightland

Bloody Detachment

Moments like the Evan Dunham-TJ Grant fight, when an injured fighter leaks blood all over the cage but keeps fighting like nothing happened, are litmus tests for MMA interest. Casual fans will recoil, brutes will be delighted, but deep-down MMA fans see our shared mortality and i… Full story

Nine Months Living with a Junkie

You watch a sad parent pack away his son’s clothes, digging through the wreckage. That’s when, maybe for the first time, I understand the depths of the disease my roommate and supposed friend has been living with. I could’ve done better. Full story

Boyle's Brains

Slapstick Reel of My Life

A drunk driver rear-ended my mom’s car. It was night and his lights were off. My mom was driving. I heard her yell my name, then the words “control” and “steering wheel.” Something collided with my head and my face felt wet. This is but one highlight in the slapstick reel of my l… Full story

Slutever

Love Is Pain

In this episode of VICE's 'Slutever,' sex blogger Karley Sciortino asks herself, "How do I beat up my boyfriend safely, and how do I ask him to hurt me back without freaking him out?" She spends a day with professional dominatrix Mistress Amanda Whip, who gives Karley a beginner'… Full story

Question of the Day

What's the Most Pain You've Ever Been In?

Kick 'em where it hurts. Full story

Comics

Doctor's Office

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Man Fight

Men Fighting Men

Backstage, a grizzled older man is standing on a foldout table saying, "Listen up, here are the rules!" The young, sweatsuited fighters look up politely from their massages and hand-taping. Full story