In one of those strange twists of fate, online adult video site Pornhub saw a surge in traffic during Tuesday night’s YouTube outage, perhaps answering the riddle of what America watches when they can’t access old wrestling videos or Beyoncé cli…
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15 people reveal their wildest misconceptions about sex
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Our phones are a never-ending stream of noise.
The relentless stream of notifications, alerts, and messages can make you feel like you’re on the receiving end of a barrage that just won’t stop.
Bumble has introduced a tool that might help to abate some of that noise — at least the noise coming from your matches.
Enter “Snooze” — a new feature which lets you pause your activity on the app. Not only that, the tool also includes “options for prioritising mental wellbeing, digital detox, or holidaying.”
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YouPorn launches a ‘sex zodiac’ service for horoscope lovers
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You already know about your dog’s zodiac sign and how your true sign is based on film’s top actresses, but what about your sex zodiac?
The folks at YouPorn have teamed up with Dossé-Via Trenou-Wells of KnowTheZodiac to give you YourSexZodiac.com, a monthly sex horoscope so you know whether to go on the prowl or maybe just stay in for Netflix.
started writing monthly sex #horoscopes for #YourSexZodiac 🔥 read your September sexscope here: https://t.co/Gmyan0Y3IJ pic.twitter.com/jQdNcFrbK8
— ScorpioMystique (@ScorpioMystique) September 5, 2018
According to a press release, the site will let users “find out who they are compatible with, what their sign says about their sex tastes, what their sexual interests mean based on their horoscope and much more.” Read more…
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It was a Thursday night and I had a date. Or, so I thought.
Instead, I had an experience of something so strange that I’ve decided it needs a name: “cloaking.”
I grabbed my backpack, donned my headphones, and blasted my pre-date anthem (A…
How big is the average penis? Let’s compare with household objects.
Size matters … for science, anyway.
While there have been numerous prior studies (both scholarly and unscientific) on penis size, the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI) published one of the girthiest analyses to date. Pulling data from…
The history of video game sex scenes is incredibly unsexy
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Romance isn’t dead, folks.
This tweet about one woman’s parents’ long distance relationship will restore your faith in the power of love. Just trust us on this one.
Twitter user @sumacy posted photos of the letters her parents sent to one another when her mum was living in China and her dad was living in the U.S..
“My parents were in a long distance relationship for a few years after my dad moved to the U.S. but they kept in touch through these letters,” she wrote. “Do you hear me crying.”
my parents were in a long distance relationship for a few years after my dad moved to the u.s but they kept in touch through all these letters.. do you hear me crying pic.twitter.com/hBuxFCSKjv
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Anyone who’s tried online dating has this recurring nightmare: you show your friend/mom/Lyft driver a nice photo on your phone — a picture of your dog at the beach, or the overpriced avocado toast you had for brunch — and then they start swiping. Suddenly, the nosy phone holder swipes one photo too far and BAM! They’re hit with an explicit photo of your land down under.
The obvious solution would be to not send or save nudes at all, but who wants to do that? Sexting can keep a relationship hot during long distance, or if you’re feeling yourself, help you stay body positive with a little nude selfie of how good you look. Online dating is difficult enough without boring, Puritanical rules putting out the spark in your love life. Read more…
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Online dating isn’t easy, and now we have the data to prove it.
A new study, published in the journal Science Advances Wednesday — which analyzed data from a pool of tens of thousands of online dating profiles in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Chicago — found that people consistently message potential mates who are out of their league.
What a shock.
Study authors Elizabeth Bruch and Mark Newman pulled information from profiles and plugged it into an algorithm which took into account age, education, gender, and race/ethnicity in relation to the number of messages received among heterosexual individuals. Read more…
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