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Fat Dudes Are Thought to Be Funnier A substantial amount of evidence shows that women are more attracted to men who can make them laugh. (In line with everything wrong with the world, it doesn’t work the other way around.) Although all fat men aren’t necessarily funny, pop culture has socialized most people to believe that fat equals funny, unless proven otherwise. So whether or not those extra pounds translate to a sense of humor, women are likely to assume that fat guys are funny....

Her findings are a part of a larger dataset that is still being collected and currently includes over 100 heterosexual men and women, as well as LGBTQ college students. Ford spoke with Fatherly about how men and women interpret sexual experiences, and how both parties can avoid sexual coercion. Fatherly: Why do men have unwanted sex? Jessie Ford: Masculinity and awkwardness were the two biggest reasons men had unwanted sex....

So they split the difference, and look across the street. “Most people who have extramarital sex do so with someone they know well,” according to a 2017 study in the Journal of Family Psychology. “People most commonly report having extramarital sex with a close personal friend or neighbor, coworker, or long-term acquaintance.” This study took into account several waves of the General Social Survey, a massive dataset that measures social change, including attitudes extramarital sex....

Valerie Hammond understands. She’s the toys and dolls appraiser for ValueMyStuff (link), a valuation company with a team of nearly 100 experienced specialists who work with major international auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Hammond says the market for ’80s toys continues to grow, not because of the quality of the toys, but because of the emotional connection. “Some of the best sellers don’t have high values,” Hammond says. “They’re just the most nostalgic toys, and they’re [associated] with memories of wonderful childhood games and playtime....

That’s not surprising. J.K. Rowling generally builds up to big plot-changing moments. Her most surprising moment in the Harry Potter series was Snape revealing that he was in love with Harry’s mom Lily. But this Crimes of Grindelwald twist was some “Luke, I am your father”-level stuff. In one of the final scenes of the film, Credence (Ezra Miller) decides to join Grindelwald’s side. He had just found out that he wasn’t a Lestrange via an extremely fast series of flashbacks....

But, like many online video games, however, it can also be incredibly addictive. It’s live. It’s gripping. It’s an easy way to hang out with friends. Players can’t just hit “pause” and walk away. Plus, when a battle has ended, it’s easy to get sucked into another match. For many kids — and parents — that pull can be very dangerous. Bill Fish, a father of two sons aged nine and 13, was reluctant from the start to let his kids begin online gaming....

If you’re a parent of a certain age (read: pushing 40) your taste in music might have hard nostalgia for ’90s bands from your high school days. Meanwhile, the bands of the 2000s might remind you of college. And if you’re really into Weezer, that type of music encompasses everything about your life before kids, and maybe after, too. And, for parents who like to share real music with their kids alongside the greatest hits of Raffi or “Baby Shark,” here’s something you may have forgotten: the White Stripes accidentally wrote a great kids’ Halloween Song....

Spoilers for Incredibles 2 ahead. You’ve been warned! The final scenes of Incredibles 2 are somewhat similar to the first film insofar as the family is back together, and seemingly, getting ready to fight crime together. Though one has to wonder why Violet couldn’t have just gone on her date and let the rest of the family do their thing… The point is, that unlike the first film, Incredibles 2 fixes the pesky notion of supers being illegal....

But all of that changed with ‘Mac Finds His Pride’, as the show got unabashedly earnest for the first time and delivered a shockingly moving episode that proved why It’s Always Sunny remains relevant more than a decade after it premiered. As the title suggests, ‘Mac Finds His Pride’ focuses on Mac attempting to find his pride, acceptance, and place as a gay man with some help from Frank, who is really only interested because Paddy’s Pub has landed a spot in Philly’s Pride Parade and the Gang wants Mac to dance on the float as their token gay, complete with an extremely revealing outfit....

Raised By Wolves, the new science fiction TV series on HBO Max is about parenting. Two androids are raising human babies on a barren alien world in the far future. The android “dad” makes a bad “dad joke” about what one magnet said to the other magnet in the first scene. You might think this show is throwing a bone to parents, and as several critics have pointed out, the show’s primary character — the android named “Mother” — is exciting to watch, precisely because she viscerally will destroy anyone who plans to abduct or hurt her human children....

By the episode’s conclusion, Rick has escaped prison, disintegrated the intergalactic government, eliminated the inter-dimensional Council of Ricks, and banished his stepson Jerry from the family. As he tells Morty in a terrifying closing monologue, this was the plan all along. He turned himself into the Galactic Federation precisely to take it down, but also to get rid of Jerry and consolidate his role as patriarch of the Smith family....

Illumination Entertainment, the masterminds behind Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets, knows what they do best: funny gags with animated characters. They’re applying their successful formula to the story of The Grinch. It’s too difficult to capture the magic of the 1966 animated short film that’s cemented in the Christmas movie canon along with A Charlie Brown Christmas, so why not just create a new version for a modern audience?...

WowWee Elmoji Because they’ll only be 2 jobs available to your kids when then enter the workforce — robot builder and robot programmer — Elmoji is a Sesame Street version of WowWee’s popular Coji The Coding Robot that teaches programming using logic/sequencing/memory games and emojis. It also responds to being shaken, tilted, and presumably, tickled. Buy Now $15 Bloomlife Pregnancy Wearable Designed to keep couples from frantically racing to the hospital every time a bout of Braxton Hicks hit, this wearable for women in their third trimester “detects, counts, and times” contractions in real time and records all the data in a smartphone app....

Here are 19 kid-friendly Star Wars jokes to help your kids feel the pun-side of the Force. How long has Anakin Skywalker been evil? Since the Sith Grade What’s Yoda’s advice for going to the bathroom? Doo-doo or doo-doo-not-do. What was Luke’s secret codename before he got his mechanical limb? Hand Solo What do you call food made by baby Wookiees? It’s good, but it’s a little Chewie What’s the name of Obi-Wan’s twin brother?...

Here’s the magic phrase, and a few thoughts on how to deliver it: “Are you angry?” Ask this in a calm and sincere way. Wait for your 2-year-old to answer. Often the answer is a huge, grief-stricken “Yes!” followed by some soft sobbing. And then the sobbing stops. The child looks up. They repeat the sticking point, in a much more subdued voice. Your next line: “I understand.” Pause for a moment and then offer a hug, or a verbal alternative....

But, despite setbacks in his domestic agenda, Biden appeared to attempt to reset the clock on making sure that he at least improves some aspects of the social safety net for American families. Here are five key takeaways for parents and families from this year’s State of the Union. A Plan on Inflation Americans are facing astronomical inflation these days, and Biden said combatting it is one of his “top priorities....

Arguments happen. Big ones. Little ones. It’s completely normal and healthy. Agreeing on everything isn’t possible. And a marriage without arguments — big or small — is a marriage without productivity. Arguing shows that there’s stuff to do in a relationship and that both partners are, in their way, working toward a larger goal, like attempting to understand each other and how to do better. No, it’s not ideal for arguments to spiral, and we must all learn ways to fight better and keep things from getting heated....

For reasons that escape me, Conan the Barbarian often gets the short end of the stick, or, sword, and is treated as an afterthought. Critics hated it, dismissing the film as a cheesy B-movie. It was somehow considered a misfire when it earned nearly $70 million worldwide on a $20 million budget — more than most of its sword-and-sorcery brethren. Granted, that’s far from a blockbuster, but it’s also light-years removed from dud territory....

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According to CNN, archeologists are digging up the Neolithic chambered tomb called Arthur’s Stone for the first time. English Heritage, a charity that preserves historical places in England, has partnered with the University of Manchester to investigate the tomb built during a critical time in Britain’s history. There isn’t much known about the tomb other than it appears to mark when pottery and polished stone tools were first used. The ruins are located in Herefordshire near the Welsh border in the West Midlands of England....