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Who knew all it took to become the entire world’s BFF was an undershirt, some markers, and a little dose of Radical Honesty? Comments/Enlarge | See all

Now that Ryanair is making transatlantic flights it’s going to be interesting to see how far the BAs and Virgin Atlantics of this world are gonna go to keep their customers. Comments/Enlarge | See all

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ARTICLES BY ANGIE NERVER

DIRTY PIRATES

High on Fire Gives You the Web-Eye

One time, as an "experiment," I put a personal ad on Nerve.com. (I know, I know.) One of the profile questions is "What music puts you 'in the mood'." I answered stoner metal, duh. The best response came from a lawyer whose favorite movie was Secretary. In his picture, he had on a polar-fleece vest and a giant iguana draped over his shoulders. "What's stoner metal?" he wrote. "Sounds like an oxymoron! ...

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PILLS OF SWEDEN

Inside Dungen's Medicine Cabinet

When I was going through my "classic rock" phase, I asked my mom if she was a hippie in the 60s and if it had been awesome. "No, I was not a 'hippie,' and no, it most certainly was not 'awesome,'" she spat. "People called them hippies, but I just called them BUMS. They never bathed and they would lay in the gutter half-naked on drugs asking you for money." So I was all, "You suck, mom! The hippies ...