A night with a bunch o’ comedy bros, talking about Louis C.K. — Editor’s note: This story contains a description of physical and sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Being a comedian is fun. You get to laugh. You get to spend time making jokes. You get to meet funny women and men who aren’t afraid to say what they…

I needed to support my partner leaving me. — The scream erupts as the last penalty kick hits the net, and it doesn’t fully quiet down until late in the night. …

American puritanism ruins things for us all. — If you’ve read any of my work, you’ll probably know I’m a chronically online person. I have to hang out on Twitter for my day job, so I’m unfortunately always aware of the newest, strangest cultural conversations and viral tweets. It’s a pain when the conversation becomes about the elitism…

Hacking is not a victimless crime. — Hackers: those nerds with glasses who work in the fringes of the law in their dark rooms, powered by copious amounts of Red Bull. They’re wild and they commit crimes that are largely financial, so it’s easier ot forget that those crimes have victims, too. Sometimes, in the movies, they…

In a friendly nation around the world. — Pregnant Russian women are abandoning their country in droves to give birth in a country with no visa requirements. It’s warm and sunny most of the year, health care and education are free, and the cost of living is relatively low in USD. And it’s halfway around the world from…

#WashingMachineGate, smart appliances and smarter spouses. — This week has been a feast for Argentinian news channels and tabloids. A cheating scandal that’s so juicy it’s been the number one trending topic on Twitter several days in a row. Now, celebrities cheating is pretty common, at least in Argentina, but this case had something entirely new to…

Your digital nomadism is killing us. — So, I did standup in English for the second time yesterday. I’ll admit it was a little weird to try to find the right punchlines on the fly for jokes I’ve done a hundred times in Spanish, but I got through okay. But the crowd in that English language show…

The strange urge to feel sympathy for the devil. — Yesterday morning, all of Argentina was waiting with baited breaths for a verdict. The sigh of relief as a group of eight men in their early twenties — popularly known as “the rugbiers” for their past hobby — was condemned, was unanimous. I sighed, too, but it didn’t feel as…

The White Lotus, the Menu and Glass Onion are okay, but that’s not why we watch them. — You’ve noticed this trend, right? Rich people behaving badly, on streaming and in your local movie theater. This boom is so ubiquitous right now it seems it’s already turning into a cliche. I watched three of the really hyped-up shows and movies that have come out recently, and all I…