CONTRARIAN SUMMER

If the world is really as awful as everybody says it is, maybe the most useful thing you can do is try to sniff out whatever joy it has left to offer. The Reasons to Be Cheerful Issue is the new issue of Vice magazine, a juicy summer spectacular inspired by a deep fatigue of people whining all the time. In its 120 pages, you will find a new upper that might go on to become the next ecstasy, just with none of the crashing lows. You will find photos from a macabre yet cathartic Indian death party that will etch themselves upon your psyche indelibly. You will find a potential solution for climate change that involves nuking the Earth’s crust.

Who would dare say these are dull times to live in? Subscribe to Vice magazine by Friday, August 29 to make sure you receive The Rea

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