Daniel Nester’s new book, How to Be Inappropriate, is an interesting, mostly humorous look at people’s overly polite and politically correct attitudes. We talk with him about putting it together, farts, mooning, and Robot Gene Simmons.

“I thought about what I wanted in my life at the urging of friend who said our friendship is at an all-time low—”you need to figure this out.” So I wrote down this list, this stupid list. When I looked at it, it reminded me of the covers of women’s magazines. Ding!“
Most of us tend [...]