So, here’s the thing about reservations...if you expect 100% of my party to be there before you’ll seat us, fine. But then I expect my table to be ready at the exact time of the reservation. I get really, really annoyed when I make a reservation, show up on time, and get told “oh, it’ll just be a few minutes.”…

Seriously, why do parents (and it’s usually women, but not always) feel the need to insert that fact into conversations that have nothing to do with it? The question was about seating incomplete parties. It had nothing to do with children, and all prefacing the question with this did was predispose me to dislike the…

I love buying used books. E-books will never be quite the same for me and used is almost always even cheaper than the Kindle version. Plus there’s the thrill of finding something you put effort into looking for rather than just clicking a button and having it instantly.

Yes. I hate artificial scarcity. Taco Bell would actually get more money from me overall if they just served nacho fries year-round.

Yeah, the article mentions but doesn’t make the note a point of emphasis, and unless you click through to Twitter and expand the photo you can’t see it.

You probably couldn’t have cherry-picked a less illustrative example of the “crisis” than a guy who graduated with $33k in student loans to obtain a job that started at $68k.

It seems that the official position of Deadspin is that if free agent contracts don’t continue going up and up as time goes on, then clearly the owners are colluding. They ignore the possibility of what you said: that the players who have signed big contracts and failed to perform have hamstrung their teams for years,…

Yeah...outside of a few models, unless you’re talking about the least reliable manufacturers there really shouldn’t be much of a difference between brands within the first three years. At this point major issues should be so rare that whatever puts one brand in front of another should be as much about sample size as…

Agreed about paying off debts before investing. I used to work with someone who was excited about paying off her car because “now we can start paying extra on our mortgage, and then eventually we can start saving for retirement.” Ugh.

I don’t even know, at this point, what Deadspin wants MLB teams to do.

Yeah, how dare anyone criticize the second highest paid receiver (who is not in a contract year) in the NFL for skipping practice the week of a crucial game? It’s not like Brown has done anything off the field to make us question his character.

Exactly. Most people who start exercising and stick with it will see some amount of weight loss assuming their diet stays the same or improves. If you tried program X for 6 months and lost weight, good for you, but that doesn’t mean that program X is magical and you couldn’t have done the same on program Y.

I read some things on Kindle, but I still prefer physical books. The biggest benefit to the Kindle is being able to instantly order something and start reading it. What I don’t like about it is that my hands start to go numb after more than 15 minutes or so (although whatever damage I’m doing with the Kindle pales in…

When dealing with friends, I don’t see why you can’t have an honest conversation about this. If your friend is truly ignorant about tipping etiquette, she’ll learn something and start tipping more. If she’s not, then you know that about her and can proceed as you want.

I don’t like the idea of eliminating slow motion from replays, because it often provides a clearer picture of whether the receiver got both feet in bounds, whether the runner was out at first base, etc. My solution is simple: limit replay reviews to thirty seconds or less. If the call should indeed be overturned,…

I don’t know. I have some decidedly bumpkinish people in my family tree, and they love fast food, but they also wouldn’t dream of throwing a party and “catering” it with fast food. Trump is even less classy than them.

Going for 2 to extend a 5 point lead to 7 in the 4th quarter isn’t a bad decision. I did think the play call on the 2-pt attempt was questionable. Also, if they’d kicked the extra point then Philly would’ve kicked the extra point on their TD, and unless their kicker missed the end of game scenario would’ve been the…

Well said.

Maybe from a CTE perspective, but quarterbacks get plenty of concussions, and that’s before you even factor in non-brain injuries. Ask Teddy Bridgewater or Alex Smith if playing QB in the NFL is just as safe as baseball.

It really depends on where he’d be drafted. RGIII banked so much money in large part because he was drafted 2nd overall. If Murray fell even to the top of the 2nd round, he’d only be guaranteed a little more than his MLB signing bonus. If he performs as an NFL QB and gets a second contract the point is moot, but the…