Yeah, “elbows off the table” strikes me as a specific rule of etiquette that’s not really based on any practical consideration. I don’t think anybody teaches their kid that anymore, and that’s fine.

So what’s the argument that this video should be made public, besides “Robert Kraft is icky and I don’t like him?”

Plus, there’s a difference between liking my specific employer-based plan and believing that the employer-based model is superior to a single-payer model.

As someone with several alcoholic family members, I am deeply offended by the use of the word “bar,” which has connotations of the establishments in which my addicted family members destroyed their livers.

In 2019, interrupting TV broadcasts is such an inefficient way of warning people about severe weather. Because broadcast areas are large, the vast majority of people watching a program that’s interrupted aren’t going to be impacted by any given storm, and if anything it’s going to lead to alert fatigue. Just crawl the…

The ones who are Christian probably cheat more than the nonreligious types as a whole...especially the ones who can’t shut up about their religion.

I hope you don’t watch any of the four major sports, either, because the stars in those leagues may or may not be assholes but they are certainly rich. Probably richer than most pro golfers, in fact.

I generally agree with you; the only thing that shocks me about Albies is that I can’t believe he couldn’t have demanded more money. I mean, the cheap-ass White Sox signed Eloy Jimenez to a bigger contract (both in terms of guarantees and what he’ll receive if as expected the team picks up their options) before he…

I agree with you about how much more he is actually worth, but why does everyone default to blaming the agent? The agent can only advise the player. He can’t force him to sign or not sign a given contract.

Of course, none of these people would tell an 11-year-old boy “you don’t know what you are” if he told them he had a crush on a girl.

Yeah, I don’t like the expectation that everything has to be all things to all people now. I thought that the purpose of a rating in a review was to evaluate how well-executed the chosen types of food were prepared. By all means be upfront in the prose about the fact that it lacks vegetarian options, but don’t knock…

I have yet to find an article that specifically addresses what this bill would do to free file fillable forms. I think they’d still be available, although of course there could eventually be a push to do away with those, too.

Amen. Either your taxes are simple and you should do them yourself, or you have a more complicated situation and should have your taxes done by an actual professional like an accountant. I don’t understand the popularity of TurboTax and the like.

Yeah, there was basically no information about the game, which is a weird choice for an article on a video game site.

Plus, you cannot convince me that our smartphones are not listening to our conversations. It is way too common for me to see a targeted ad for something I never searched for or read about on any device, but just discussed with my wife that day or the day before. (And pretty specific things, not things where you could…

Frankly, I don’t understand why anyone with generational wealth would ever work any job again. I’m not saying sit around with your feet up for the rest of your life...start a charity, pursue an artistic endeavor, etc. But I cannot imagine having a nine-figure net worth and ever putting myself in a position where I had…

I don’t see any good reason why the tip should be calculated on the post-tax amount. As for the argument that the difference is often negligible, by that logic you could argue that we all should always tip 22%, or 24%, or...where does it end?

I’ve heard that about the thinner seats, but I was on a Southwest 737 Max 8 right before they grounded them and the noticeably thinner seat didn’t feel much different, and it also seemed to mean a bit more legroom which was welcome since I’m 6'1".

Yeah, looking at a map, I would assume that they would be talking about eliminating the portion of I-70 between I-76 and I-270 which appears to be the most downtown portion of that highway in Denver. Traffic going straight through without stopping could re-route on 76 and 270 without going too far out of their way,…

This is so obviously the right way to fix replay that there’s zero chance that any league will adopt such a policy. Hell, I’d be fine with less than 30 seconds...if the call needs to be overturned, it should be evident on the first view.