The problem isn’t instant replay, it’s the implementation. My simple proposal is that every league should do away with challenges and have replays initiated by an official watching the game in a central location. Replays would only come into play on obvious bad calls when a quick look at the replay once or twice would…

That’s the interpretation that makes the most sense to me, but it raises all kinds of other questions about the nature of dragons. If Drogon had the intelligence to grasp that it was Dany’s obsession with taking power that killed her more than Jon Snow who actually wielded the knife, then he was a lot more than just a…

Dany’s turn in episode 5 made me think about why I wanted her to succeed up until then, and I had to admit that it was largely because of how her character existed in opposition to other people (starting with her brother and ending with Cersei) who I judged to be worse than her. There didn’t seem to be any evidence in…

Well said. My complaint about Dany apparently turning out to be a ruthless, bloodthirsty queen isn’t that it’s illogical; it’s that the show didn’t do enough to convince us of her nature. Especially when there were examples where she was willing to be merciful.

I agree. The only way it makes sense is if we’re supposed to leave the show thinking that all of the history of Westeros is basically total bullshit and that the stories that are written/preserved for future generations might as well be fiction. Which kind of undercuts the emphasis they’ve placed on stories and…

Yup, my frustration isn’t with the finale per se, as I think they wrapped things up as well as they could given the frantic pace of the final season. I also don’t have issues with the “what” of how things ended up, but I do think the “how” could have been executed so much better, and it’s a shame that the showrunners…

I found the major points of the ending to be pretty satisfying, if tragic, but man am I pissed at the showrunners for losing interest in the series and insisting on a six episode final season when at a minimum it should have been ten. One of the main pleasures of this series was how deliberately paced it was through…

I’m confused about what purpose the Night’s Watch serves anymore. The whitewalkers are gone and the wildlings will presumably go off and do their own thing rather than cause trouble in the realm. So what exactly are the Night’s Watch protecting against?

the company announced it will let individual franchisees decide which breakfast items to serve all-day

The gall of that person, ordering something that the restaurant chose to put on their menu!

From what I hear, having kids makes your weekends feel longer. I swear to God, some of my coworkers seem to prefer coming into the office.

That part stuck with me, because in the last couple years I’ve known multiple people who died or nearly died because their symptoms were dismissed by medical professionals who assumed they knew what was going on. It’s disturbing to wonder just how many deaths each year can be directly attributed to doctors who form an…

I’m not arguing in favor of credit scoring per se, but like it or not it’s a part of American life and having a low credit score is going to mean paying more money for a loan. Given that, and given that a large number of people who buy new cars can’t really afford them in the first place (and that a brand-new car is a…

This is such a ridiculous complaint, and I hate what Uber/Lyft are to the point that I have never once used them. The drivers are paid (very poorly) to drive, not to be your buddy. From what I understand of the ridiculous rating system, I imagine it is a relief to both driver and passenger to have expectations clearly…

How is someone going to take a flight or rent a hotel room using my reward points? They may be able to hack into my account, but they’re not going to be able to show ID at check-in.

Prime and super-prime borrowers—with credit scores of roughly 650 or higher— may not notice the increasing rates at all.

If you’re making comments that can be construed in any way as threatening, referencing bombs, etc, sure. But saying that you think the passengers deserve free booze is just about the most innocuous comment one could imagine. That’s like throwing a passenger off the plane for saying “this airline sucks.” There’s no…

It’s almost like you have to be really, really stupid to increase tariffs on China when virtually everything we buy is manufactured there.

It totally depends on who the conversation is with. If it’s with a stranger in a public place, the only barrier to ending the conversation is your own desire to adhere to some kind of politeness. Personally, if a random Trump supporter initiated a political conversation with me, they’d get one polite, “sorry, but I’m…

I still don’t understand the argument for releasing the video to the public, besides of course that you think Robert Kraft is icky.