I once “yelled at” a man for not collecting his dog shit outside of my apartment building (quotes there because it was really just speaking firmly and confidently, not with added volume). And I didn’t just randomly pick the issue because I was looking for a fight. Just the week prior I had stepped in shit getting into…

Perhaps, but most people who are aware of the Wondermark comic do seem to be tracing it back to there. And without a doubt, the concept and practice has spread exponentially since its publication in 2010.

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you got this idea from your friend, but to be clear and give due credit, the idea started here:

Yeah, it’s a big thing in the US. Multiple spam calls per day. Most people don’t answer unfamiliar numbers at all anymore, which can be a problem if you’re, say, job hunting.

Actually, it’s relying on one rigorless study that empowers the antivaxxers, which is, incidentally, exactly what Beth is advising against doing in this article.

January 1st of the first or fifth year of your actual birthdate are pretty easy to remember, and as a bonus it’s easier to enter on the ones that use a drop-down list to select the month and day. Just remember to round down on the year, not up, if you’re young enough that it affects whether or not you’re considered an…

Your points about ads and tracking are all valid, but on the point about Google setting the Segment Heap fix to disabled by default, I’m not with you. For one, it’s just a flag, which is easy enough to change yourself by going to chrome://flags and searching for “segment heap,” if that is the best option for you.

That’s fine enough in principle, but some of us rescue our pets rather than strictly buying inbred puppies and kittens from breeders. My first dog had both a fear of people and food aggression issues when adopted. He’s learned to trust us and knows when to expect meals, but we still have issues with him trying to…

I’m sad to say I had basically the same thought on reading this article. I know it’s the right thing to communicate the facts of what research is telling us, but my instinct is that publicly saying anything about how cloth masks may be less effective than we thought is going to cause such a shitstorm that I’d almost…

Oh man, I feel for the person who wrote in on this one. They sound like someone who doesn’t much understand computers, like many of the people I help at work and in my personal life, but that doesn’t mean they should suffer the loss of old family photos.

Agree. I tried to get therapy for my OCD, which is severe and includes incidental self-harm, and on my very first visit they tried to put me on a strong antidepressant. I opted against it, but the cost of in-person therapy was so much higher than the drugs would have been, I’ve had to resort to trying to manage it on…

You’re not fooling anyone, Craig Ferguson. We know that’s you!

In 3000 BCE? I’m not sure what you’re referring to exactly with “deep drilling” but the earliest I could find was China’s first drilled well in 347 CE. That’s closer to today in time than it was to the building of Stonehenge.

...he’s right, again... 

Well, I do work ten blocks away from the SEC headquarters, now that you mention it. That’s not a weird joke, just a fact. Come to think of it, it’s a shame the protests didn’t make it down that street to bust some windows. My non-profit educational institution was damaged during the protest by outside white agitators…

There are a lot of Bama fans around here (Birmingham), and while plenty individuals are fine enough people, as a group they are monstrous. Or maybe I should say it’s a loud subset of that group. But in general, if I see a pickup truck on the road with a Bama sticker, the percentage likelihood of other identifiers is…

She said guests weren’t allowed, too. Can that be right? Why even have a pool if you aren’t allowed to bring guests?

My one experience in Knoxville was when my small underdog team (UAB) had an away game and we decided to make the drive. Knowing well they’d probably lose, we thought we’d still have a good time. The packed stadium booed our team when they walked on the field, as if they were fucking Bama or something. We knew, as did…

How is it white guilt to say that I can’t fully relate to someone who is a different race from me? My support for equality and an end to racial violence doesn’t come from guilt, just basic human decency and the fact I’ve grown up and lived my entire life in and around black communities within a predominantly black…

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