Apparently you aren’t looking very hard. My wife and I have had these for over a year and love them. They haven’t let us down once, and it’s great peace of mind knowing I can jump my car even if no one else is around.

Apparently you aren’t looking very hard. My wife and I have had these for over a year and love them. They haven’t…

Interesting point. I would argue that the phenomenon you describe is only one aspect of privilege. Heterosexual white men and women that do NOT live in expensive coastal neighborhoods still have privilege in the US relative to non-white, non-heterosexual, non-disabled (etc.) people, generally speaking. For me it just…

Well, if you’re not going to take the time to present any sort of coherent argument for your statement then I’ll assume you’re just trolling. That said, I don’t think there is a single human being that is not racist. Our brains naturally categorize and differentiate things and racism is deeply and subtly embedded in…

There is a surprising number of Romani people in North Dakota. I can tell you personally that those I have met are deeply offended by the term “gyp” and it’s derivatives.

I don’t know about your 90% stat - it all depends what sites you frequent - but in general I would tend to agree. Personally, I find it tricky, and am doing what I can to figure out how to engage and be part of the solution without my inherent privilege perpetuating the problem.

My default position is that it is the person who is a member of the group “targeted” by the word or phrase that gets to decide it’s effect. I personally strive to be thoughtful with my words and avoid things that can have negative connotations. I also think it’s OK to ask a person if they find certain words or phrases…

I agree with you that “long time no see” has become so detached from its origin (as far as I can see from my perspective) that it is unlikely to be hurtful. For me personally, I like learning about the origin of phrases and being thoughtful with the words I used, so I appreciated learning about that.

I’m on an S7 and it’s working fine. I used to love upgrading to a new phone, but when I moved from the S4 to the S7 it was mostly a shoulder shrug, no big deal. I think I’m going to stick with my S7 and wait for the under-screen front fingerprint sensors to make it into handsets.

Most often, the people who don’t see the big deal or hate that “things have gotten so politically correct” are people in positions of privilege (mostly, heterosexual white men). Unless you have a stone cold soul, everyone has things that they are sensitive about and certain words that can hurt them. Taking the time to…

I truly, truly feel so sad for women in the dating world. No one should have to put up with this kind of BS. I’m a married, middle-aged man. I’ve always been a nice guy and have always respected women. My male friends have always been nice guys and respected women (as far as I know). I just don’t understand how guys…

I don’t see the need to judge either of them. We can safely assume there is a lot of information about their relationship we don’t have. They are who they are, and although they may love each other (possibly to different degrees), it seems they are fundamentally incompatible. That is usually a difficult thing to see…

There is lots of research on this topic, not just from Australia, most of it supporting the same conclusion. Just because it worked for you when you were a kid, doesn’t mean that’s what’s best for other kids - and, again, the current research says that, in general, it is detrimental to give kids alcohol. We have some…

Well, you are much more optimistic about our current congress’ willingness to smack corporations around than I am. Most people on both sides of the aisle are quite bought and paid for, as far as I’m concerned, not to mention pretty much the entire presidential cabinet. The head of the FCC used to be an attorney for…

The concern is not a direct screwing of ISP customers by providing shitty service (Comcast has been doing that for years). The concern is that ISPs are now able to favor specific traffic, so Comcast can make sure that their Xfinity streaming gets lightning fast speed on their network, while Netflix or other streaming…

1. This should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention. This tax plan has been one of the primary goals of the GOP for years. It is classic “trickle-down economics” with a little ACA sucker punch thrown in.

Well, hopefully I’m just ahead of the curve. I’m 46 and things are a real proper shit show right now.

VPN providers are just like other internet providers, in that they have to purchase blocks of IP addresses, and those IP addresses are registered to them. So, as soon as Netflix - or any company seeking to block VPNs - learns of a new VPN company, all they have to do is lookup what block of IP addresses they are using…

I’m all about SmartThings, but if you have an indoor water heater/tank and don’t want to or can’t drop the cash on a smarthub, then pick up a Zircon Leak alert. No alerts to your phone, but will sound a loud-ish alarm if water touches it. I say this as the owner of a seemingly fine water heater that ended up leaking…

You are so right. I don’t know why I keep forgetting that. It seems like there is now at least one article every day about me needing to buy a Dyson vacuum. Lifehack? Uh, no.

I played soccer from about ages 10-12. My problem was my dad running up and down the sidelines screaming at ME (not the ref, not other players). He would scream things like “move up, you lunkhead”. He was not really that way at any other time, and he didn’t play soccer, but something about me playing soccer really…