I’m convinced that the checkpoint respawning was there to restock the spot with a truck or jeep. Think about it - you normally help yourself to transport after a fight at one, so there’s gonna be a weird distribution of transportation across the map before long. Admittedly, I stopped using the roads entirely after a…

My favorite - “Look at how many of them are in finance! It proves that they’re conniving and greedy!” Ignoring the little detail that Jews were barred from just about every other profession, leaving only the “unclean” ones like banking (due to usury, back when that was considered a bad thing) open to them.

There’s a fascinating PBS documentary called “Jesus of Rome” that talks about the Pharisee thing, as well as a lot of new research into the Roman politics that were involved. 

Narrator’s voice: Turns out, the app was written by tech-savvy burglars.

They *can’t* label him a terrorist because it would mean having to charge people who bomb abortion clinics and kill doctors who work there with terrorism, since that is a 100% cut-and-dried example of enacting an extremist ideological agenda by means of instilling fear through violence. And that will never, ever, EVER…

Get a baking steel instead. It’s expensive, but much, much safer. I used to make mine this way, but after nearly *burning through the palms* of several heavy duty oven mitts while moving the skillet to/from the oven, I decided it wasn’t worth the risk. I guess actual welding gloves are an option, but keeping the steel…

The tutorial on mastering the old skillet flip using cheez balls was genuinely helpful.

“Now give it the ooooool’ tappa-tappa. And once you’ve tapped that, put it in the middle of a 350 degree oven...”

I’m glad to see other people who appreciate Foodwishes. The recipes (or just techniques) are first and foremost about making good food, not showing off. Plus dumb jokes. Lots of dumb jokes. A bunch of his recipes are in my regular rotation now. He also gets a lot of “Hey, my grandma used to make it that way” comments,…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, recently vice chair of Bank of Cyprus, the favorite money laundromat of Russian mobsters, who still has business ties with Kirill Shamalov, coincidentally the son-in-law of one Vladimir Putin?

Yeah, I’ve never once heard or read that combination of words. It’s “jury rigged” here in illinois.

Basically, it’s like demanding that people stop using the word “jewelry” because you believe it’s *clearly* derived from the “greedy Jew” stereotype.

Doesn’t explain the usage “I did bugger all today” (“jack shit” in American-ese).

Languages are living things. Words constantly change. If an expression has become detached from a racist origin, tenuous or otherwise, and no longer carries any such intent, then that’s the new reality of it. As much as the prescriptivist in me wants to smack people who utter abominations like “impactful” upside the…

I once had an aghast do-gooder explain to me that as a male, I should never use “screwed” because it’s clearly an allusion to rape.

Use “welshed” instead. Screw those guys with their weird-ass spellings.

People confuse “authoritative” with “correct” all the time, sadly.

Good lord, that’s not how words work. “Niggardly” means penny-pinching. “Nigger” is a contraction of “negro.” Actually, I *do* remember someone on TV clutching their pearls and demanding an apology when a newsreader used the word “niggardly,” only to get angry and defensive when it was pointed out that they were wrong.

No, they’re praying, all right. The thing is, it’s to *Satan*, to consecrate the latest mass human sacrifice to their infernal lord. Can’t let such a great opportunity go to waste, don’tchaknow, and it’s so much easier than getting your own robes and knives dirty. Blood offerings get you the best rewards, doubly so…

Seems to me that this game could create a new “Photojournalist” class that’s locked down to the point where all they can do is take pictures. Maybe boost their resilience so they don’t get instantly offed by griefers or something. Some folks might like the challenge of prowling a map with only a camera.