I... actually cannot comprehend what kind of person in the US would not know what collards are in the year 2016. Every homestyle restaurant and bbq joint south of the Mason-Dixon (& like 90% of the ones north of it!) have collards as a side.

There is an economic force behind this phenomena. The reason less studios are on ClassPass in the neighborhoods with fewer studios is that those studios don’t have much of an incentive to be on ClassPass in the 1st place. If a studio is one of a few in a neighborhood, then the people who are really into group…

I think that mostly has do with the lack of studios in general, doesn’t it? I moved from the North Side to the West Side of Chicago and immediately canceled ClassPass, because there were maybe ~2 options west of Damen. But I don’t think it’s that studios on the West Side aren’t signing up, I think it’s that there…

Yeah, man. What kind of losers live in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Miami, Seattle, Baltimore, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Tampa, Orlando, Nashville, Columbus, Minneapolis, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Portland, San Diego,…

Most people who live in major cities and make enough money to be interested in ClassPass aren’t working standard 40 hr workweeks. While a lot of gyms offer group fitness classes now, the options are limited and the times are not really geared at people who work beyond 9-to-5. My current gym is $40/month and I like…

I think there’s a pretty huge difference between “it’s maybe okay to use this as an identifier of Native Americans” and “it’s cool to use this as a sports team name.” If they were the Cleveland African Americans or Cleveland Pacific Islanders it would be just as weird.

It’s one of the top ten US cities for international travelers... also anecdotally I know plenty of Americans who have gone to SF for vacation.

I mean, most people care to some degree about rejections, especially romantic rejection. You can’t really control your feelings, but you can control how you react to your feelings. Being able to experience negative emotions without lashing out (which is basically what demanding an explanation is in this scenario) is a…

I live in Chicago* and I actually think it would do the opposite long term. About 95% of Cubs fan identity is “the curse” and “next year!” Take that away from them and what do they have left? There’s no narrative left for them to ride for goodwill, if they end the drought.

Twitter was full of zingers in that same vein on Friday:

The point of the dismiss option isn’t just for harassment. Literally when function was 1st introduced in kinja, they told commenters the point was to remove comments not adding to the discussion. Spamming trollingly stupid statements doesn’t add to the general discussion.

Literally one of the stupidest things written on this website. Congrats, dude.

Also, while some instructors don’t give modifications and push people too far, there is also the weirdly stubborn contingent of people who won’t take the modifications when they’re given. How many people have I seen flailing around during balancing poses because they don’t want to do the modification until they learn…

You misspelled Nishikori in your headline...

Somehow (luckily) every bikram studio I’ve ever been to (which to be fair is like 3) has been very non-competitive and low key, so I’m always a little thrown off whenever I’m reminded of the amount of batshit crazy teachers out there and the criminal founder.

I think the violation of our past treaties with indigenous nations is certainly grounds for substantial reparations to tribal members. However, I don’t think any US court is going to rule to enforce a contract or treaty that was broken over 100 years ago. Seeking damages from the federal government for the treaty…

Jesus.fucking.Christ.

It was not ongoing but it was also never closed, so your understanding is incorrect.

Yeah, it looks like it is some new emails. But since the emails were withheld by the Clinton campaign or State Dept, it still seems like suspicious timing to announce what is basically supplemental evidence. Especially, since they had nothing at all to say about where the emails came from.

The historical treatment of indigenous people in the US is and was terrible. However, I don’t think (and feel free to correct me if what I read about this is incorrect) this land ever technically belonged to the Standing Rock reservation. It belonged to the Great Sioux reservation, which was (against the provisions…