After failing for so long at dating - it has been five years since my last date - I think it would be hard to avoid making a first date into a Really Big Deal. Hell, when I get a little bit interested in someone that I meet in real life I have to consciously make myself stay away lest I appear creepy or overly…

From a man: swipe right a bunch, never get a match. That is also my take on Tinder.

Totally agree. The word “lover” is like saying “We have sex. I need you to imagine us in bed together. There’s a lot of tongue action.”

I was thinking “this guy’s the worst” right up until I got to this line, at which point I loudly blurted out “Jesus Christ!”

Now, I understand it like it was elementary.

It is pretty frustrating to read an article that clearly requires me to do some kind of pop-culture research to even understand what is going on.

he admits in the letter that she told him multiple times that she was uncomfortable with him before he left her alone

Well, yes, that’s exactly the point. Personally, I would rather not have to rely on law enforcement, prosecutors, or the jury to reason statistically. DNA needs to be corroborated by other forms of evidence; but it is much easier to say “Look! A match! Guilty!”

Except that the low probability of a false match is elevated by widespread searches of large databases; it is called the Prosecutor’s Fallacy. So, yes, it could affect you, even if you are completely innocent of wrongdoing.

“Consider who you are. In the first place, you are a man...” unless you’re a woman. So there’s that.

That doesn’t happen to defined benefit programs, but companies do go bankrupt and take their pension plans with them, or the funds can be siphoned off/embezzled. Or the company can institute layoffs and get rid of senior people, thus avoiding full payout of benefits.

What’s the power imbalance? You’ve already left your tip, or will leave it, before he or she has the opportunity to act or not act on the number you leave.

The lyrics were taken from country blues songs as a tribute. The lines I imagine you’re referring to were a reference to “Brown Skin Woman” and “Lone Wolf” by Oscar Woods. I doubt that they were even intended to be ironic racism.

For another earth-friendly alternative, I know a girl who reminds me of Cher. She’s always changing the color of her hair. She don’t use nothing that ya buy at the store. She likes her hair to be real orange.

Probably not upper class, but upper-middle class. I am also in the DC area and make a good wage that places me well outside the “middle class” tier the site lists, but I am certainly not upper class by any stretch.

A lot of purchases feel almost surreal. Going to the hardware store and just being able to buy what I need without agonizing over it. Even for a $20 purchase, I literally have a voice in my head that says “it’s amazing... you can afford this!” When I buy larger items (I recently bought a 75" 4K TV), I have a lot of…

My problem with all of these solutions is that all of the useful information is stripped away. Usually I remember what app it was that I dismissed the notification from - what I don’t remember is the specific information that the notification imparted. And that info is often not available from the app when it is…

My nitpick is that success in dating is not really “earned.” Plus, I can that statement right back around and say that “nice guys” try to “earn” success by doing things for the objects of their affection (though I have issues with that narrative as well). The example you give - of being tenacious and open - is not…

My adviser provided almost no feedback as well. During the defense, one reader - whom I had consulted prior to even writing the prospectus - seemed to be completely baffled by the whole project. Another reader, who did provide some feedback on my chapters, read email during the defense. It was bizarre.

I tried to buy concert tickets online, and the seller required me to use moneygram. Like an idiot, I went ahead and did it, but I used my credit card rather than a bank account. He never sent the tickets to me. Moneygram won’t do anything once the funds transfer, so I contacted my credit card company. The woman I…