@CraigJW: What is that? Your recommendations need more deets.

@ten10: Slightly deformed metal is better than shattered screen, no? Besides everything gets beat up eventually. We are just trying to slow the process, not prevent it.

@G-Squared: Or you could just rewrite it in a way that couldn't be interpreted to be offensive. That's what everyone else is doing.

@KBlack: Glass won't shatter from quick deceleration. It shatters because it can't deform. Metal can deform. A metal rim would work.

@G-Squared: My point is that instead of writing a disclaimer, just rewrite it in a way that isn't offensive. See how I did that for you above? Not so hard.

@Gators15: Metal doesn't need to absorb the impact. It just needs to be hard. A metal block doesn't absorb an impact. It just doesn't shatter.

@G-Squared: FWIW, I don't think you meant to offend but I do think you wrote something that you realized was probably offensive and didn't take the time and energy to rephrase it to make it seem less bigoted. See my example of rephrasing above.

@G-Squared: The reason I know that you knew your post was offensive was that you made the disclaimer. If you really didn't think the post was offensive, you wouldn't have had the disclaimer. Does every one of your posts contain this disclaimer? I don't even have to check to know they don't. Come on man, not that…

@G-Squared: Of course it was offensive, that's why you said "Im not trying to offend anyone". If it weren't offensive you wouldn't have said that. Look at all the inoffensive posts on this website, none of them begin with "I'm not trying to offend anyone". Only the offensive ones do.

@D.E.P.C.: If they built the bumper into the design, it would have looked much nicer. Maybe a thin metal overhang instead of glass to the edge.

@G-Squared: I suppose you should be commended on not even trying. All you needed to say was that the colors Apple makes are too flamboyant for heterosexual males between 16-35. Same content, doesn't make you sound like a homophobe.

The funny thing is, they should have built the phone like this in the first place, with raised edges that protect the glass. However, if they had done that, the phone specs wouldn't be as small. I feel like they basically are selling the phone in two pieces.

@G-Squared: "Im not trying to offend anyone" if you're typing this phrase, you know you are offending someone. Don't type the disclaimer just rephase it in an inoffensive way.

@Way to go, Nuffle: Exactly. By going around the world you are guaranteed to run into life threatening conditions. You want to be as prepared as possible. 16 yo is not that.

@gr8wayn: To suggest that a 16 yo has nothing left to learn about sailing doesn't seem right.

She is an impressive adventurer to be sure. At the same time, this story sounds like a situation where her parents may have let her do this not for the experience, but rather to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe. If it is for bragging rights, this reckless plan is indefensible. I suppose we will…

Wait, why is Jeff Koons getting so many hits? Off to google...

I read the list, and as a chemist I can say there is nothing bad there. Raw food is nice but you're much better off worrying about the exercise you are getting rather than whether this twinkie will kill you.

rip DFW. such a great author. when he killed himself it was like a friend died, even though I'd never met him.

@Almightywhacko: "Is waiting a few extra months really a big problem? " If the choice is between some cheap skinned OS and getting a fresh OS upgrade, yes I would very emphatically choose the stock OS with early upgrade over some skin. A thousand times yes.