I never watch reality shows, so I just pulled those examples in my first comment from random scenes/youtube clips I've seen. I've never seen Real World, and I've never even heard of Road Rules Challenge, but I'll take your word for it! Sounds dangerous!

That's true, but it's still more likely for one of their stunts to go wrong than for someone working out with professional trainers to suddenly die. Agreed about Jackass though.

Our bodies are a lot more resilient than you would think. We do, after all, descend from millions of years of beings who survived long enough to reproduce. Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days despite only 5 weeks of training and no history of distance running.

I mean, it's certainly possible, but why would you expect someone to die on the show? If you were going to make a list of reality shows on which someone might die, TBL would be pretty low. Stuff like Fear Factor, Amazing Race, and Survivor would be much higher, though it's not like anyone is going to die on those…

That's what I assumed as well, but I've seen quite a few. It's probably because I live in the south though.

My only sports experience is the time I was in a production of Damn Yankees.

I don't understand what's wrong with my Tinder. I keep getting matched with women who love sports, oppose marriage equality, and apparently have no life ambition beyond being a housewife. One woman's actual tagline was "Future housewife — willing to cook, clean, and make sandwiches for a ring. Swipe left if you voted…

Well, I've never actually worked with a company that hired cheerleaders, but I can't possibly see how they would classify as exempt. Here are the guidelines for the overtime rules. http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_overt… Lots of exceptions are included (like Sheepherders and professional actors), but I don't think that…

It's required for all non-exempt employees. They also have to be paid for all hours worked within 3 days of being terminated, and get get mandatory time and a half overtime for hours worked over 8 in a day, and mandatory double time for hours worked over 11. I never thought I would see the day when my payroll…

Trust me, hourly (non-exempt employees) are required to be paid every two weeks, or within 3 days of being terminated, and they get mandatory time and a half for all hours worked in a day over 8, and mandatory double time for all hours worked over 11. I'm a payroll consultant, and when we do implementation for…

<3 Raul! Have you seen the Broadway revival of Company on Netflix? He plays the lead!

Yesssss! Exactly! I was a big fan of video game RPGs back in the day where the boxes would contain thick manuals and paper maps and things. I saw in an interview with Todd Howard, the creator of Morrowind, that the paper maps they got from the printers for the launch copies of the game didn't look aged enough, so he…

And I understand where you're coming from, but I'm just pointing out there are people who would view big things you bought or vacations you've taken as vulgar and wasteful. It's all a matter of perspective. And whether or not rich people are staying at 30k a night villas has little to do with a disdain for social…

I agree that it's a shitty argument, but it's the same shitty argument that's being made by the person above me, only in a different scale. What someone else has or doesn't have shouldn't affect you at all. Whether or not we eat a lot won't really affect the kids in Africa, and whether or not the super rich stay in…

But the status that comes with purchasing that good is in itself a sort of value (to some). You're making an arbitrary distinction between "real" value and perceived value, and I'm saying they're the same thing. It's actually really interesting from a marketing perspective. Watch this if you're curious: http://www.ted.…

Hmm... It's interesting that you associate lack of politeness with a "masculine" style. Maybe it's because I grew up in the south, but I've had it deeply instilled in me since birth that politeness is one of the quintessential masculine values, right up there with loving football. And that's not just from my parents,…

That's a dumb argument. That's like saying we shouldn't wear clothes because nudity is more natural and we've been conditioned to wear clothing. Or we shouldn't bathe because being smelly and dirty is more "true" and "natural," and we've only been conditioned that being clean and smelling good are valuable qualities.

Ok, but who is the arbiter of that decision? I'm sure you've spent ~$20 on a meal at a decently nice restaurant that some people in Africa would look at and call conspicuous consumption. I firmly believe we need to increase the tax rate in the highest brackets, but we need to do that because it's in the best interests…

I really, really hate the phrase "fair share." I agree with you that the top 1% should be taxed higher than they are now (around 23% of total income, which is lower than it was for most of the past century), but no one will ever agree what a fair share is. The "fairest" system would probably be a flat tax, but I think…

Technically it's a power play for the team that's 5v4, but a penalty kill for the 4v5 team, so it would be more accurate to say it is allowed during penalty kills, but you're otherwise correct.