I agree. They could have described this type of book in a different way: “Pick Your Own Direction” “Direct Your Own Narrative” “Roll Playing Novel” etc.

This headline shouldn’t have been phrased as a question. That leads the reader to think the article will be of an exploratory examination of evidence. Rather, it covers a very damning instance of industry sexism that really should get more press.

I’d forgotten about that. 

This is surprising. After all, things have worked out so well for The Big Ass Fan company: https://www.bigassfans.com/

I’ve always loathed reality TV shows for the reasons you state, i.e. “who wants to watch a bunch of assholes getting baited into being shitty to eachother?” However, I can think of two other exceptions: In the early 2000s PBS had a Frontier House, which was technically set up like other reality shows where a group of…

I’m confused by how this keeps happening. Can someone eelaborate?

Now, I kind of want one...

Wow, I now predict we will see power-actuated lift-gates on the next model, just as most minivan hatches seem to have these days. It’s the inevitable conclusion for the path these monsters are going down.

Only for groups larger than 3, in my experience. 3 or less, a big cushy sedan is ideal, a bit more intimate and quiet for conversation. Person in back has the whole bench to stretch out on--a nice consolation for not being up front. 

Pep Boys, to the rescue!!

Hot take: The most common customers for full-size trucks are straight, white men (probably!). In a country where women and minorities are increasingly gaining respect, presence, and authority (see: 2018 elections), these dudes feel increasingly insecure. Hence, they want gigantic-looking, intimidating trucks to…

Yeah, but it didn’t work out so well with the “Mustang II”

That jives with what I’m seeing in the video above: right at the beginning there are two cars that are passing the traffic on the right. The have what looks like a clear path ahead yet by the 8 second mark they’ve both stopped and seem desperate to get further over, to the curb lane. I can only imagine the heat from…

Agreed. And this is why Wes Craven made “Scream,” to illustrate that you can still create scares while having rational characters that viewers can identify with instead of “no, you’re running the wrong way, idiot! Don’t go down to the cellar!” 

This is my favorite thing I’ve read in this whole page! Love your grandmother.

Agreed. I don’t know the ins and outs of building practices in that part of the world, but putting linoleum over dirt just is not going to work. It would be all lumpy and uneven the moment people started walking on it. The pictures really added nothing but confusion to the story.

Here, here! I’m on my third: original Moto X (from the Google-owned days) —> Moto X (2nd gen) —> Moto Z Play  (I had an iPhone 4 prior to these that, in my opinion, was the last time Apple was a true innovation leader in the smartphone game).

It was probably made by this guy:

You’ve really hit on something here, Ms. McDonough. I, and evidently many others commenting here, enjoyed this sort of second-hand experiencing of horror movies.

Hey, that’d be a damn fine way for the mall in question to help amend this, and even get some good press out of the situation! You work in marketing or something?