It always shocks me that those big box stores sell $100 HDMI cables and so on. And actually make sales.

I love how we have to include the cool, hip insult-built-into-the-name schtick. Makes you look so witty and edgy, doesn't it?

They're not the cheapest every time, but Amazon has generally excellent customer service and a very permissive return policy, and sometimes I'm willing to pay $0.50 more on that bag of candy or whatever the hell I just bought because Amazon and their partners have a long and consistent history of treating me right…

aka "we cherrypick a very small selection of images from the literally millions of people who shop at walmart in order to make an elitist point"

You know, I have to say, I really don't get why people bash the walmart experience so much. It's really no different than any other superstore. I've been to many walmarts in many states (I've lived in the South all my life, and am not rich) and I've never had a particularly exceptional (good nor bad) experience in…

Meh, this is by no means something only Amazon does. Everyone uses some headline items to draw you into the store. This is a marketing technique that any major retailer uses.

Yes! Any novice deal-hunter knows to google "[product] + coupon code" or "[vendor] + coupon code" before checkout. It's how I saved $75 on my new PC - which isn't a huge savings on a $1500 machine, but hey, that's freakin' $75, not a bad savings for 20 seconds of Googling.

Wait, they found live ammunition on the scene? That's...not really how a gun works. Were they left there intentionally? Was this a zip gun that the shooter didn't get a chance to reload?

People can concede in any game by simply stating that they are no longer going to play it. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement of the game - "Well, when you reach the point where there's no more chance at victory and nothing else fun to do, the game won't be over, but you can always quit playing!"

With a lot of cable providers, having TV + cable is the same price or marginally more expensive than just having cable internet alone.

Among both the employees I manage and the tabletop group I part-time-DM for, I tend to be the one people come to with personal disputes. I always preface the conversation with "Why are you upset with X?" followed by "Does X know you're upset about this?"

Different people definitely need different approaches. There are some people who will get mad at you for sandwiching a negative feedback, but there are other people who will panic if their ego isn't regularly stroked in between bouts of feedback.

It's true that most people want critical feedback, but, it's also true that people don't generally give it until the problem is serious precisely because people hate giving it and/or don't want to be unpleasant or awkward. So people can want critical input, and yet still be really anxious about actually receiving it…

The fact that it even has Monopoly on it irritates me to no end. Risk, too.

What's happened to me a couple times is that I've tried to clearly lay out what someone did to upset me, only to realize in mid-sentence that other people do the exact same thing and don't upset me when they do it. That usually at least warrants a "let me reflect on this for a moment" end to a conversation.

People who try to use guilt like that need to be seen by more people as what they are - psychologically abusive manipulators. They're trying to use the natural instinct us decent people have, a natural instinct to help others around us, to their own advantage. People see this as a minor issue but honestly, the best…

This seems like advice suited not just for coworkers, but anyone you have to deal with. Family, even friends (admit it, we all have friends we quietly wonder why we bother hanging out with yet constantly find ourselves hanging out with them...).

I'm sorry, is there a cell phone network in Thedas that I'm not aware of?

This is why I vastly preferred Shadow of Mordor (even taking the time to do the survivalism quests all the way to the achievement - it helps that the things you need to collect just turn up as you're playing the game rather than making you go seek them - and grab all the sigils on that door, it still took me below 20…

It's not nearly as creepy as Civil Defense videos, especially ones recorded and intended to be broadcast only in the event that the outbreak of nuclear war seemed imminent.