I saw this headline and thought “OK, they fired everybody, that’s decent PR.” But then their corporate statement is so bland as to leave me feeling...very dissatisfied.

Now that I’m getting old, 21 times in one month is an insurmountable everest of wanking.

To be fair, that Times article (which is a very good read) says that Doordash’s tip-taking game allows them to offer a higher fee for each delivery than the competition (= ubereats + postmates I guess) and eliminates the guesswork. involved. It sounds like you get to see up front exactly what you are going to get…

While the “white-on-white” stat is useful in putting the other factoid in context, there’s also the whole whataboutism aspect of the argument. Those who insist that “Black people should look at the problems within their own community” are arguing

I hear they serve a lot of bologna sandwiches in jail.  Not sure if it’s three slices, though.

“I usually just Google ‘porn,’ which is probably why I really, really don’t like most of it.”

Of course examples like this are what the “sanctuary city” model is trying to combat. It can be argued that everybody is worse off if undocumented immigrants avoid interaction with schools, hospitals, beat cops, etc.

I feel like the roll should be different if you are going to do cream cheese?

The next time some free-market evangelist tells you deregulation and competition make everything better, this is your first example - airlines. Air travel has evolved into something that virtually everyone hates.

the reasons Guiffe accepted a job thus described without sensing the risks, and how her 15 year old sister accepted the plane ticket and took the flight, again without sensing the risks

Heh, yeah, I see I told the story on Eater. I couldn’t remember if our bad experience was pre- or post- frannysobamacaresurchargegate but apparently it was before that.

“they deserve to close” 

No, that’s an extremely dumb interpretation. Maybe you remember that Obamacare was, uh, controversial? Like, our current president campaigned on undoing it, and almost succeeded?

“The restaurant wants you to know that it’s doing right by its workers....It’s showing off, plain and simple.”

It sounds like you don’t know where AOC’s district actually is. New Yorkers like what she’s doing - in fact, they like it a lot.

What if I told you the proprietor of this particular bar wasn’t even married, and had no children.  That’s right, not a mom or a pop at all, just some guy.

The short answer is yeah, installing a decibel meter is a good idea. It’s a good way to set music juuust a notch below whatever level you are tempted to set it, and keep it there.

they notably don’t do much to level the playing field between rights holders and individuals claiming fair use of material for purposes like criticism, education, news, or research.

I mean, he literally says “It’s just fun to make white people feel bad,” so maybe don’t take it too seriously? He’s a comedian, it’s a joke.

Whatever arguments the doc makes could probably be explained in a paragraph or two, but doing so would mean you have no reason to watch the thing. This reviewer is being loyal to the filmmakers by telling you that it “makes some really good points” without elaborating on those points at all.