"One reasonable conclusion to draw from this failure might be that sports leagues shouldn't be in the business of operating disciplinary arms that exist outside of the criminal justice system"

If your dick is the size of the entire bottom half of someone's leg, then no I imagine that would be uncomfortable, but (yes I have researched this half assedly while bored one day) you can get some manufacturers to do a run of custom-sized condoms. It's a little expensive and you might have to buy a lot at once, but…

Well the initial point you made is flawed. Marriage certainly doesn't guarantee sex at all, free or otherwise (body autonomy and all that); further, sex is available for free from many sources without requiring marriage if your social skills and charm are up to the challenge.

That's true, and that's why I specified "neighborhood" i.e. small shops, who are usually a little more lax about things like that. Worked for me when I lived in Brooklyn. Corporate-style places like grocery stores will enforce those types of things and may be under a different set of rules based on total number of…

I understand that on the surface, but if it's (it = health, strength, body image, whatever) not important to you then why are you doing it at all let alone paying for it? If it is important to you, then why do you need some invented "motivation" such as wasted money to achieve it?

There comes a point where you can't progress without buying or having access to some type of equipment, be it weights, bands or other accessories. But your average slob* trying to get in shape from 0 can certainly do body-weight and cardio exercises using stuff around the house for balance or support depending on…

I'm a fan of Infrarecorder, the interface is dead simple. I understand that imgburn supports Blu-ray while InfraRecorder does not, which hasn't been relevant for me yet.

What: Bagels/bread/donuts

I agree on that. I got a cheap filter to mount on the kitchen sink (the taste of straight tap in our area is not so great) and it saves us at least $50/month for the amount of bottled water that we used to drink. One time costs: $30 filter, $8 bottle x2. Recurring: $4-5/month replacement filters (I buy at a discount…

There is a plethora of high-quality free and open source software for a variety of platforms that compete well against expensive proprietary options. GIMP, MalwareBytes*, Recuva, MakeMKV, VLC, LibreOffice, FileZilla, CutePDF, WireShark... the list is very long.

What: Food, especially organic/natural.

Same here. I keep a gallon of distilled in my trunk (radiator, wiper fluid in a pinch, drinking water in a really big pinch). I also keep several gallons of drinking water sealed in the basement, and regularly rotate them out so that any given gallon is not more than about 5-6 months old (I write the purchase date on…

If you are a person who pays either rent or taxes, tap water is not free.

While the specific points about sex as it relates to marriage are outlined by others, I will point out that marriage (in any legally recognized sense) is not free. At a minimum you've got to pay for a marriage license, and most people also choose to have some type of ceremony.

What: Mass transit & parking passes
From: Your employer
How: Some employers will pay for your bus/train/parking passes outright, partially subsidize them, or get a better price than you can individually through the local Chamber of Commerce and taking it out of your paycheck pre-tax.

I would also suggest doing basic food prep ahead of time if you can. I always buy raw vegetables instead of pre-cut pre-washed because it's usually a big money saver, but if I've got to chop up a ton of different veggies for a recipe it could take 30 minutes in addition to the actual cooking/prep time. Same goes for…

Yep, I made another comment on this article with a similar scenario and some basic math to back it up - it's a little overly simplistic and doesn't take into account the increased time between heating cycles the lower your setpoint is, but the larger point is pretty obvious. No house is perfectly insulated such that…

Can you explain what you mean by that? If there is 1 big heater handling 5 rooms or 5 small heaters each dedicated to a room, it still takes the same amount of energy to heat that same volume of air; and you can block off vents the same as you can shut off an individual zone. Also, a single modern central heater would…

There are plenty of wood burning stoves out west in the mountains, particularly the smaller/average homes up on the mountainsides. If it's well maintained, has all of the modern safety mechanisms (newer models are compatible with thermostats as well), is locked, and is complemented by some type of monitored fire alarm…

You should think of your house in the winter like a hot air balloon - surrounded by cold air, and the hot air constantly escaping. The colder the outside air and the higher the setpoint inside, the more heat you're throwing in there to maintain a given temperature.