I think RQ-7B below got it most right - it's psychological. You obviously know if you're eating well or poorly, but taking a few minutes out of every day to write down EACH AND EVERY THING you eat keeps you accountable to yourself (at least, for a lot of people — obviously everyone is different in how this type of…

Why do you think "casual or nongamers" would care of Candy Crush was "new and original?" People play it because it's addicting (somehow?) and because their friends play it. "New and original" comes into play with real gamers — who have played a lot of games. "Casual or nongamers" just need to be introduced to the…

While we think of the first US Civil War as being the "Nation" vs a bunch of rebels, it really... wasn't. The South didn't have quite the military might that the North did, but they were still an organized army. If a bunch of states decided to secede or something... it wouldn't just be a bunch of rednecks with…

You can pretty easily home-brew a DVR out of a computer.

I almost want to star taht spam, it's just so perfect!

If it matters to you, the Fit has much more space. It doesn't seem possible since their footprints are similar, but... even the current Fit is just better with using that space (the Fiesta seat doesn't even fold flat, which is enraging to me).

Done and done. What next?

I think the critiques of millenials and cars is misplaced. It may not be that they don't want cars, just that they're too fucking spoiled to accept a car that isn't brand spanking new. I guarantee 95% of the people reading this had a first car that cost like, less than a thousand bucks and was a piece of garbage. I…

People get senior trips in high school that are five day trips to Disney with a CRUISE at the end? Jesus Fuck. I think our "senior trip" was a day at the beach.

You know automatics have parking brakes too, right?

My girlfriend's car, which we take once in a while (and I usually drive when we do) is an auto, so you'd think I'd be used to it, but I still hit the clutch more often than not when getting in. I've only a handful of times inadvertantly hit the brake pedal, but it has happened :)

I like jazz, i do. But there's a guy at work. He's old. He has speakers on his desk in our farm of tiny cubicles. And he plays jazz. All. Day. Long. Jazz can be annoying as shit sometimes, but if all you can hear is the occasional high note from 15 feet away... it just sounds like a cat being tortured. When…

Thank you for saying exactly what I wanted to. Normal cars (and apparently trucks) don't depreciate NEARLY as much as people seem to think (especially a lot of the smug asses in these comments), to the point where I see a lot of cars with <30k miles being almost the SAME PRICE as the new version of the same car.

Needlessly contrarian AND criticizing me for a common typo? Sorry, didn't realize I was feeding the trolls.

What's it to you, first of all? It's not like a passport is some huge fucking monstrosity, it's marginally larger than an ID, and far more versatile.

68? Like, degrees? Are you people MADE of money? Winter already costs me thousands of dollars (not an exaggeration) in oil, and we keep our heat at 62-63. I can't imagine if we went to 68 (assuming our heat could even manage to maintain that temperature in the drafty barn we live in).

And it's likely no coincidence that they died earlier, right?

How do you know a passport is completely unnecessary? What if he doesn't have a license?

I remember when I was younger and in an out-of-state college, I'd carry my passport a lot because local bars would not accept out of state licenses as proof of age.

I think "minimalist" can be a subset of a specific thing. Like... you could have a minimalistic design aesthetic in a 3500 sq ft home. Are you a minimalist? Of course not, you live in a mansion. But if you have no furniture or things on the walls, your design could be considered minimalist. Similarly, if you…