I hear what you’re saying, but it’s also a function of the setup on which you play games. I play on a TV that’s on the wall of my living room, about 10 feet away from my couch.  So, the TV only covers 40 degrees of my field of vision.  If I were a PC gamer with a multi-screen rig, then I might well feel differently.

In what FPS can you fire your weapon someplace you aren’t looking?  Maybe they’re out there, but never any that I’ve played.  

Nothing whatsoever.  I was merely pointing out that it’s not necessarily the case that pets are “true innocents,” and hence we should be more sensitive to their pain than (adult) humans.  

Counter-counterpoint: Try to shoot to your left while looking forward in an FPS and let me know how that goes.  

My mother made me watch The Exorcist as punishment when I was nine years old,

Animals, specifically our pets, didn’t sign up for any of this bullshit. They love us immeasurably for whatever reason you wanna chalk it up to, and they trust is implicitly.

I just real the plot synopsis, and it moved me from “hell, no” to “hell, hell, HELL, no.”

You hear Bob’s opening a branch outside of Boston?  Going to be Bob’s Kwality Kahs in Revere.

You might have a shot, those look like dealer plates on it...

What the Helen are you talking about?  Don’t be a heel. 

I have friends. I really enjoy spending time with them. I value video games for when I don’t want to spend time with friends. 

No harm to anything but the author’s reputation as a journalist.

Unless you’re writing about it as if it’s something new and exotic. This article was the equivalent of someone from Oregon writing about how there’s this brand new thing being tested in Belgium self-serve gasoline! It might even be rolled out more widely someday!

I get that people may not do it, but to not be aware of its existence, or at least googling it before writing an article?

Have you seriously never seen a bottle deposit machine?  Really?  

Highlights how terrible an investment gold has been. If you had taken your 26.85oz of gold in 1982 and used it to buy an S&P 500 index fund, you’d have about $230k today. That same 26.85oz of gold is worth $35k.

Hey, don’t blame the cable companies.  It’s the CONTENT companies that are at fault for the bundle requirements.  Comcast would love to make ESPN optional - Disney won’t let them do it. 

Not in a meaningful way, given the number of people they carry. Any anti congestion plan shifts the burden to consumers. Cap the number of FHVs, and that raises prices and/or lowers availability for consumers.

A large amount of traffic is for how vehicles cruising or waiting for rides. Putting a cost on that activity, which is deadweight (eg not benefiting a customer), would help. It would benefit the most efficient companies and the taxi drivers who best understand where and how to get riders, absolutely.

Low income commuters take public transport. Congestion pricing is progressive.