I cannot comb my hair unless I shower daily — it goes completely crazy with weird angles, swirls, tufts that stick up at strange angles, etc. Trying to comb it without showering exacerbates those problem and leads to even weirder hair configurations. Trust me, it's like something out of a bad 80s sci-fi movie.

It's like the perfect guide for how to inculcate hypocrisy.

New Girl's Problem is tied up to the original premise of the show: single hipster-cute girl (who is actually kind of a directionless slob) moves in with dude-bros (who actually aren't so bad) and hi-jinks ensue.

No, you're probably right. It would be slightly less sad, although by no means okay, if these guys thought someone's dignity was worth more than $250. A low number implies that they don't even see what they're asking for as being problematic. What does that say about their day-to-day interactions with women? If it…

The difference is between a (completely) bad plan and a poorly written advertisement. It could be the second without being the first. I suppose we should expect an edited version with corrections in the future if it's the latter.

Sure, but perhaps the thought is that the base fee is lower because the "tips" are going to offset that (again, they should have indicated the approximate pot amount if this is the case). It's kind of like having a very low wage for waiters/waitresses on the principle that they make it up in tips (also not something I…

Caveat: I'm not endorsing this in any way.

Congratulations! You're 100% qualified for a career in politics.

Vanilla Coke Zero is heavenly — although finding a grocery store that regularly (and adequately) stocks it can be a hassle. Whenever I see it, I clear the shelves.

To be completely fair, the movie does show the frying pan becoming the official weapon of her kingdom's army after it proves such an effective weapon in her (and her love interest, what's-his-name's) hands.

Sadly, I'm sure that's not far from what's in her mind — something along the lines of "the Yellow Peril is coming for our woman-folk to settle our debts!"

I don't see the need for a new term to replace sexism — we just need to broaden the meaning of that word in the same way that the meaning of racism has been incrementally broadened over time. Racism started out as a way to refer to the most obvious and violent acts of racial discrimination but has come to encompass…

That question gets to the heart of the problem that Whedon is addressing. Those fighting for racial equality were smart/lucky enough to label their opponents as different from the human norm rather than themselves.

I agree that the word genderist is clunky — he dismissed sexist way too fast — but the ending is defensible even if the idea of using it is dead-on-arrival because it's attached to a word that should be ugly. My interpretation of his remarks about feminist is that it's an ugly word implying artificiality for something…

I understand the sentiment, although it seems to be phrased wrong. My wife doesn't complete me, but without her I couldn't be complete. We both joke that I have to die first because she would be a whole lot better at talking to herself and pretending I'm still around than vice versa.

Personally, I wouldn't be too eager for that job right now. It's going to be unpleasant — in the way collapsing states tend to be — when Republicans push us over the cliff into default. Better to be the white knight coming in after mortgage rates jump 10% overnight and the credit markets freeze completely rather than…

The Democratic Party has accidentally stumbled onto a brilliant strategy — nominees that make Republicans go blind with hate, exposing their inherent meanness in a way that even the U.S.'s clueless public can't miss. Hillary will do for misogynists what Obama did for racists. After that, I suggest a Hispanic candidate…

Well, I'm with Alicia Keys. If Zaphod Beeblebrox asks you to get into his ship after a night of partying and drinking Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, what kind of person says no?

So only twelve were caught? Admitted they did it? And that's good?

Question: If the initial group is evenly divided (or every sub-group in it is perfectly balanced by an equal and opposite sub-group), could the end result be a system that doesn't change at all and never converges? Obviously this would be nigh impossible in reality, but I'm talking about theory.