No, the way they're calculating it is by going off of median income. There's no rule that the median income is actually anywhere close to the cost of living.

I wonder how this would shift if we adjusted it from "what people are making" to "what we expect that lifestyle to look like." Your bills should be paid, you should be able to afford a roof over your head, and you shouldn't have to worry about where your next meal is coming from. I was well over the lower bound in the…

This is actually a really interesting bit of design. I think the whole thing is a little too busy, but I like this. Even if it is just glass over the C pillar.

That headline is awesome

Dennis Dodd poses question: Where do we draw the line?

How stupid do you have to be to resist being handcuffed when there is a mob of cops around you that are ready to beat, taser, pepper spray, and/or shoot you the second you try to resist. If you are that stupid, you deserve it.

Or you could stop being a nutbar, understand that it is their job to take threats seriously and in a real situation they would be the ones saving your ass.

Do you remember the good old days when we swore to anyone who would listen that video games do not cause school shootings and such?

only a matter of time until someone gets killed during one of these pranks.

Agree with everything you say. If we start ignoring it, do we start paying attention again and actually do something about it when someone gets hurt? Why wait until it reaches that point. I know the police have to treat each of these pranks seriously on the off chance that the situation is real and not a prank, but…

Imprisoning them would cost the taxpayer even more money, just fine them for the cost of the operation, which probably gets into the 10s of thousands of dollars.

16 or 17 year olds in my area have gone to jail for a long time for a lot less of a crime. This could have gotten people killed, that's murder by using authorities.

I have had numerous discussions with people about the real life implications of these sorts of, "pranks," and it frustrates me to no end when people's response is to just ignore it and it will go away. No, we can not ignore it and no, it will not go away. This is the epitome of narcissism for a sociopath and it isn't…

The punishment must be as harsh as possible to get people to stop even thinking about doing this

Imprisonment for life, regardless of age, should be the result of this. It's an act of terrorism.

Oh please expand on cutting weed down with other drugs. I am dying to hear this.

I've been living next door to this asshole for this entire year at SU and he's an even bigger douche then you could ever imagine. I'm gonna go ahead now and list several of the wonderful experiences I've had living next door to this moron to give you some perspective. I've had Hayes and his roommates force…

Honestly, if you (1) went to Syracuse, (2) played lacrosse, (3) looked like a douchy frat asshole, and (4) were named "Hayes McGinley," how could you not totally expect to get the Jesus Fucking Christ beat out of you at least once in your life by a guy named Big Jim Whitcomb.

That is absolute insanity.

Also how do you find yourself spontaneously in a group of 40 people that needs to eat?? Like, I have found myself in a situation where I'm suddenly with 15 people and we haven't made advance plans because we were at a work happy hour or something, but 40?? If you're going to eat lunch with 40 people MAKE A RESERVATION.