That’s the thing about privilege. As a white, male, hetero progressive, I can sit back, whine about principles, and ride out a Republican administration without any detrimental personal effect (heck, I might even get a nice tax break), but the people who don’t have that luxury are the LGBT community and people of…

I would like to humbly propose a switch to Latine and Latines with a nod to “le”, which is a fairly gender neutral pronoun and much less linguistically awkward than appending a very gringo and very guttural “ks” sound, particularly to a language where it does not really play a role. I suspect a connection with Xicana,…

Exactly - this is a marked improvement over last year. They actually have a bunch of solid sales on quality products. The SanDisk sale alone is impressive. The clothing sale is also solid: 30 percent off Levi’s jeans resulted in some of the best pricing I’ve seen on 501s in more than five years.

Exactly - this is a marked improvement over last year. They actually have a bunch of solid sales on quality…

I’m so glad I never used Bank of America - every person I know who has any experience with them has at least one horror story. God help you if you had one of their credit cards before consumer protections were put in place! Talk about morally bankrupt! I love my credit union and would probably switch all of my banking…

All I keep seeing are uprights (except one shop vacuum). For those of us without wall-to-wall carpet, canisters are king. I’m personally a big fan of the Eureka Mighty Mite available for a paltry $70 on Amazon. It is great for hardwood, tile, etc. floors and it’s really convenient for vacuuming the steps, furniture,…

All I keep seeing are uprights (except one shop vacuum). For those of us without wall-to-wall carpet, canisters are…

The major difference being our culture values a man/person who is handy and can fix things himself, whereas it denigrates cleaning as a menial, unskilled job for those who cannot do any better.

The major difference being our culture values a man/person who is handy and can fix things himself, whereas it…

What exactly is going on here?

My landlord, my roommates, my friends (except for two, that I can think of who only use Venmo). Venmo creeps me out - what’s with the news feed of friends’ transactions? That’s straight up weird.

By why when you can use Google Wallet?

Others’ experiences may be different, but I’m a man who had extraordinarily bad cystic acne as a teen to the point where I was on Accutane, which I don’t think is even legal in the U.S. anymore. Ever since then, I’ve stuck to washing my face with water unless I got actual dirt on it (e.g. plaster dust from house…

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

To go under your shirt. A crew-neck undershirt with an unbuttoned collar peeks out and, to many eyes, looks terrible. If you want to blend in at your local Republican committee meeting, wear a polo or button-down with an exposed crew-neck undershirt and pleated khakis that look like you’re stashing an adult diaper…

This seems a far better list. The womansplaining* in this article is a laundry list of what women might want their overly-feminized boyfriend to keep around. Face masks, moisturizers, and scrubs? How about drink enough water throughout the day, eat a balanced diet, and let your body regulate itself.

It’s fine - I like them a little damp when walking from the bathroom. It says “yeah, I washed my hands. You can trust me. I’m not some disgusting, dry-handed dirtbag who will leave you wondering.”

Freedom of Speech is freedom from government interference with speech. The media is largely composed of privately held businesses. Relevant XKCD:

If sportswriters and sportscasters got together and refused to use “Redskins” in reference to the team, I think that would likely have a great effect. One anecdote that comes to mind is the Hershey Bears hockey team. Originally called the “Hershey B’ars”, sportswriters found the commercialization of a team name - in…

Seriously - if we would have had people turn out in 2010 and respond to the Tea Party nuts, it would have been nothing short of a phenomenal eight years. Instead, the Do-Less-Than-Nothing Congress held up the economic recovery by years and drug politics to a new low. And now we have Trump and Cruz as the only…

A handy trick for those who cannot or will not drop the scratch on a FoodSaver system:

A handy trick for those who cannot or will not drop the scratch on a FoodSaver system:

It’s a trilby, not a fedora!

Bruce Jenner was notoriously an unrepentant conceited asshole. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Caitlyn is still an unrepentant conceited asshole now that she’s transitioned.