What people don’t get is that these products (bleach, ammonia, alcohol, ...) are so effective because they destroy everything. Bacteria don’t become resistant to rubbing alcohol or bleach because they can’t evolve a resistance to full cellular disruption any more than humans can develop an immunity to flamethrowers.

Right on. Photography is about capturing light, and an interchangeable lens camera that allows full manual control gives you maximum control over how you capture that light.

[Note: I’m counting any pro/enthusiast interchangeable lens camera as a ‘DSLR’ for this discussion. I know many are mirrorless, and so by definition not SLR, but it’s a difference without a distinction in this context.]

A white guy with body armor and an assault rifle in public is exercising his 2nd amendment rights. A black guy with a handgun on his property is brandishing a weapon.

Definitely. Want to be clear in affirming that all lives *do* matter. (And I have yet to hear anyone say they don’t.) All people are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Or, more concisely: All people are people.

All lives matter. Equally.

Just remember: a photo is like statistics — they can and will be cherry-picked to tell whatever story the person wants to tell, and will be believed by people who want to believe it. It’s important to be an open-minded skeptic and take everything with a grain of salt.

Yeah. Hard, “No,” on the flip flops on a flight (and in most other situations). Plenty of other super comfortable options in-flight. Save the flip flops for beach or pool.

CP unless you’re specifically diggin’ the retro style or something. if you really want *that* car for some reason, then yeah: decent price.

Those are good points. I appreciate a sane conversation about it.

My favorite piece of stupid over the weekend was the sentiment on some sign or something that said, “underwear doesn’t stop farts from smelling, so how can masks keep Coronavirus out?”

I know the messaging has been at times chaotic, but...

++On packing things that all match, and ++on planning around shoes. Knowing what kind of shoes I’ll need makes most of my packing decisions easy.

“Unprecedented” is the right word.

Because we’re not fully isolated, and that’s not how infectious diseases work. People are still doing necessary tasks like going to the grocery store, and some people are still at work a because we need them to be. Just because current measures aren’t doing everything doesn’t mean they’re doing nothing.

Right on. Another safety variation on the bench is to use dumbbells, if you have them. Easier to fail safely out of a dumbbell lift than a barbell lift.

1) Bigger seats. It wouldn’t matter where I sit on a plane or when I boarded if I knew I could physically fit into any seat. I’m not above flying coach, but my legs are just too long these days. A few inches matters.

Fun test for the racists out there: if you get COVID-19 and the only doctor available to treat you is black, do you let yourself die to protect white supremacy? Discuss!

Is there really a law that says that people must refer to cops as Sir or Sergeant?

The sad and frustrating thing is that none of this matters. How many times has this administration said something or not said something and flatly denied it in spite of a flood plain of video evidence? A few dozen? A few hundred? What’s different about this time?