One big issue - in a lot of case - Princeton, Yale, etc., we're talking about organizations that have billions of dollars in their endowments. They're the .1% as well, and in some cases they're acting unethically and abusing the gift in a pretty high-handed way. And, honestly, they've got enough cash to deplete the…

It depends on the terms of the gift. Honestly, though, a number of Universities (Princeton comes to mind) have successfully defended themselves against donors (or their estates) suing because the terms of a gift were violated or the use was substantially altered. If the use of the money is still for the benefit of the…

I was about to post the same thing - glad I checked the comments first!

It's the word shape. That's why people often* read the I-80 signs for Scotrun, PA as "Scrotum" when they glance at it.

* By often, I mean that I've probably heard more than a dozen people independently mention this phenomenon over the years.

Weirdly, the total running time of Jeopardy, minus commercials, is more than the actual playing time in an NFL game. And the average NFL game has been padded out to be longer than the average MLB game.

Leaving Las Vegas was another one. I love that movie, but geez.

It's kind of hard for me to think of the NFL's parade of horrors without imagining the intro to Sick, Sad World from Daria. Except that it's real, and the stories aren't exaggerated.

Saw a picture of him without it. The beard may be an improvement.

Actually, the PROTECT Act banned non-real images (including computer generated) of sex acts including minors if they were too realistic and could be close to indistinguishable from the "real" thing. That was upheld, because the Supreme Court has always allowed for the banning of obscene content with no artistic merit.

Apparently Seth MacFarlane has already done so . . .

NBC sucks - but in fairness to some of the performers, apparently at least some of the numbers were filmed last night for tonight's broadcast.

A lot of self-driving cars seem to use road markings to figure out whether it's in a lane, or (in the case of cars that provide warnings to drivers) whether or not to trigger a lane guidance warning. How well does that work in places where the lane markings are somewhat nonstandard, wonky or missing? There was one…

Actually, experience counts for a lot. Older drivers are statistically safer than younger ones. Even very old drivers, as long as they can actually see. AAA just released a study on the topic in the past week. One issue is that older drivers are less likely to engage in risky driving behaviors, or to do other things…

Or they're the family or friends of the perpetrators.

I think that's a good point - and once someone's set the wheels in motion, their support system (family and friends), often well-meaning, brushes off doubts by saying "everyone gets cold feet", etc. It's VERY hard to call it off. We had anxiety at our wedding, brought on somewhat by friction between our families.

For…

Two things. First off, getting the police and local prosecutor to give a shit isn't always a slam-dunk. Secondly, under Title IX, schools pretty much have to have a way to adjudicate cases in parallel to the criminal justice system. It's not that the school's procedures trump the criminal investigation - anyone can…

Well, the Tupperware World Headquarters in Florida has a museum. I don't think Rubbermaid has one.

It has a display showing storage containers from throughout human history, of course culminating in Tupperware, the pinnacle of food storage evolution.

(Stopped there with a bunch of friends on a trip twenty years ago…

The Cosbys have done a number of interviews lately - they just loaned their private art collection to the Smithsonian.

Parents - if they have half a clue - wouldn't let their kids join them to avoid financial risk. The national fraternity organizations don't actually provide legal representation or liability insurance if anything goes wrong as a result of (as an example) underage drinking or other illegal activity. Individual students…

The obsession of Americans with high school and college athletics stands out as somewhat unique as well.

My Catholic relatives all think that the government ought to call it's recognition of all marriages "civil unions" and you always file paperwork with the government. If you want to then have a religious ceremony, that's separate, and the Priest isn't representing the State in any way.