Congratulations! You’ve equated AI with a vending machine. Obviously, you’ve done more research on this than anyone on TDS’ staff. [eyeroll]

Serious question as a man who does occasionally need sildenafil: that 1% who reported a burning sensation is a risk I’m fine with; but was the drug tested in vaginal intercourse? Was there any unpleasant sensation for women?

Quick note: this is a civil trial, not a criminal one. Thus, the bar isn’t “beyond a reasonable doubt;” rather, it’s “a preponderance of evidence.”

I don’t go in on conspiracy imaginations (I refuse to call them “theories,” because that implies a level of rigor they could never meet). But I had two thoughts when I visited the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza: First, the shot is a lot closer than it looked on the Zapruder film. One of the “arguments” I’d heard…

Are you referring to actual legislation or the Senate rules?

CODA is… yes, fine; that’s a good word. But as a member of the Deaf community (I have hearing in one ear, but I’m fluent in ASL), I can tell you many of us watched it and got the distinct feeling that the writers pitched it as “What if ‘Glee,’ but Deaf?”

Right? I mean, that’s kind of the problem with this whole set-up: if there were no meta-humans (i.e., no Superman), why the hell would Zod pick this backwater solar system at the edge of a rather uninteresting spiral galaxy, and look at its third planet?

More like how Boehner & Ryan were held hostage by these same “terrorists.” (Boehner’s words)

Or maybe… it’s just a video game? It has a story, with characters, all of which is fictional.

That colors the discovery very, very differently. Thanks for the exposition.

Former member of a LE Water Recovery Unit here. /pans camera to badge+challenge coin shelf/

Regarding Mabel yelling at Theo that she doesn’t know ASL: If someone continued to speak a foreign language to you after you made it clear that you don’t understand them, you’d eventually get frustrated, too. What was surprising to me is how Theo didn’t get exasperated at Mabel for continuing to speak in English.

Who the fuck are either of these people? And why the fuck would I care what they say about _anything_, let alone each other?

I was a teenager in the 80s (graduated from HS in ‘89), attending an _extremely_ conservative church. The “Satanic Panic” was very real, as preposterous as it seems in 2022. Another fraud was Mike Warnke, a Xian comedian (and he actually was funny, to be fair) who—for reasons no one will ever understand—decided to not…

Employee sued, personally? Unlikely. What about the EMPLOYER sued?

This.

“We believe [market/concept] is [string together buzzwords and aspirational phrases of nebulous conception/goals] for the benefit of [chosen audience].”

This.

Hold up.

Yeah, what is up with the popularity of “Venom?” I came over to my GF’s mom’s place, and she was watching the second one, and seemed to be enjoying it. I thought it was stupid as hell, but she’s pretty smart, and a huge nerd, so I started second-guessing myself. Is it.. is it actually enjoyable in some way other than “…