Yeah that’s solid advice. The issue is that (I can’t think of how to describe this well, so forgive me) the gas pedal is closer to the firewall than the brake pedal is. So there’s no real way for me to touch both at the same time without stomping on the brakes to get the pedals at the same “elevation”.

I have a 2010 Mazda 3 hatch, and outside of oil changes and tires, I’ve not had to do anything to my car. It’s in great shape. I don’t drive it consistently hard, but I’m not exactly easy on her. I’m amazed at how little maintenance it has required. Over the course of the ~6.5 years I’ve owned it I estimate (without…

Did you have to re-align your pedals to allow this? I blip the gas on downshifts to rev-match, but only when I don’t also need to be braking. My pedals are not lined up properly for me to be able to actually do this. I either stomp on the brake while trying to the other half of my foot to blip the gas, or let off the…

It’s no longer available at a discount from Anova. It’s back to $179 and $199.

It’s no longer available at a discount from Anova. It’s back to $179 and $199.

As a Boston Bruins fan, I fucking hate Jeremy Jacobs.

19-0.

The best thing about soccer announcers is that they’re actually quiet for good chunks of time, even when the ball is moving around. It’s such an amazing contrast to football & baseball where the announcers do not shut up for one nanosecond. They’re constantly trying to shove information and anecdotes and terrible…

I get what you’re saying, but logically that’s incorrect.

And super helpful for pretty much anyone. It doesn’t matter if you’re 40 and think you know it all and implement it all pretty well, 30 and think you’re doing fine, or 25 and are still trying to get used to real life. It’s helpful for just about anyone.

Okay, so what’s a good solution, then? Just to keep envisioning all characters as white males and pretend that’s good enough?

This is excellent advice, quite thoughtful. Thank you so much for your perspective and insight!

I was a grad student at the University in Denver. My cousin and I, we sat in the student section with our $5 student tickets and our $7 20oz Molsons. It was electric. There was something in the air when Wisconsin came to town; they used to be good at hockey. Brian Elliott had just been a Hobey finalist. He’d…

Pretty much everything negative you guys say about Simmons is true. Pretty much everything negative everyone says about Simmons is true.

Yet I still love the guy, love reading & watching his stuff, and devour it completely. And I hate myself for it. I can’t control it. I just love him. The worst thing about him (for…

Will we seriously not be able to wear our teams colors and sit next to each other? I’m all for good natured ribbing, but am I going to get stuff thrown at me or something?

I could agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong. You might want to read up on what No True Scotsman is again, because this ain’t it.

Oh a panties insult! You’re so clever and charming.

That’s actually just proving my point. The word faggot is useless without the necessary context of it being a slur against gay people. Call your friend a refrigerator. Is that funny? How about calling him a shoebox. Is that funny? Okay now call him a faggot. Why is that funny or amusing or endearing? It’s because of…

Immediate star for being a good sport. Thanks for an actually amusing and playful response to my asshole-y overgeneralization.

No, it’s not. It’s not how guys talk to each other. It’s how insecure MMA-loving flat-billed hat wearing dudebros talk to each other. Most of us have read a book or talked with someone different from us or read two books and come to our conclusion that that sort of shit just isn’t funny.

The UFC. So, one, but it’s a huge, huuuuuge bag.