The whole experiment raised a whole bunch of questions for me: Is there that much variation among store-bought lemonades,

I’ve been a contract engineer too, and if it’s the same arrangement as I (and the vast majority of contract engineers I’ve worked with) you are an employee of the contracting firm.  When we say “contractors” the way Uber wants to classify them we mean “self-employed” or “1099.”  

the whole concept of it being “ride sharing” was farcical from the start. it was always a taxi service, and “do it via a smartphone app” doesn’t make it somehow revolutionary and a totally different thing.

ebay doesn’t dictate how much you sell your stuff for.  ebay does not kick you off or penalize you if you’re not selling enough stuff.

um, no, they don’t pass 1) or 2). They have some control over drivers in that they penalize them if they aren’t accepting “enough” rides. They also control what they pay drivers; drivers are not free to negotiate their own rates. 

Uber and Lyft maintain that the law, known as Assembly Bill 5, or AB5, does not apply to them, saying they are not transportation businesses but tech platforms.

You missed strychnine. 

I can deal with “funky” foods to a point.  What put me off of natto was it had hints of ammonia and other stuff that were reminiscent of actual rotting, which was a straight “NO.”

I’ll try anything as long as it doesn’t smell bad to me.

yeah, if you can’t find it in LA you’re not looking. 

looks like someone grabbed the goodness before it got to him.

Do you carry yourself as though you’re God’s gift to women?  if not, then this doesn’t apply to you.

Hood and grille don’t line up?  Fuck it, just give it a kick. 

it’s not that it’s “too authentic,” it’s that it smells and tastes literally rotten. 

that was probably SNL’s best era since the early days. 

one level up from “too soon, man” is “dude, seriously?”

this. if you’ve ever had a speaker with foam surrounds which crumbled away, you’ve seen it. Those urethane foams just get brittle with age.

if you did that in California

tobacco-seasoned Mulligan stew—I have no desire to experience for myself

that’s a form of marketing.