You can go to the dealership, check out the sports car, talk to the salesmen, take a test drive, decide features, work out financing, read the contract, and still walk out without buying the car.

I’m confused by the thought process — the mere sight of a dongle is supposed to send a woman on the Internet into such a state that she has to see it in person? On the Internet, the greatest porn delivery system of the age? Literally competing with the specially lit, make-up enhanced pics of persons who professionally…

The saying is that men are afraid of women laughing at them, but then some engage in an activity that nearly guarantees laughter — even if only the uncomfortable and disgusted kind.

This seems like a business opportunity waiting to happen. Not everyone has the time and means to track down every troll and sexual harasser online, but for a small monthly fee we discretely contact close relations in order to assure they have can watch their loved one for continuing or escalating behavior.

I heard they were getting the UN involved. Maybe they can get some sort of international help. Is there a teachers-without-borders?

Not to mention that no teacher — or anyone else for that matter — would choose to move to a city where the water is unsafe.

Unfortunately it doesn't have the same effect on adults as on the developing brains of children. I think head trauma via lead pipe might be a better application of lead.

Can I just say, wow. It has to have taken a lot of hard work to get to that point, where you can feel sorry for those attacking you rather than feeling hurt or striking back. That is some impressive zen mastery of adulthood you've got. Kudos.

I get that exact feeling every time Obama makes an announcement about prison reform. I'm expecting the next one to be something about forbidding use of the iron maiden or no more cutting tendons on runaways.

Whoopi: that black friend the Oscars use to prove they aren’t racist.

I love the public expression by mailed dildos. It’s a nation wide performance art piece, and communicates so many things: Here are some replacements for the anatomy you must be missing. A fun way to pass the time while stuck in that bird refuge with a bunch of other bored guys. These are grownup toys for adults who do…

Isn't Fiorino part of the anti-sex education crowd? So sex Ed is bad unless taught to preschoolers on camera for political reasons?

The sheer number of people who had to think this was okay is mind boggling. So initially some significant number of Fiorino staffers, plus Fiorino herself (though she’s such a twit I doubt she’d have a coherent thought about it). There is also the botanical garden staff, who were willing to reserve a space for her to…

That's not entirely true, PTSD can be caused by any significant exposure to violence or its after effects. That's how medical staff ends up with it.

That makes sense. I’m not a visual learner, so I in person demonstrations don’t help me as much as a memorable situations. There are a lot of places simulations — or at least visuals — would be a better tool than the favored memorization.

Measuring that shadow of a desk to determine it’s height might be involve real world objects but it’s much more engaging to figure out how far a student tossed off the Tower of Pisa falls as observed by a tourist.

I doubt the people on the poor floors have identical apartments to the wealthy ones. Proximity to wealthy people doesn’t have much value — especially when they are trying to ignore your existence. (The poor folks don’t even get the dubious value of a fancy address.)

Visits were never a problem (besides annoying border guys). But getting a green card involved an enormous checklist of ‘do you plan to’ and ‘have you ever’. It was a little weird that my thirteen year old brother had to affirm he had no plans to engage in prostitution or overthrow the government.

Eventually the US will figure out that public health is a public good just like roads or clean drinking water . . . Right, Flint, I forgot.

When my family was moving from Canada to the US part of the screening process was being checked for TB. So the US is (or was) happy to penalize people for bringing pestilence in.