Those self-checkout units can catch more fraud than people think they can. Back in November I was buying a few things at one, including a big aluminum roaster pan for a turkey. When I went to scan the pan, I found I couldn’t, because the UPC was on the paper insert down inside the pan, and the regular scanner couldn’t…

It will never cease to amaze me how one of those assholes gets passed by 6+ cards and still doesn’t get the message to pull the fuck over where they belong.

Back when I was going to college I had a Geo Metro hatchback, one of the tiny ones from when they were rebadged Suzukis. It only had three cylinders, but it did fine even on the interstate, as long as it wasn’t a steep incline. Even though I was driving well over the speed limit (on the interstate, 10+mph over) and…

When someone’s in a rage like that, thinking is in limited supply. Once they’ve calmed down afterward the potential repercussions hit them over the head, but during the rage all they can see is getting their revenge.

I think it depends on both the person and the places they’re driving. I had two cars in a row that were manuals, but eventually got sick of them because I had to deal with so much stop-and-go traffic. I was commuting to and from the university, with it being an hour drive each direction, and there was road…

Believe, but not unconditionally, be ready to re-evaluate based on new information. A good example of this is in the article, it’s clear that Justin Sevakis is the actual victim once you read his story. Unconditionally believing the woman in that case would help her abuse him further.

I think it’s because it’s more realistic now. Back when MK first came out, the gore was more cartoony, and less disturbing because of it. (Not that this stopped a lot of people freaking out over it.) Now it’s realistic enough to make more people uncomfortable.

In case the asshole decides to respond more to you:

If god’s real and decides to smite the US for this bullshit, I hope he/she only punishes the evil ones and not those of us who try to help others.

Yeah, they can, but at what cost? I have IBS that started late in my adult life (well past college years). My first clue something was wrong was the day I had a milkshake and ended up vomiting the whole thing up about 30 minutes later. Prior to that I’d had milkshakes regularly, and had no problems.

If you’re feeling particularly evil some day, use a whistle. A simple plastic one will work fine, just keep it close to your phone, then put it in your mouth ready to blow as you wait till a human answers. Blow the whistle as hard as you can into the microphone as soon as they answer. They’ll hang up quickly, but it’s…

At least they’re largely unseen here in the greys, the GoFundMe comments are a total cesspool.

That’s good to hear, this sounds like something I would like to read, but wouldn’t enjoy watching as much. (Why? I don’t know, some things I just prefer to read, not watch. Some are the opposite, and some I like both.) I’ll have to check out the translations, thanks!

I’m disabled and need those spaces, and I damn will say something to the assholes parking in them if it’s clear they don’t have a permit. I’ll also call the police, who take the reports seriously, probably because they can hit the asshole with a very hefty ticket. There’s not a whole lot of things that will make me…

I went into it thinking I wouldn’t want to read all of the very long article, then couldn’t stop reading.

Try not to let it hurt your ego, it’s a medical issue, plain and simple, so you have no control over it. It’s frustrating to not be able to play games you want, but it doesn’t make you less of a person because of it.

Very late reply, but just now saw this: No, Nagasaki was an air burst as well. It detonated at 1,650 ± 33 ft above the ground.

He probably thought that it’d force them to quickly give him the rest of his share of the money to avoid further attention, especially legal attention. Unfortunately for all three, the money had already been spent so they couldn’t give him the rest of his share and it all blew up spectacularly in their faces.

They’ll be on the hook for the treatments, because they failed to follow not only best practices, but laws about infection control. Also, they’ll probably be sued and have to settle a lot of lawsuits.

I’m sure a lot of people will opt to have it done elsewhere and get reimbursed for the copays. That’s what I’d do.