Yeah, someone else pointed that out to me, too. I guess "Red Bull Will Pay $13 Million" doesn't have quite the same click-baity properties as "You Get Free Red Bull or $10 If You Bought One In the Last 12 Years" - which is probably the least click-baity headline I've read about this so far, actually.

Ahhhh. So if 13 million people file a claim, they each get a buck - or less, considering "minus applicable notice and tax expenses". Lovely legal loopholes.

It's going around Facebook, too. Considering that no proof of purchase is necessary, I can't wait to see what happens when 300 million people all claim $10 or $15 in product.

1. Unless you're an expert on brain processes and the stimulation of the brains of lab rats, you shouldn't be trying to make that argument.

I'm going to try it later this afternoon, it's got a great reputation. But man... what a bad commercial.

"Where's he going?"

I have never, and I mean never... I'm not being hyperbolic here, I'm not exaggerating... I have NEVER seen a commercial as pretentious as that SwiftKey video. It's a fucking keyboard, not the savior of all mankind. If there was any trace of irony or sarcasm or any kind of winking at the viewer, I wouldn't mind... but…

Sure. And they should have their feet held to the fire for that, too.

<shrug> I'm not a fan of either one. I'm not a huge coffee snob, just enough of one to dislike almost every chain's coffee. But the joke was playing more off McDonald's general reputation than any one person's individual opinion of their stuff ;)

Fortunately for me and my joke, their reputation is fucking awful. So the joke still works.

The upside is that you get free coffee. The downside is that you get free McDonald's coffee.

Because if you say nothing, the person or company won't know they did anything wrong, and they'll do it again. If everyone who complained about the U2 album stayed silent, Apple would have followed up with some other album. Or some app. Or some collection of content. Do you really think Apple should be in the business…

Never did. Never had a need. I get why people do it, and I have no problem with it, but for everyday users - and even a lot of "power" users - it's just not necessary. I'm a heavy user and there's never been anything I wanted to do but couldn't. And like I said, I know why others do it, and that's fine - everyone has…

So because it's not as important as people in third world countries not having clean water, nobody should mention it at all?

The problem is that you think it's nothing more than "seeing cherries".

No, any intelligent person would have to admit that the entertainment to cost ratio of slots is variable. Maybe you plug in five bucks. Maybe you plug in fifty. Maybe you're done in two minutes, maybe it's two hours. Everything about the experience is variable.

But they don't keep me playing. That's my point. I'm not arguing that there are people who get sucked in and end up losing their mortgage money, because there are stories of those people out there, certainly. But reasonable people who understand slots - or any casino game, because they're all stacked against the…

Check out the link for more on why it's rarely worth playing a slot machine. The next time you see one, just walk past it.

I feel like Keith is auditioning for his old MSNBC job lately. I have no problem with this.

Wouldn't that kill your pizza cutter after one or two uses though? I can't imagine trying to cut anything in a steel bowl like that... seems like it would immediately dull the blade.