No, no, no. I read this as saying something different entirely. This is where you stand before getting on the elevator. So “on the right” obviously means facing the elevator. It says nothing about where you stand inside the elevator. There’s no rule for that. Just step to the back and away from the buttons.

“Betrayed”, etymologically from the middle ages meaning “handed one over to one’s enemies”, unknowingly evoking a grizzly death? No, that won’t work either. May have to use something modern like “you hurt my feelings”. Actually, Middle English “hurt” implies a physical strike. That’s jarring, especially since…

I was waiting for this piece to end with, “Starting tomorrow.” After 820 words talking about the exhaustion from the conversation, we arrive at “How to not think about...”

I prefer to use the “CC” field when I want to deliberately marginalize someone and tell them I’m not interested in their response.

Isn’t that too categorical or reductionist?

Awesome piece. Love it.

The charms and destinations in Toronto are less obvious than in some big American cities (and some ostensible destinations are underwhelming). Endorse walking, and ‘neighbourhood’ exploration described below.

Yes, this.

I understand the thinking here: why shouldn’t girls display the same confidence as boys?

“How To Play With Testicles” - Don’t. And he won’t try to play with your ovaries.

I’m pretty sure Apple headlines “new emoji” so it can punish “emoji-fans” with bugs in early beta testing.

“Magic eraser” is not a misnomer. I have no idea what unicorn horns and pixie dust they are impregnated with, but they will remove anything. I’ve used them so much they have actually erased themselves and I’m left with a pile of magic crumbs (which, naturally, I have planted in a pot and watered, to see if more magic…

I love my Apple stuff, but this is an idiotic lack of interoperability. Apple should have ditched lightning for USB-C in the iPhones. And don’t get me started on Lightning charging for Bluetooth mice & keyboards. On the audio side, it’s pretty disingenuous for Apple to say, on the one hand, “the future is wireless, so…

2, 5, 6 and 8 still work on that reading.

I suppose we can console ourselves that both words (and all others) will be promptly supplanted by the meaningless :| emoji or vigorous-nod-GIF

Heresy, Pinker (figuratively). Be curious to know how you felt about shifting cultural meaning if “Pinker” felt the “Santorum” effect.

Claire, I think you need to fix your large onion math. I think your large onion is 3 times as big as your small, or your large onion is 1.5 times the size of the medium. (I wouldn’t necessarily assume diameter increase is directly proportionate to chopped volume increase, but that was what you described going small to…

People look like their names, okay. You’re born blonde (or with two different eyes and look like a freak) and you’re called Marilyn. A lot of people have the same stereotypes, so would guess your name. Why do we assume you grow into your name?

“Let me have my guilty pleasures”: I get it. Leave it there. Don’t wade into the findings up to your ankles to correct another website, furthering misconceptions evident in the readers’ comments.

Hold on. How is he biting that straight line between 4 and 5? This guy’s a charlatan and his sandwich-cred must be revoked.