One thing I discovered years ago that has only been reinforced repeatedly is that little kids like talking to me partly because I use the exact same language with them as I do with adults. I don’t change my tone and I don’t simplify my word choices. They might have to ask me what a word means, but, you know, they…

Most Brazilian beef exports go to China and the EU, so cutting down on beef consumption in the US hurts only local farmers.

This is a crime against humanity, and no less.

There’s something more than a little off-putting about a white writer basically going “ALL student loans matter” when discussing a graduating class from a HBCU having their student loans paid for by an African American billionaire philanthropist.

No. This is the absolutely wrong take. A generation of “I don’t see color” has led to a generation of people ignoring the struggles of their neighbors caused by racism and racial bias. Yes, we are all human, but people have better or worse life experiences, and we have to acknowledge it.

these companies don’t learn. People were paying for services already. Making it more crowed is just going back to the way things were. Torrents here I come (again).

Also, Boudica of the Celts, Hypsicratea of Pontus, Armanirenas of the Kushites all fought the Romans on the battlefield. 35% is probably an overrepresentation of ancient generals’ female leadership, but among the German tribes (Cimbrians in particular), and the Celts of Briton, women in positions of leadership were…

Considering, for example, the mere existence of gay people in games has some people crying “political!”, I don’t think those people are being reasonable.

The “American College of Pediatricians” is an anti-LGBT hate group, not a legit professional organization.

I was just getting ready to dig into moving one service at a time into AWS when the data center Uninterruptible Power Supply failed to live up to its name and blew up—and fried a lot of electronics

Man, this takes me back. I got fairly into GW when it first came out, and then nostalgically got extremely into it right before GW2, getting almost all of the achievements that carried over into the sequel (another time I am now nostalgic for, Because I Am Old). It was really a fantastic game - the skill system was so…

jesus christ, when you give someone a gift you’re seriously doing it with the understanding that the person will then sit down and be thoughtful about how appreciative they are for your gift?

It’s your day so I bought another person’s words to convey my feelings about you

I thought of you so I bought this crease in a flap.

Yes, OMG. I’ve never understood why people require a receipt of your gratitude after you’ve thanked them in person. It’s such a stupid concept.

Cards are just garbage you buy.

This is one of those things I just don’t get about gift giving culture. I buy people gifts when I think of them or see something I think they’d like. I don’t like the idea as gifts being used as an entry ticket to any person’s party. And if I said thank you when you gave me something, you know I’m thankful for it. Do…

That’s nice. I’ll call the super of my 8-story downtown apartment complex and see what our options are. /s

Wow.

What you said (the Oprah comment) is likely going to hurt the feelings of most people, even if they don’t like Oprah. Did you realize this before you said it? If so, why did you say it? I’ve found that trying to avoid hurting people’s feelings is paramount to being liked.