this shit right here. Abbott is the scummiest of political creatures: the kind to tries to gut programs he's benefited from himself.

Oh, man. Imagine Zosia sort of doing the Iggy thing, but instead of trying to sound like Luda she is sort of trying to sound like Eve or something. I dunno. It was a trainwreck. Also there was an Asian girl who traded off verses with her, I guess they are sisters(?), I have no idea, I stopped paying attention to all…

I wouldn't have taken you for being college educated. Your endless and circular rant repeats the same ideas over and over in the least efficient way possible and is riddled with odd punctuation and capitalization that makes it painful to skim, much less read.

Do you even know the background of what happened after that tree fell on him? He got a HUGE settlement (as in, he's a millionaire now because of it) then worked to put tort settlement caps in place so no one else could cash in like he did.

I don't see how anyone could have their nest egg 'wiped out' by the recession. Unless someone had their entire retirement portfolio in one stock, and that company went bankrupt, I don't see how this is possible. Sure, there were companies that went under and money was lost, but that's why prudent investors diversify.

The market is higher now than it was pre-2008 crash. Unless they panicked and sold all their securities when the market was down, they should be fine by now. I'm sure it was tough for a few years there, but if an individual had properly invested and diversified their portfolio, they should be fully recovered plus some…

"Is it that hard to remember one person's name?"

Like this?

So... what did he say? The lack of a transcript makes this article harder to understand for those of us with hearing impairments.

Wait, this is the dude who posed for the Cosmo centerfold, and he thinks he gets to make fun of anyone? For anything, ever?

Oy. This explanation bothers me a lot, because it makes no mathematical sense. If times are inflationary, the tip will go up automatically when the cost of the meal goes up. It is a percentage, after all.

By your logic, the tip percentage will keep rising to keep pace with inflation. Someday soon it will be 100% :)

I remember reading an observation by a Bank Teller of over 30 years; she offered an interesting observance. She said on a daily basis about 85% of people are kind, friendly, pleasant and courteous. About 10% of people had some sort of problem, maybe upset, or sad, withdrawn, fretful, scared, worried or had other…

I think you've more or less got this entire comments section handled. :P

Yeah. I mean, just the fact that Lena wrote and published that book, most likely without considering how those passages might affect her sister, bothers me. That in itself indicates that she has boundary issues.

15% becoming 20% is due to "rising with inflation"? The tip itself is already percentage based, so it already rises with inflation as the menu costs go up.

Its still 15%. Tips don't "rise" with inflation. Its really a dumb comment if you think about it. food costs inflate thus causing menu costs to inflate which makes your 15% a greater amount. changing the expected tip amount from 15% to 20% is just some whiny servers being servers. You can tip 20% percent if you feel…

No: You just learned something. You aren't screwed - unless you do nothing with what you now know.

Those people were not being smart with how they planned for retirement and they really only have themselves (or some shitty financial planner) to blame.

Even if they had stock heavy allocations, they should have done the bare minimum research and not panicked. The recovery has been pretty complete, now (if you have money invested).