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I’m a professional editor and a longtime reader. This is an embarrassingly common problem for me. See: macabre, pedantry, debacle, insouciant, minuscule, etc.

Yeah, I didn’t even make it past the tutorial section for SMT IV. There was absolutely nothing fun about the prospect of grinding a bunch of low-level enemies just so I wouldn’t be in permanent debt to whoever that dude was that kept reviving you. Apocalypse was much more balanced in terms of combat, difficulty,…

But what happens as far as abilities are concerned? Do you still have to level up once you leave the island in order to get access to stuff like guard (which should’ve been available from the beginning, IMO)?

Build more housing. Tell your cities.

Yeah, you can buy a house for $100 and spend three years renovating it so the government will actually let you live in it. Most of those houses are not habitable, so they’re definitely not accessible to the average American. Instead we get billionaires from China buying up vacant lots and squatting on them. Mike…

Do these free e-filing programs help guide you through maximizing your deductions like the paid ones do? Or is it just “standard deduction, take it or leave it”? Do they provide options for itemizing or is it just for 1040EZ or 1040A forms?

Your explanation is much more helpful because you took the time to define the additional jargon within it, so thanks.

Thanks, Jamie. I appreciate your transparency, and the helpful info.

This is probably the best possible advice for my health, my wallet, AND my tastebuds.

I don’t think I knew that, or I knew about it in passing and never bothered to look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

YOU’LL TAKE MY RANCH OUT OF MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!!!

Good to know — that makes it seem slightly less ridiculous.

I never considered that a stack of dirty plates might make the waiter look bad...I’m more concerned if it’s been 30 minutes and I still haven’t gotten my Pepsi. But it’s something to keep in mind nonetheless. I’m a fast eater, so it usually doesn’t bother me if my plate is still hanging around for a while.

I definitely stack all the cutlery, food, and napkins on top! It just makes sense, ya know? I always try to be the best possible customer because I know waitstaff are treated like garbage so often, and I can’t recall ever having a terrible experience eating out, so I’m gonna assume the good karma has insulated me.

A lot of chain restaurants give you a shit ton of plates, though, and a itty bitty table for multiple people. One time I ordered an entree that arrived on three separate dishes and when I asked for a side of some kind of dressing, that came on yet ANOTHER plate. I genuinely thought stacking was helpful, so it’s good…

Granted, it’s rare, and it usually doesn’t last for more than five minutes, but it’s ridiculously stressful regardless. It reminded me of the importance of having backups for your backups. Everything fails.

Same, especially because he had to work so closely with Spacey and surely experienced quite a bit of racial harassment himself.

Meanwhile Mahershala Ali left House of Cards years ago and just won an Oscar. Prosper, my Black king.

Password managers are great until the server goes down and you have to immediately access your password for your online bank account, which you don’t know because it’s a random string of characters. Yes, this has happened to me several times over the past few months using LastPass. For me this actually raises the…