Curious where you’ve chosen to draw this arbitrary line about objectively harming everyone on the planet. Is it at cruise ships? Or does it start at planes? Maybe before that, at cars? Or even less?

Look I’m as center left as the next guy but the amount of virtue signaling and just perceived nastiness and hostility in your writing...in almost every single article...makes me question who runs the joint at Jalopnik. They really need to fire you so you can go write for Huffington Post.  I’ll just read The Autopian. …

I’m sorry a PC owner stole your boy and/or girl. That must have been really painful. Luckily you have your console to cuddle at night.

Just a couple things- “Hamas, an Islamic political and military organization governing the Gaza strip”- this whole thing should be replaced with terrorist organization. In this sentence- “..attacked Israel on October 7, killing nearly 1,500 people” I’d expand and write “..attacked Israel on October 7, decapitating,…

This article really embodies what this site has become.

Articles that imply that doctors in general are going to base health related recommendations solely off BMI are at best misinformed. Yes, most physicians can eyeball someone and determine if their BMI is largely due to fat or muscle. The fact that BMI isn’t always the best indicator of body composition is not a secret…

if you let your child become fat under your watch, then celebrate his/her unhealthiness instead of trying to fix it, then you’re simply a TERRIBLE parent, and should be ashamed of yourself.

What? this is borderline dangerous advice. If a doctor says your child is overweight (or underweight) LISTEN to them.

The data is very clear and well established. As weight increases risk of certain health problems does too especially those related with cardiovascular disease. 

I wish my parents would have taken my doctor seriously when my obesity was brought up. But I was healthy even if obese. My doctor kept telling me through my 20s that it would catch up with me. Now in my 40s I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, venous insufficiency and a host of other health problems directly…

their weight (and rate of gain) carries such gravity

..What? These appointments aren’t done to shame your child for not being conventionally physically attractive. They’re done for their health and well-being. Call me crazy, but I think that’s more important than trying to preserve their dignity. The kids at school will certainly make it clear to your child if they’re…

Remember that the weight conversation can go in both directions. My wife is naturally a very small person, 5'1 and around 95 pounds for pretty much all of her adult life other than during her pregnancies. My two children seem to have inherited her slight build. Our children’s doctor has expressed concerns about their…

Wow. This is a horribly pernicious column. Lifehacker pronounces death to science and reliance on the blogosphere over people who have attended medical school, licensed and are subject to professional standards.

I feel what he was trying to say is “I am on a cable show which could get cancelled if the ratings are bad, and you won’t let me do publicity for it becuase we’re striking over streaming stuff”. He’s always been aggressively protective and proud of the shows that he’s on, and I could see how not being able to champion…

You know, on balance, I actually think he’s a pretty smart and, as far as I can tell, good dude. (My opinion here might be inflected by the fact that I think he’s also insanely hot.) I do think we’re gonna see a lot of this kind of thing because production works on a multi-year schedule so a bunch of stuff that’s in…

I think his best clarification was “perhaps it was... inarticulate,” as I’m not sure he understands what “reductive” means, nor “myopic.” He should probably put the thesaurus down, and just speak plainly on how he feels: strikes suck, even when necessary, and he’s bummed he can’t promote his show. It’s alright to feel…

You know what?

Greys never to be let out of this Purgatory. Japan doesn’t have the high ground. No apology needed by any one formal to this nonsense. They and others are taking this way to seriously. It was 80 years ago. Blah blah. Massacre this blah unfortunate and unforgiven that. World at War no one here has any idea about and…

I get that the Japanese feel a little bit differently about the atomic bomb because it was dropped on them, but in reality it wasn’t any more destructive than other bombing campaigns during the war (look up the firebombing of Tokyo for instance). Besides, there was going to be a hell of a lot more death if we hadn’t…