All Lives Matter is moronic.

You choose to take a misstatement of facts as a way to shut people up?

Prostate cancer has never received more funding than breast cancer, so it kind of does matter that your anecdote doesn’t make any sense. Stick to ones that do and your point will be made more strongly.

Fair enough, but you just underscored what I believe are very common problems in public discourse these days: carelessly following one’s own tribe, repeating what one has heard without independent research, saying anything ‘cause maybe the ends will justify the means, etc.

I don’t feel ignorant, (I am myopic since I need glasses for distance viewing). I say Blue lives and all the other colors matter as well and most(?) of the people jumping on BLM do so after a brief video that doesn’t show enough to make an informed decision including what transpired before the camera started rolling…

Back in 1996, breast cancer funding from the National Cancer Institute, the largest giver of academic research funds in America, totaled $382 million compared to $86 million; a ~4.5 to 1 disparity. By 2006, the difference had shrunk to $715M versus $376M; still nearly double. By 2013, last year of available stats from…

i was under the impression that the statement ‘all lives matter’ byits very definition is an implicit acknowledgment that black lives (also) matter. We’ve reached a period in time where saying everyone matters is considered racist. I’m going to find a shark to jump over.

Buddy, there are some massive logical leaps from “all lives matter” to “direct refutation of BLM” to “racist.” But please do keep feeding the insatiable anger and paranoia that is unfortunately keeping any rational dialogue from happening... and please allow yourself to enjoy the All Star game.

I’m black and... nah. All lives matter bro, I don’t know how long it is going to take for our community to realize that you don’t get equality by rallying around our differences.

The flip side of phishing is that banks and other entities need to get better at making their legitimate emails *not* look like phishing attempts. Have you looked at the sender address and actual URLs in emails from your bank? They're terrible strings of gibberish.

Maybe, but in the interim avoiding the cause of their "addiction" seems like a good start to me, no? If you want to compare it to a real addiction, alcoholics for sure should get counseling / AA / whatever, but they should probably start by not going to bars.

I'm confused as to how this is "totally different" than your experience. I see those same people, I just think that a good amount of them recognize that what they do is rude, and recognize how it makes them look to others (many, many are just oblivious and narcissistic as well), but ... again, I don't want to say…

Your experience is totally different than mine. In my day-to-day experience I see lots of people who are constantly looking at or fiddling with their phones every spare minute that they are not interrupted by having to do the task at hand which they should be involved but instead are messing with their phones. …

I mostly come here to see what crazy thing they're going to recommend I put in my laundry machine next.

The money issue is valid. Plans are incredibly expensive.

Also, I have small hands and most smart phones are just waaaay too big for them. Not only was this annoying, but also helped contribute to my losing them.

Except, ya know, not spending $2500 every 2 years (cost of device + cheapest service). My $270 over the same time frame ($10/month and $30 phone) is still too much for how little I use the dang thing.

And not owning a smartphone makes you a "luddite" and "ignorant of technology"? I've seen just as many comments from people with smartphones that are smug in the knowledge that because they own the latest shiny gadget they are superior to everyone that does not. I own a dumbphone. A smartphone costs more, and I am in…

I think "conscious" choice is where your argument may not be accurate. I wouldn't go so far as to say that smartphones are an "addiction" for most people, since I think that dilutes a pretty powerful word, but they certainly bring out in many people compulsive behavior that may be a little beyond simple "conscious…

Myself! And I love it. I didn't know how dependent I was until I lost my smartphone and didn't get a knew one. It feels great. You get to focus on people and situations, real situations and not the virtual ones. It is actually pretty depressing to see how people don't talk anymore. I feel free in a very strange way.…