I feel like the phrase “plot hole” get overused. I realize this is a bit like screaming about Alanis Morisette’s definition of irony, but “plot hole” doesn’t mean “literally any question I have that isn’t perfectly answered to my satisfaction.” It means a logical contradiction or gap in the story. So, if Superman dies…

I mean yeah they are being ignored, by you.

Damn near every post he has written is on the politic BS (communism, Regressive Leftist, so on and so forth) crap.

Christ almighty, you’re such a transparently disingenuous liar.

I’m a left winger my entire life

Did you even read this article or what she said? She wants a more diverse and inclusive pool of critics and to you that’s a “ Regressive Leftist attitude” in caps for some reason?

Agreed.

Same here - they’re awesome. You can set your own pace in checking stuff out, bag how you like, and don’t have to stand there while the cashier makes obligatory chit-chat because that’s what they’ve been told they need to do.

I am absolutely saying hes an idiot.

There are fewer better poster children for shitty automation than self-checkout. I have literally never, as in not one single time, successfully completed a checkout at a self-service station in a grocery store without having to call a human employee over. And it’s not because I’m an idiot. Or not entirely, anyway.…

Yes. I have had plenty of successful, employee-free self checkout experiences. The few that I do need someone for I know I will now (ex: buying spray paint at Home Depot, because of ID checks). I did retail cashiering for awhile, I know how to bag my shit and get out.

BUT, I want to start a rule: If you are at a store…

Self checkout is the greatest invention in retail. I don’t have to deal with people, I can bag my groceries in ways that make sense to me, and it is way faster. You can take my self checkout when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

Counter-point: Self-checkout (when properly configured and working) is the best.

Have a star for the Goldbergs reference.

Not sure where to focus on in this story/stream of consciousness recall, but have a star.

Somewhere in Rhode Island, there is an equally baffling Protégé limo.

This is what pisses me off about Amazon. Sure you can buy all your bomb making stuff online, but it kills your local mom and pop bomb shop. That’s where you’re gonna get helpful advice about bombs making with a smile.

Because unless one complains on the internet and gets a star,  then a troll never gets their hot pocket.

I’m fine with you not liking the book. You’re entitled to your opinion. But your criticism can also be criticized. You say there is no tension because he doesn’t lose at the games. He did lose at the games. And it wouldn’t be logical for him to constantly lose. He’s going to eventually win the competition. He has to…

except that he did lose several times on the challenges. There were also moments in the book where he fell well behind the competition and had to catch up. There was plenty of tension. You just want to be a contrarian a-hole and shit on a book that has been wildly popular.