I had a boss who was amazing at doing that in a nice, polite way. Yes, she was the boss, so she had the authority, but she never had to actually use it to divert the conversation and give space to other people. She would use a quick break to say, firmly but not aggressively, something like “interesting take, Jake, I'm…

Counterpoint - if you stuff yourself with lettuce then you’ve got a much reduced desire to stuff your pie hole with pie. It’s a lot easier to push back from the table after having eaten a lot of [usually] harmless ugly-leaves-of-mostly-water and lot less crap like carbs and sugar that are far from harmless. Net…

I gotta be careful to not get burned from this scorching hot take but let’s try anyways.

I like the photo for this article (showing a child in a womb). It shows precisely why so many of us believe in protecting the health (life) of unborn children.

Whoever told you that was stupid. They love businesses buying from them.

Worst case scenario, you go to the service desk, sbow them your membership card, and they print out a copy of your receipt.

They always ask me if I got my cash back. Couple of days ago I was talking to a cashier & forgot to get my cash back (she spaced out too). I called them & she took care of it (they put a mark on the receipt if they gave you the cash.)

I’d imagine a lot of cashier errors are from double-scanning heavy items due to their unwieldiness, so they’d show up twice, right next to each other, on the receipt. If I were seeing a heavy item scanned twice back to back on the receipt, I’d double-check the cart to make sure they bought two of the same item, in…

I thought their job was to draw smiley faces on the receipts for the kids while leering at their moms. It beats sitting in a retirement community watching two 90 year olds yell in each others ears about the flavor choices of the pudding today.

It’s a reasonable question that I’ve asked before, but it seems the internal components/heat complicates things, as does the difficulty of mounting an external temp sensor (which probably means you can’t use a case, which is far more important).

serves as sort of a DMZ for the kids

We actually like the “three independent seat” bench in the Odyssey. The center seat serves as sort of a DMZ for the kids, holding snacks, crafts, activities, chargers, etc. That’s a lifesaver because they’re too small to go digging through bags on their own — it’s all right there. And if we have to grab an extra kid…

But is there evidence that shows beyond a reasonable doubt? NO

Wow. This is a great article that I hope every parent... no, every person reads. Thanks for sharing this wisdom of kindness and civility, especially in our current climate. I needed this.

“Say, ‘Hey, how are you? What’s your name?’ That’s it. And see what happens. Jump in.”
Great article. Totally agree.

Ultra low mileage cars are not cars. The are museum pieces. Even considering turning them on and driving them ruins the value.

Meanwhile, inside the patrol car...

Biggest problem on the Challenger situation is the 2 doors with 2 little boys. He doesn’t say whether they are in carseats, but that is a big factor too. 2 door cars suck with kids, especially in car seats. I had a 2012 Mustang GT with 1 car seat and it was a PITA. I had an STI which is a 4 door with 2 car seats and…

That’s what kills me about people writing “articles” like this. What business is it of theirs how much someone chooses to give away, or who they give it to? No one made Bezos give that money away, so no matter if it was $1 or $2,000,000,000, it’s up to him to decide if and how he wants to use his money.

I don’t condone greed, but I also am not one who thinks it’s my job to tell Jeff Bezos what to do with his money.