Fuck that. I deeply regret every instance in which I’ve gone there for the next four days. And yet I’m right back there again soon for another couple of half-smokes covered in that stuff, because I both adore unhealthy food and have an apparent dislike for my digestive system.

A friend of mine just visited DC for the first time, he asked for food recommendations. I told him he wasn’t allowed to leave until he tried a half smoke. Dude comes back to Chicago and says the food here is better. I promptly told him he was insane and there are no better mystery meat tubes in this planet than at…

Dude, there’s a guy at the bottom of this thread distributing said hot takes. You should go fight him.

Ben’s Chili Bowl has a been a legendary late-night spot for decades, but in the past few years there has been some backlash from morons with hot takes on the internet, saying that their food is boring and overrated. Those people can go straight to hell.

I have not disabled this reminder yet and I don’t see a reason to.

Please keep us updated in the coming months if, in fact, Jeff Goldblum remains 6 feet 4 inches tall.

I understand taking some of your refund check and putting it into savings, but take at least a bit of it and TREAT YO SELF! It helps to have occasional goodies while you’re tightening your belt, instead of constantly denying yourself.

I put half of my refund into a savings account, the other half...

Yep. Probably the best financial move my wife and I have made so far was to sell both of our cars (which we owned outright!) and bite the bullet to take out a loan to buy a nice and reliable car. Our two old cars were causing us so much trouble, and we really didn’t want another monthly loan payment, but this has…