There could be some argument made for that, but that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that having inappropriate feelings for someone is the first step toward cheating. I’m sure it’s possible to have inappropriate feelings for someone and NOT cheat, but I love my wife and value our marriage enough not to leave such…

Yes, you can control your emotions. That’s why you (presumably) no longer throw temper tantrums. That’s how anger management classes work. Whether you choose to control them or be controlled by them is pretty much the difference between being an adult and being a child.

“there’s a big difference between getting caught up in a moment and having a months-long affair”

I completely disagree. You can’t ‘accidentally’ cheat. It’s a conscious decision not only to act on your feelings, but to allow yourself to feel the feelings. A faithful partner who starts feeling inappropriate feelings for…

“Between 1971 and 2008, BMI, total caloric intake and carbohydrate intake increased 10–14%”
We’re eating 10-14% more calories, which is why we are 10-14% fatter. No mystery there.

This is a pretty bad study. It’s looking at leisure time activity but ignoring non-leisure time activity. You spend almost all of your life…

I don’t think Japanese’s reputation for being difficult is deserved. Yes, it has two ‘alphabets’ but English has four (upper and lower case in both print and cursive), and yes, there are a bunch of Kanji, but you don’t need to know anything other than Hiragana to start with and you can learn that in a couple of hours.

I’ve lived in Phoenix for 30+ years and have never had any part of my bike stolen... They just take the whole thing ;)

What douchey part of the country do people live in where people steal your saddle? Is there a huge saddle resale market?

All you need is Int, then you can drop pots for the rest.

Wut??? Why has this not taken over the 24-hour news cycle????

The organic vs conventional difference can’t be seen on the ingredient list unless they’re calling out the organically grown ingredients, which is silly, IMO. S&W makes organic and conventional canned black beans. There is a distinct difference between the two that is very evident. You can see it when you first open…

Just a word of advice... when the fit hits the shan, don’t go running to Flagstaff... all the stoner college kids will have already gotten the munchies and eaten everything in sight before you get there.

On a more serious note, why a lighter vs a magnesium fire starter? I haven’t done a side-by-side on them, but I’d…

I’d argue that most of the flavor comes from the veggies (the celery primarily). I’ve tried making stock out of just animal bits and it just tastes sad and empty.

I don’t know that I’d call a $15 chainmail patch ‘cheap’. There are about 170 machine cut rings in that patch. You can get about 400 rings for $5 and put this thing together in few minutes.

And regular price is $40??? I’m in the wrong business!

I don’t know that I’d call a $15 chainmail patch ‘cheap’. There are about 170 machine cut rings in that patch. You…

“ a large piece of ice will melt more slowly than multiple, smaller ice cubes, ensuring that your drink stays cool longer and gets watered down less as the ice melts.”

The ice cools your drink by transferring heat from your drink to your ice, causing the ice to melt. A drink that starts at 70 degrees and ends at 35…

You know what I think when I see a surprise military reunion?

“If our warmongering government weren’t so beholden to the military industrial complex, they never would have been apart in the first place.”

Even if you make sure to dry them thoroughly? And when you say ‘go bad’, do you mean that they go moldy or just over-ripen?

With Verizon, if you convert from a 2 year contract to their new pay-over-time option, you’re likely getting a cheaper line rate. For us, it was $20 per month instead of $40 then whatever the phone was... So essentially, we are being subsidized $480 over the course of two years. For those who like to upgrade…

For the love of all things curly braced, don’t teach yourself to code.

You can start out learning the basics but if you learn in a vacuum (meaning no one is looking at your code telling you how crappy it is... and it IS crappy), you’re going to entrench yourself in some really bad practices and waste a lot of time.

The measure is per capita... the difference is in quality of care. To use the MRI example from above, the US has 5 times as many MRI machines per capita than Canada does, which means if you’re needing an MRI, you’ll have to wait in Canada, but can get one done pretty much immediately in the US.. last time I had one, I…

The situation is terminal, though. How long are your co-workers going to stick around working at a job where they are perpetually short staffed? You’re going to have attrition. I work for one of the best companies in the country (unlimited time off, fully paid benefits, company-paid team outings every quarter) and…