Heh. I live in an area where geese come here en masse every year. We don’t call them flocks round her - we call them squadrons. They pretty much land wherever they fancy round here - there’s been occasions where my parents have discovered an indignant goose waddling around in their back garden, and it’s not an…

As an apologist for the series and the finale (I liked it), I do also agree with that. The problem with all the overcomplications is that Lost had backed itself into a corner with them by the last season. It would have been hard as hell for them to answer them all while building to a satisfying finale for the…

They’ve got her on bribery, money laundering, probably tax fraud, and mail fraud, and she’s probably going to have a pretty public trial if she doesn’t plead out.

Don’t feed them at all.  Feeding birds causes them to become “townies” and encourages ducks and geese from migrating, keeping them in the local area and defiling our parks and recreation areas with their leavings all year around

But if the ducks don’t get fat, then there’s no foie gras.  

They had done the prep work for a decent ending, they had created the alternate timeline as a clever means for everyone to escape the island and leave the smoke monster alone to impotently destroy his timeline’s world. But they just threw it all away. Having Jesus simply take everyone away - why don’t they tag that on…

“Just seems a bizarre overreaction”

I was comparing her aesthetic with the other end of the spectrum for 16 yr old girls.

Why the hate? Her fans are all much younger, like my 9 and 7 year old daughters. This is a completely appropriate look for a 16 year old. Why does she have to go the route of looking like a 25 year old sex kitten? Nothing wrong with loving rainbows at any age. Maybe it’s over the top, that is her brand and I have…

The article doesn’t support that conclusion. I wouldn’t call Bernie, Beto, or Booker (or Harris) “long shots nobody has heard of,”yet they are among the only ones who supported gays before it was trendy. The ones no one had heard of (Yang, Williamson, etc) don’t really have a record. Hickenlooper, who I’d argue is in…

Half of these people are only running because Trump proved there’s no downside to running for president. Worst case scenario is you win. Otherwise you can easily parlay the exposure into a book deal or cable news gig.

Criticizing Chelsea Manning for leaking confidential document does not in and of itself have anything, whatsoever, to do with her being transgender, and implying that Buttigieg’s doing so has something to do with his LGBTQ view is ridiculous.

I’ve seen it discussed in a lot more places than just this website. There’s a definite social pressure to tip 20% or you’re a cheap bastard.

I drop Netflix because they’re raising prices again? That’s gonna impact their bottom line, which is gonna impact raises, bonuses, and possibly get people laid off if enough people do the same thing.

Besides the intent of “how to not look cheap while taking money out of your server’s pocket” in the video, this is the thing that jumped out to me. The math at the end suggests the person is spending $200 (!!!) per week eating out.

You sound smart. 

THIS is the math we need to talk about. Oh, congrajidations on saving $400 when you’ve been spending about that much a week on dining out?! Wait ‘til I tell this guy about white bread and cold cuts!

Yes, this assumes that tax on a restaurant meal is the same everywhere. In Minneapolis or Chicago, it is 10.75%%. In Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan it is 6%*. In most of Oregon, doubling the tax is going to save you a lot of money and you will look cheap since there is no sales or restaurant tax in most of the state*.

If you’re saving $400 per year by tipping 2% less then you’re spending $20000/yr on dining out (pre tax) Bet that 400 bucks means a lot to you.

I think their suggestion is fine.