Never been to NYC, but want to go, and want to see Times Square. Even (especially?) knowing it’s a cultural train wreck. For better or worse, it’s an iconic bit of Americana.

I dunno about “never visit Times Square.”

Protip for any city where you’re using the rail transit: Save an image of the transit map to your phone. That way you can consult it without looking like a big ol’ tourist staring at a map and making yourself a target, and it’s available should you lose cell service in the tunnels.

You would think that art and writing were all done online now. But any time I try to take meeting notes with my phone or laptop, I end up distracted. Same when I try to brainstorm for fiction/comedy projects.

I miss the pictures of their workspaces :(

Perfect timing for this info. Tomorrow is my last day before a permanent vacation - retirement!

Who are these people getting bored? What rich person said money doesn’t buy you happiness? I would love to never work again and I like my job. There aren’t enough hours in the day for me, I am like Leonardo di vicini stay up late at night, only sleeping 4 hours a day but instead of inventing stuff I am playing games…

Furthermore, the researchers recommend you take multiple, evenly-spaced vacations of this length a year, as opposed to using all of your vacation time at once.

I’ll take “shorts and a tshirt in coach” over “suit and tie in first class” any day. It’s not just the flight itself, it’s traveling to the airport, through the airport, through the airport again, and traveling from the airport, all of which are way more manageable in leisurewear.

Looking put together and being comfortable are not mutually exclusive. You don’t necessarily have to be wearing a suit and tie or a nice dress to benefit. I was upgraded once when I was wearing a cotton oxford and khakis with decent looking, comfortable shoes.

Counterpoint: Dressing nicely might score you a free upgrade (but very likely won’t), while dressing comfortably is a sure bet.

Please stop doing that. Putting trash in the recycling slows down the process, contaminates real recyclables, and can damage machines. If you don’t want to put in any effort, you’re better off just throwing everything out. That’s why thousands of sanitation departments push the recycling tip “When in doubt, throw it…

Philly is pretty explicit about not taking any pizza boxes. Kind of odd.

It doesn’t even have to be good pizza. Dude could swing by Domino’s and he’d still be the winner.

A real contest would have been pizza v. bagel because with pizza on a bagel you can have pizza anytime.

I’d take pizza because I feel less shitty eating 3 slices than I do eating 3 donuts. I want them both though.

Donut = shit

Pizza because I am not an elitist

Are you just comparing that specific donut to that specific slice of pizza or donuts vs pizza in general? Because pizza > donuts in general, right?