Hm, well I'm in LA, so maybe only some routes have it? I'll be on Delta in a week, so I guess I'll see whether they have screens on that. I think I had screens on all my virgin america flights for sure, but can't remember what other airlines had them.

Technically the prince made that choice too haha. But thanks for your service.

Did you do that while having the option to fly first class/private jet?

Umm I've had screens in coach on most of my domestic flights (except the ones I took on southwest I think). I think you must've just been unlucky, or you don't fly much to different places.

Well that can be seen as part of the point of a "tip". Tips are meant to reward good servers and punish bad ones (and that's really the only justification for even having a tip-based income for servers). If servers were making a standard commission which can't be docked like other industries, it would be a lot lower…

yea you have a point there. But that's moot, since upon further reading - the article is misleading. It is about newsletter subscribers - not work emails. Which actually makes the results make a lot more sense. You get the random 4am people because...people are up at 4am - not working, and might check their email…

ibankers, lawyers, doctors, maybe critical it workers, you know those jobs which aren't your average 9-5.

Actually it's because men are better at negotiating high salaries. By refusing to work more than 2 hours, boys are demanding a higher income, while girls are not negotiating for the full $24/hr wage for their 2.7 hours of chores!

One thing about that is that it's risky, if you didn't appropriately budget savings for higher rent in the future or your retirement. Your rent controlled apartment worked out ok, but I've seen many landlords of rent-controlled apartments who evict their tenants. the tenants get relocation costs which can be a lot of…

Well actually the person telling your friend would probably just say shirt. If your friend was wearing a wildly inappropriate Hawaiian shirt, and normal pants/shoes, and he asked the approaching teacher if there's something wrong with his shoes, the natural response would be, "no, it's your shirt".

I understand - well I guess an espresso machine doesn't work as well to illustrate money-saving tips because really good espresso is more of a luxury good (as opposed to just caffeine/coffee which is arguably a necessity haha) and the idea of value vs. price for saving money works more for necessities like clothing…

Yea - but there is a difference between quality for the sake of quality, and quality because it is better value.

I think one of the main problems with this kind of analysis is that people tend to have an inflated view of what coffee costs. A large Mocha costs around $3.50 - not $5. The $5 drinks are more like frappucinnos which require even more equipment, i.e. a high speed blender, materials and work. And that doesn't include…

Ah yes exactly. The Ivy League (privately run schools) are the perfect example of American-style education. In most other countries all universities are publicly owned (the only private ones are the equivalent of University of Phoenix). I.e Oxford, Cambridge, Tokyo University, Hong Kong University, all public.

Yep the Constitution gives the Federal Government certain enumerated functions. It also includes a clause allowing them to do anything necessary and proper to fulfill those functions. This has been settled for 200 years. If you really think that the $5 a month schools in Kenya, or colonial hedge schools are so…

Yes I know. And I think income tax on nonprofits wouldn't work...because the whole point of nonprofits is there are no profits to tax. And taking away tax exemptions wouldn't just be for religious entities, but also charities, education institutions, and all sorts of non profits. But again, that goes into the broader…

I actually meant taking away tax exemptions. Generally, Republicans are opposed to any revenue increases, whether on the 1% or nonprofits. This thread happened to spawn from a discussion on religious institutions - but the same applies to raising taxes on incomes over $1 million, or estate taxes. Part of the argument…

Ok sure I can respond to that. So you're just opposed to an income tax, and not other forms of taxation. Well first of all, if you expect the same level of services - then the overall taxation will stay the same. It'll be either property taxes and consumption taxes (which hit the middle class disproportionately more…

Sure, I agree. I actually spent time in both a German education system (a gymnasium), as well as finishing up high school under the British system (A-levels). And in that system I had to start specializing very early one (cut down to only 3-4 subjects by A-levels, i.e. grades 11 and 12). This basically meant that by…

I'm just saying that it's hypocritical for many republicans (I'm not saying you in particular), to string up any project they don't agree with as a massive waste of resources, for example the $500 million that went to Solyndra (and completely misunderstanding how venture capitalism works) and then dismiss any project…