We don’t have an equal pay problem so much as an equal work problem. Women continue to choose careers that pay less than the careers men choose despite have statically better educational attainment. To close the equal pay gap, women will need to pursue the high paying career fields that are dominated by men and stick…

How many people make the conscious decision to have a penis that doesn’t function for intercourse vs how many people make a conscious decision to engage in the act whose purpose to is combine genetic material into a new human life. Having sexual intercourse is Russian roulette. No form of <reversible> birth control is…

Do women have to jump through some special hoops that men don’t have to jump through for birth control/sterilization procedures? There is no male equivalent to an abortion, so there is no way for there to ever be apples-to-apples equality.

I want this analogy to die because it is just doesn’t work. Viagra is a pill to restore the ‘normal’ function of a male erection. BCPs act to disrupt the ‘normal’ functioning of a woman’s body. 

So there are no real boobs then?!

Would have been more funny to refer to Matt Damon as an Andy Weir avatar. At the relatively obscure writer gets the exposure rather than the household name mega-movie star.

Repeal the mandates. Fuel prices should be enough deterrent to get people to choose fuel efficient vehicles. Fuel taxes and annual registration fees should only be used to pay for the maintenance and construction of transportation infrastructure, not as punitive measures to influence behavior.

Oh the siren sings her song and David must go to her...

Devil’s Advocate here: If your economic output isn’t sufficient to maintain health coverage, perhaps you should just accept that your time has come.

+1 on the 636 comment

No matter how excited you are to get your first car, that 1984 Jeep Cherokee with a GM 2.8l V6 is a bad idea. Hold out for something better - like that Ford Ranger you really wanted.

Also, stop wasting money trying to upgrade your shitbox. It will never NOT be a shitbox.

PS - Buying a motorcycle is actually a good…

Land Wind, its a Land Wind. Totally different and not a copy at all. In fact, i think they should sue JLR for copyright infringement.

Well, just use the bombing of the USS Cole as real-world parallel. The US is the global hegemon and Al-Qaida substitutes as the plucky Rebels. That event was certainly a big deal. I think we are going to have to agree to disagree here. 

You are ignoring the legal implications of The Stig. The anonymous racing driver shtick works in cases where a manufacturer or owner refuses to let anyone but their own driver handle the car. The Stig allowed the show to get around insurance requirements and bring in cars that otherwise would have been unavailable had…

While rebels has given us some awesome stories, it would have been better for continuity for their to be no Jedi/padawans in the series. By the time Leia says: “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” there should be no other known Jedi. This would further support the Ep7 attitude that the Jedi are a myth, a…

I chafe at these battles in Rebels. They are continuity errors. The opening crawl of EpIV says the rebels just scored their first major victory. In any world, taking out enemy capital ships and achieving your strategic or tactical objective is a major victory. I could tolerate the rebels building forces, escaping…

I believe that is called hyperbole.

Sorry to hear your purchase didn’t work out.

I use the term ‘beater’ to refer to a car at the tail of its depreciation curve. Often this is a vehicle 5-1o years old. Your point is valid, but the question remains whether or not a new car actually provides a lower risk of stranding/repairs/ missed-work than a well cared for ‘beater.’ Caveat Emptor no matter what…

Balance sheet: structured list of your assets (things you own: cash, cars, real estate, valuables) versus your liabilities (money you owe or other recurring payments). Your net worth is the difference between your assets and liabilities. For example, you are underwater on a car/house when the market value of the item…