I type two spaces as well, but it should also be pointed out that when typing content for the Internet this practice is meaningless. Browsers automatically reduce two consecutive spaces to a single space when displaying the content.

Nice.

I’m usually typing text in an editor that lets me go to the end of a sentence with a keystroke, where the two spaces distinguish that point from abbreviations and such. Also, decades of habit. Why should I change? (And why should anyone care if I change?)

Kids can be pretty judgmental, even for no good reason.  For example, I type two spaces after a period, and every few years I’m subjected to memes telling me I should change my habits. 

Nice observation.

Yeah, by that narrow definition there are probably no more than a few hundred Karens (maybe many fewer) in existence today.

I think “mature” is a fitting word in this context.

Alireza is 70 years old, which means that he was 16 years old in 1969, give or take. What would have been the coolest car for him in that year? Not an American muscle car—he’s a fan of Italian or British roadsters! Even if he prefers a coupe now. What might fit the bill?

The states with the most cars affected by active, urgent recalls are California at No. 1, followed by Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Someone’s not been keeping up with the price of housing, I think.

Yeah, I should have spent some time simplifying the statement, after I figured out what I wanted to say. Maybe I’d be able to follow my own reasoning then, the day after. :-)

Label the machines A, B, and C. Assume I’m talking to Machine C. Here’s my take on a statement I’d have it respond to:

Thanks! Otherwise I don’t think the puzzle has a solution.

A solution I like even better is to ask a guard, “What would you say if I asked you if your path leads to freedom?” This subtle rephrasing forces the liar into a double negative.

What? REHCTIW is my favorite show!

Reasons? We don’t need no stinkin’ reasons.

Pfft, he was only acting.

Correct, with respect to the U.S. federal minimum wage. I should have said “low-wage workers in the U.S.”

But Kelly is still fundamentally, if unintentionally, right.

My takeaway isn’t that the workers deserve better pay for the job (though they well may) but rather that—as often happens—a promising company receives great plaudits in the business press but no acknowledgment that their success depends on minimum-wage workers.