Now that everyone in the world has heard the message “wear a mask” now, I wish the public marketing campaigns and PSAs would start being more detailed with instructions like this.

And the 20-year-old track star is very likely to be out and about in the world, not in long-term home isolation, while also being unlikely to get very sick or show symptoms.... BUT could get infected and spread it to other people. (Yes, we haven’t yet proven how well the vaccines reduce transmission, but it’s highly…

Not true. We haven’t yet proven or accurately measured how much the vaccine prevents transmission... but that doesn’t mean it “does not at all” do so. Most scientists think it’s very, very likely to prevent most if not all transmission. They are just uncertain of this yet, while more data comes in.

Don’t feel guilty if you’re offered a vaccine (as long as you aren’t cheating to do so)! Take it! And then once you’ve waited about 2-3 weeks after the second dose, put your new immunity to use by volunteering to help others get the vaccine too.

I mean, if her job is in fashion, and the salesperson’s job is working at a Chanel counter, and each is dipping their toes into the water of trying to return to some semblance of work, then this interaction would seem to actually BE a priority for them.

The calories per a certain serving size weight, expressed in grams, was on the old labels and continues to be on the new labels. Expressing it per 100g is just arbitrary, since few serving or package sizes are exactly 100g. If you want to do the math to get it to calories per 100g, it’s been helpfully expressed in…

I would think it would be a better idea from a PR standpoint to offer a free upgrade to passengers who are a part of the airline’s loyalty/rewards program whenever they cut off booking.

Exactly. This is a dumb complaint and the people who think it’s just about “greed” or something are not thinking it through.

It was stupid, but once I tried to go through security with my telescope counterweights. They of course got noticed, and although they aren’t technically on any list of prohibited items, TSA was like “nope these are blunt instruments”. However, they did allow me to proceed through security, call the relatives who…

Is this even possible anymore? Can I roll up to the Delta counter with a fat roll of $20s and get a ticket? Like can they even make change?

I have Global Entry but I never use it... because I find that the *absolute fastest* way through passport control upon return to the US is the Mobile Passport app.

Tip: anything that is labeled “PE”, such as “Sudafed PE” is worthless. It contains the phenyleprine referenced above, which is ineffective against congestion.

Tip: anything that is labeled “PE”, such as “Sudafed PE” is worthless. It contains the phenyleprine referenced above, which is ineffective against congestion.

This is one of the major under-discussed problems with healthcare in the United States - whether we adopt a single-payer system of some kind or not. It’s not just our financing system that is out of whack compared to other countries, it’s how much health care (unnecessary and questionably preventative) we’re accustomed…

Yes, that’s one of the differences. The other is that Mobile Passport is only available at 27 U.S. international airports, whereas Global Entry is at over 40, plus some international preclearance locations.

We have Global Entry... but we always end up using the *even faster*, simpler, and free Mobile Passport app. Seriously - my husband and I landed at JFK in New York yesterday, and in anticipation of crowds even at the GE kiosks, we snapped our pictures on the app while still taxiing to the gate, and got a Mobile…

Also, oof - we took a train from Nice to Milan last year, and that was a shitty Italian train. Seats were hard, lights stayed brightly lit like a hospital the whole time, it was dirty, and the “bar car” consisted of a surly guy serving warm canned soda, low quality plastic bottled wine, and inedible microwave meals in…

It’s a pretty hard sell for a lot of people though, because long haul trains (like from Paris to Rome ~14 hours) not only take way longer, the schedules are far less convenient and frequent than the flights these days, and they usually cost more. European trains are not really equivalent to American flights - the…

Review sites, especially for air travel which *everyone* loves to complain about, are not a very reliable way to tell whether the specific flight you’re about to take will be objectively “good” or not. Nobody goes and fills out a review for a mild, uneventful, moderately-pleasant and trouble-free flight - which is…

Bumping is a separate issue. What they are trying to say is that if you bought a ticket, you don’t have to pay to reserve a seat, as you’re guaranteed to be assigned a seat when you’re issued a boarding pass. In other words, you won’t be left behind if you didn’t purchase a seat assignment, and you aren’t bumped.