That has literally nothing to do with my example. I love a lot of things that I don't voluntarily give time or money to. I love the pants I'm wearing, but I'm not going to volunteer for J. Crew. I love the website I'm reading, but I'm not going to donate to Deadspin. I love my house, but I'm not going to volunteer for…

No, because I don't have any connection to the people who eat at McDonalds. I would volunteer at a marathon because I know the people running it woke up two hours earlier than most people for months so they could get their miles in. I don't care if the race is raising money to fight cancer, or supporting a mega…

They're not idiots- we volunteer at running events because we love running, love supporting other runners, and find pleasure in helping them finish a race.

"And the entrance fees might not need to rise significantly." Oh! If this random guy on the internet doesn't think the costs to run an event will change despite having to pay thousands of more employees, it must be true!

Ah, so you're in college now and have no idea what the real-world is like. That explains everything. Best of luck to you.

They need to earn more because college costs 50K/year, and they have four kids who want to go to Williams. They need more money because the Boys and Girls club in St. Louis needs a new gym, and they want to give as much as they can. They need more money because they don't like the direction the country is heading in,…

You can't be serious, you must be trolling, because nobody is this ignorant. Someone saves millions of lives per year by inventing a cure for cancer, and they deserve the same payment as someone who picks rings up my groceries? Why on earth would someone put their self through the time and effort to cure something…

You're absolutely incorrect. Someone invented the pacemaker, saving millions and millions of lives- they didn't earn that amount of money? Someone invented the web browser you and millions of others are using to post stupid comments on the internet all day- they didn't earn that money? What if someone finds a cure for…

rise in popularity along with the influx of East African marathoners.

5 years? I would love to make a wager. I'll give you the under on 10 years.

Current record is 4:42/mile

Mazda3

Absolutely. The only things I would DEFINITELY add if I were getting that car would be the matte paint, because matte grey paint, and the illuminated MB star, because that's absurd and awesome.

Basically just clicked every option. The car is absurd. It's awesome, but it's absurd.

I just built a $75,000 hatchback....yikes.

your nearest warehouse-cum-gym.

Anyone? Anyone? I'll start....

But do you run shirtless with a heart rate monitor???

22. Runners. While the more ridiculous varieties are laid out above, America's running boom has flooded the streets with a scourge of insufferable bipedal monsters in overpriced athletic gear, all of them unbearable.

On its flaws, one of the more serious is a lack of continuity.