When NAFTA was being negotiated, any leaks were quickly followed by massive lobbying by whatever affected industry. At least in principle, negotiations occur in secret to reduce outside pressure from various special interest groups. Negotiators have a hard enough time without, say, Big Corn Syrup calling their bosses’…

I’m amused by people on both sides of issues like this. Wanna use B.C.? No problem. Prefer B.C.E.? More power to you. If it bothers you that I use one, or the other, or switch between both of them in a short period of time, that’s nice; I don’t care.

I said our eyes are very good at picking out red. They are designed to pick out red better than any other color.

Is this the same fire, or a different one?

A lot of players never made it to the end of Battletoads, Dark Souls, or Super Hexagon. Does that mean that those are all games where you’re not supposed to reach the goal?

Right, so, clearly a totally different prompt. Analogy doesn’t hold.

The main goal provided is to get to the center of the galaxy.

It’s been publicized before that the main goal offered by the game is to get to the center of the galaxy. You will be given motivation to do so, but you can still continue playing after you’ve achieved that.

Donkey Kong did not launch the Mario Bros. franchise. It is only tangentially related by sharing one of the two Mario brothers—Luigi is not present in Donkey Kong. And officially, the main character of Donkey Kong is Jumpman, not Mario. He was retroactively renamed Mario.

“...That’s not pizza grease.”

The difference is that the Saudi prince himself has a shit ton of money and complete freedom to use it however he likes (mostly, to get away). Also, there’s a fair chance that he himself has some sort of diplomatic immunity.

If the clue had been:

The comparison was between Colbert and Kimmel, not Colbert and Pewdiepie.

The rules change regarding whether state-issued ID is accepted or not, but it does not change the fact that you are not legally required to provide ID to travel. It’s just a heck of a lot easier to do so.

Time to dust off this video.

I believe your state lawmakers are working on an optional enhanced driver’s license that complies with federal law. Alternatively, you also might want to consider getting a passport card. No need to worry about losing your real passport if you’re just traveling inside the U.S., or driving to Canada.

I hate all mobile OSes equally. I just don’t feel like rebuying all of my apps.

“I can’t believe I’m going along with this.”