If the cruise line industry were to shut down, people would still be going on vacation and spending their money.... so the net impact on the U.S. economy might be neutral. This is kind of like saying Walmart adds jobs when they come to a small town.... not really at all since the locals were already buying their…

The airlines are not remotely as bad as the cruise ships. It's not even comparable really especially when you take pollution and all the shady maritime law shit into account. Fuck the cruise industry. 

Tough shit, Florida. Those billions of dollars can find somewhere else to go, maybe even into something that isn't destroying the planet.

Finally some good news—the completely frivolous cruise industry does not get squat—cool.

So, I did a paper in college about the cruise industry and IIRC, it was 30 years ago, a ship that stops consecutively in US ports needs to be US flagged. That’s why the cruise from SF to Alaska stops in Canada. As I recall, the savings of registering off shore is massive. I say “Fuck you” to the lines. But, I think…

These floating sewage barges/ocean trash generators should fail. I know people have short memories, but I wonder if they will be able to attract back lost business when this calms down. I never understood the thrill of being locked on one of these for days. Now I can’t imagine who would take the risks going forward. Th…

Build ships in non-US shipyards? Fuck you!

Thank you for the explainer on the shady cruise industry. I am going to miss your snark and jalop knowledge. Business Outsider doesn't deserve you.

I think I am the least aesthetically pleasing cook in existence. Most of my food comes out tasting great, but my GOD it’s ugly. I’ve long felt like I should start a blog called something like “Holy Shit, What Went Wrong?” just to show people how hideous my cooking is.

Or substantially less. Both Harvard and Stanford are need-blind. Anyone who goes to either and their family makes less than $150k, it get’s pretty cheap pretty fast.

Damn PJ.  I know you were rooting for him to go.  If that’s what’s good, I’m not sure these HBCUs have a chance.  And if Morehouse can’t pull it off, what about these smaller HBCUs with even less resources?  This can’t be good.

It’s painful, but he made the right decision. I don’t know how colleges expect students to continue going into such high debt when they’ve seen what student loans have done millennials.

Live by the sword, die by the sword: all of the metrics Trump uses to measure himself are useless to him in a pandemic. Money, crowds - gone.

I had to come back to my desk and ask this... if being a landlord is wrong, and land lords shouldn’t exist... then who is going to pay for homes? Are we saying that we should only have single family homes. if not if we are OK with apartment buildings then who is going to pay for and build those apartment buildings? I…

So wealthy people shouldn’t own residential buildings? Who should then only corporations? I don’t see your reasoning for outing their business decisions. 

Newsflash: with the way America’s “economy” is structured, if you’re paying into a 401k, have a sizable savings account, or what have you, chances are, you’re also a landlord to one degree or another. You own shares of dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of properties across the US. You bought into the housing…

Coldest take in the history of the Internet. Quarantine boredom doesn’t excuse baseless libel. 

Where are the abortion clinic protesters?! Are they out patrolling, pushing people back into their homes with human blockades and bullhorns ensuring everyone stays inside protecting the sanctity of life?!

This has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever read, not just on this site but any site.

Wow, this Is stupid. So If people shouldn’t own land or buildings, what should they do? Rent forever (thereby supporting the evil villains who own the property) or just squat eternally in whatever random house they can find? How secure! Let me just roll my eyes forever at this white nonsense.