I think you’re underestimating “civilian biplane” here. This thing isn’t an antique, it’s designed for aerobatics. It’s got a huge engine relative to its weight, and can probably accelerate when it’s pointed straight up.

If you can’t see more than 20 feet in front of you (including the neighboring lanes), it’s reckless to drive 40 mph.

I think the problem with putting it in terms of “They would just rather spend the money on something rather than save it” is that most people don’t think of their major spending decisions as spending decisions at all. For most people, it’s not Starbucks or eating out that’s busting their budget, it’s that they’re…

This is interesting, thanks for all the details!

Yeah, but we got bored of it. The standard now is, “you can dope, or you can be an asshole, but not both.”

Dog bites man.

Replay is good.

One underrated benefit of Roth IRAs: the contribution limits are effectively higher, since after-tax dollars are more valuable than pre-tax dollars. So even if you’re in a slightly lower tax bracket in the future, you have more of your savings growing tax-free over the next few decades, so you can still come out ahead.

I thought Shaq stopped playing cop after terrorizing that family.

To me, financial freedom means (in the long term) being able to think about money as little as possible.

I bring a throwaway water bottle with me when I’m in the parks, and fill it up at the water fountains. Public drinking fountains are generally pretty safe, and Disney’s generally above-average with respect to cleaning and maintenance. Also, since most people think like you, there really aren’t that many people using…

Yeah, this is usually part of why I get dehydrated when traveling. My normal supplies of safe water get disrupted, so I drink a lot less.

Good debt is debt with better marketing behind it.

In my experience, the water thing is key. Travel generally leaves me dehydrated, and most of my strange travel-related symptoms are resolved by catching up on water.

Nope :)

“Should you invest in _____?”

1. Don’t. Whatever you were going to do last week, do that same thing this week.

Isn’t that basically what half the articles on Lifehacker (especially the personal finance part) are about?

Or maybe we’re just lucky that the people who kept records in the 1950s only recognized athletes who met their standard of amateurism, and the first person to run a 4 minute mile happened to be someone who never raced for money.

The first rich white Englishman to run a 4 minute mile, anyway.