Yeah, when I need a bottle for something, I usually have to go buy something that comes in a bottle specifically for that purpose.

This guy is clearly acting like an asshole. A mild case of Asperger's can manifest as a tendency to overanalyze at times, and a deficit in reading extraverbal cues. It does not explain someone exhibiting such controlling and stalkerlike behaviors as this. If he were just on the autism spectrum, he could easily turn…

Wow, are you guys really internet diagnosing someone with something based on a single email and a character from a sitcom?

Oh, I read a lot too, but still, I got zinged by the 12 ounce "pounds" a few times, and lots of times end up clicking on some software control thinking it's supposed to conform to some specific interface standard, even though it's clearly labeled otherwise.

People rely on visual cues and other little semiotic shorthand for a whole lot more than they probably realize.

Ha ha, wow. You start out with a completely unsubstantiated "You are wrong," then respond to an actual study (of data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) by dismissing and not even reading it because it's on a website funded by the Trial Lawyers of America. Then, you make the ridiculous and…

Yes, I am familiar with that argument.

Tort reform measures do not actually reduce insurance premiums. They just improve profits for the insurance companies and make it harder for people with legitimate claims to get compensation.

While I am in complete agreement that people are terrible and need to stop it right now, I have to point out that people on shows like this aren't a random sample of the population. They're a sample of the subset of the population that wants attention so badly that they'll let a reality show follow them around and…

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My mom was always pretty OK with computers.

Happily, I have the nicest family in the world, and nobody abuses our time or anything, but I am in IT and my boyfriend is a lawyer, so we help out sometimes when we can.

I figured out a pretty good passive aggressive trick a few years ago. I had a neighbor who would regularly corner us and just blah blah blah about ridiculously boring things for literally hours sometimes, and extricating yourself politely was almost impossible. I didn't dislike him or anything, and I understood that…

It doesn't sound funny at all, no. It sounds horrible and I'm mad at your wife and her whole family for blowing it off.

Similarly, I research just about everything I'm interested in before I make a purchase, play out use case scenarios, long-term maintenance and durability, things like that; and ultimately, I end up not buying most of the things I was considering. And of the things I do buy, I end up using them for much longer than…

It's really not cool to turn over someone else's contact information to a third party without their permission; so please make sure everyone is opted in to this first.

Yeah, I understand your meaning, and I don't think you were being racist. It's just that the term 'ghetto' often has racist connotations in its modern usage, as it often refers to racially segregated areas.

I consider it classist, with some mild and likely unintended racist undertones, to call DIY solutions 'ghetto.' People who have smart phones to mount on their bikes aren't coming up with solutions like this because they're too poor to afford an off-the-shelf product. They're doing it because they're smart enough to…

I think they're probably already aware that there's a vocal contingent here on Lifehacker that is inordinately obsessed with keeping up the appearance of middle-classedness.

I've tried the Oogoo, and it's very cool. However, for most of my needs, it's a little much. It's messy and fidgety (you have to tweak the proportions and experiment to get it the way you need it), and after my initial Sugru All The Things phase, I really only need a little bit at a time.