I think you’re way overrating how much attention the “general public” is paying to the minute details of politics. We’re almost 18 full months from the next election. Anybody who’s paying serious attention to Congressional committee hearings this far out is almost certainly serious enough on politics that they already …

Depends what you mean by “vents”.

Given the amount of free time the Kings always have in May and early June, you’d think they would have figured this out years ago.

It’s pay to win if the only way to get an in-game item that affects gameplay is to pay for it. Period, end of statement.

Usually I get calls from numbers similar to mine on both cell and landline.

Defining the transactions really is the key part though. While there are certainly obvious cases on either side that few-if-any people would argue with, there’s a vast degree of judgment involved in picking transactions.

The original article actually had dividend stocks as the third highest ‘recommended’ option (out of 8) - just behind “real estate crowdsourcing” and “creating your own products”*. Nicole’s summary seemed to focus mostly on real estate (possibly because ‘rental properties’ are what many people first think of for passive…

obligating your fake invites to giving you a gift when you’re doing this type of wedding specifically so they won’t show up

#1: it’s more expensive for everyone you did invite and want to come. Some of them probably won’t come because of expense.

Yeah, this is really the thing. If you want to do a destination wedding, that’s fine; it’s your day, you do whatever you want...but you need to realize that there will absolutely be people who you do really want at your wedding that will not be able to attend.

Whether or not the company would change their terms of service doesn’t actually matter under contract law.

This deal in particular no, but Costco does have packages for Universal Orlando (and Disney World too). One of my in-laws goes to either Universal or Disney every year and absolutely swears by Costco’s vacations as a way to save money. And more generally, a few of my friends planned their individual honeymoons through…

From a practical perspective, sure.

Because (a) it’s entirely legal to do so and (b) you agreed that they could when you bought the ticket.

Part of my frustration is that I am a huge introvert and don’t mind being alone (quite the opposite, I relish downtime and doing my own thing) so my own personality is a major factor in all of this.

In the early 2010s after LeBron left and all the teams were simultaneously garbage, there was actually a bunch of (semi-serious) discussion as to whether Ohio should pass a special law exempting athletes from state income tax so that the teams could use that as a selling point to be a better draw for free agents.…

The bulk of the 2028 Games will be privately funded, though the city and state are on the hook for cost overruns. [...] The committee has very ambitious sponsorship and ticket sales goals

I know way too many people* who named their pets “Espen” after the network and/or that commercial.

A regular feature of Coach Bud’s time in Atlanta was playoff flameouts

Absolutely - I listen to podcasts exclusively at 1.5x speed and I legitimately can’t listen to podcasts at 1.0x speed any more because it feels like they’re talking glacially slowly.