My instinct was to replicate the “theater experience,” and having to look up at my TV seemed the way to do that.

Lemme guess - whoever was lucky enough to exit the correct uterus at the correct time will be installed as the increasingly anachronistic figurehead of a mystifyingly regressive government?

Also, skip the pods. They don’t allow your dishwasher to make full use of the pre-wash step, which should have soap. It can make a huge difference for stuck-on food. Most people who complain about how their dishwasher doesn’t clean properly aren’t using it according to manufacturer’s instructions. Get a good liquid or…

Switching from gas to induction wasn’t a matter of money for me. I didn’t want to heat up my kitchen with open flame, and inhale combustion byproducts while I cooked. I like my lungs.

Seems like that’s a problem for people who go on road trips. The vast majority of people, like me, use their cars primarily for short drives. I could replace my car with an electric vehicle and my life wouldn’t change at all, except not having to go to the gas station every few days. And if I ever wanted to go on a…

I’ll second the Neon. Even when they decided to add the SRT badge to it and create a ridiculously overpowered compact...thing, it was still better than its bigger brothers, the Charger and Challenger. Because it wasn’t a money-grab throwback catering to old men clinging to the past. It was an all-new money-grab…

The Hummer H2 is a ridiculous monstrosity of a vehicle, but it’s so over-the-top and uncool, you have to appreciate it.

Note to Apple fans: No one needs to hear how much better any other OS is because of articles like this. I had to do these things once, and the fact that I can change these things about my OS is in fact a good thing, IMO. I’d rather be able to do with my own hardware and software what I want to do, not what some…

Truly, the most useful kind of comment. Thank you for taking time out of what is surely a very busy day to shower us with the magnificence of your studied insight.

post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS)...the syndrome is still not well understood

If my seat reclines, I’m reclining it. No one else gets to dictate under what circumstances I’m allowed to be comfortable, especially if I’ve paid for the privilege. That said, I will be polite, and if the person behind me asks that I not recline, I will consider, and most likely accommodate, their request. If they put…

Do you...cook the potato? And is it OK if I get the potato from a bag, and not right from the ground?

I like to avoid vinegar with eggs, but yeah, I’m sure Worcestershire does the trick if you don’t mind the acid.

If you’re right, I wonder why I’ve never had a hangover after a night of beer drinking, but a night of cocktails left me wrecked.

Fuck fireworks, and the childish assholes who light them off constantly, actual occasion or no.

I have had the following, that I can remember off hand: Focal Banger, Hazy Little Thing, Juicy Bits, Boomsauce. None of them were palatable. I prefer beers that don’t taste like grassy orange juice.

Did you take a hard line during the great reclining seat debate of 2019? Some people believe that as the seat has the ability to recline, it’s your right to use that ability. The rest of us are good people.

New England IPAs are not even worth getting

Almost every brewery in the world releases beer when it’s ready to be drunk. Sure, there are many beers that are still drinkable, and in fact gain many characteristics that the people who cellar them enjoy, as you point out. But the brewer isn’t going to put out a beer that isn’t ready for consumption, and advocating…

Yeah, it’s almost like some styles are not good candidates for cellaring. So weird. In any case, I’m glad I gave up on NEIPAs and fruited sours years ago. I don’t need to drink either style ever again, and I don’t have to worry about buying something that’s already past its prime, or having a can explode because a…