Without getting too deep into this admittedly stupid policy, there are people who simply won’t undertake any sort of dental treatment, and their refusal isn’t rooted in phobia. There are people who intentionally manipulate their teeth and/or tongues to look “untraditional”. Those people don’t meet any definition of…

To me, this is less of a “men are terrible” thing than, “the men I chose to spend time with/have sex with/have children with/marry were terrible, and I’m out of gas because I don’t even know how to identify a person who is genuinely interested in me as a person, so I’m out”.

Only if you’re entering your local low self-esteem contest and need a leg up on the competition.

Auto wipers, seat warmers and ventilated seats, heated steering wheels - - all game changers. Sure, seats that can be adjusted in 347 ways are nice, and power windows are an essential, but adaptive cruise and automatic wipers did more to relieve my hot-button driving frustrations than anything. There’s something…

Once upon a time, I would have said an ‘83 Saab 900S. Of course, I bought 4 more Saabs, all of which ran me around 175k relatively trouble-free miles save for a couple of clutches and brake repairs.

It’s possible to still be a capitalist and acknowledge that Google has precisely zero need to impose “grind” culture. Grind culture is artificial in every sense. Anyone who puts together a project knows what resources are likely going to be needed, what the probable cost of those resources are, and a reasonable…

I’m sort of at a loss as to what the expectations are, here. Nepotism has existed forever; many people see it is a perk of success. In other words if one has hit a certain level of professional success that affords access and a leg up to one’s kid (in any field), who is not going to try to help their kid, especially…

How about de-gloving a finger or two after getting a wedding ring caught on a drop ceiling track when jumping down? You wouldn’t believe how often that happens every year...someone sees an unseated tile, gets up on their chair to fix it, jumps/falls off, leaves a bit of their hand in the ceiling.

I spent 20 years overseeing large workers’ compensation programs nationwide, including for several airlines. The constellation of stupid things people do that cause injury is so vast that if one doesn’t appreciate statistics at the start, one will eventually. You cannot train away human frailty; the most experienced…

I believe you know what they were implying, which is far from the reality of her life.

Don’t ever buy a car that’s been in a flood. Insurance companies total’em for a reason.

The answer is regulated capitalism. Every other system fails because we are inherently capitalist; unless we somehow do away with avarice, we will always have people seeking wealth and power. We’ve proven to ourselves that pure capitalism isn’t the answer, nor are mercantilism, socialism or communism, because each…

I thought Trevor brought an interesting perspective as someone who lived under apartheid. I work with a large number of west-Africans and there’s palpable differences between how they view the world and how their African-American colleagues view the world. Obviously, America’s ongoing treatment of black people as an…

He shot someone. Actually, first he wanted to make her “dance”, then he shot her. What an asshole. 

Fucking auto dealers...

Her mother, not her. I’m not “straight outa West Belfast” because my father grew up there.

Are you kidding? His dad killed himself at the age of 21. He did not leave money or security. He grew up in Albuquerque, for Christ’s sake. The dude may have used his name, but who wouldn’t if it would help them get a job that was crazy competitive? He’s also been steadily employed in more than one field throughout a…

This is the country where, once Markle’s mixed-race heritage became known, the Daily Mail put out a frontpage blaring “(almost) Straight outa Compton!” It’s also the country where the Princess of Kent showed up to lunch with Markle wearing a Blackmoor broach. (look that shit up). It’s the country where on national…

I think it’s possible that some men aren’t “refusing” to date women their age for fear of expectations of parity in a relationship. There can be other considerations - many men are able to have children in their 40's (and look, I get it, it’s not fair but it’s also biology) and want to have families, having sacrificed…

Beyond the fact that younger women have agency and are perfectly able to consent to such relationships is the fact that lots of younger women actually pursue such relationships. I’ve been on the other end of that sort of situation; it is tremendously confusing. On one hand, you have to consider whether you’re being…