Does it? Or is it just silly to refute safety measures by saying that some people don’t need them? Most people don’t need their seatbelts on their drives because seatbelts aren’t for when everyone is doing the right thing.

perfect is the enemy of good

I seriously thought this post was satire because I can’t fathom someone saying saving thousands of lives at the mere cost of a few seconds of inconvenience a few times a day (literally, maybe thirty seconds a day) was a serious thought uttered by a rational person. But then you trotted that tired exercise and fast…

Sure. It’s that simple. I like those “I retired $40k in debt” articles that then go on to explain how they cut back on Starbucks and went out for dinner less and refinanced the apartment building their parents gave them under more favorable terms. Or, like Bill Gates, who just happened to have his mother be on the…

Teaching the basics of money does nothing to help people who are desperate. They are poor, they aren’t fucking stupid. Most of them know what’s up, but they don’t feel they have a choice. They are grasping at straws with the hope that somehow they can pay it off in time. Allowing people to prey on that desperation is…

I know what you’re trying to say, but I can’t agree.

Something a lot of commenters tend to omit is the fact that by the time you override, it’s too late. That’s the problem with Level 2: Everything’s fine until you’re teetering on a Jersey Barrier.