“The Algorithm’ is insidious, and I’m getting less and less happy with blaming the algorithm rather than YouTube directly. The ‘decisions’ that the algorithm makes are 100% driven by the operating objectives of YouTube management.   The fact that they game the algorithm to punish established creators is not new, but…

You are totally right, but if he wants to play the pedantic game, the eastern side of the city of Pittsburgh would not capitalize east, so east Pittsburgh area. Since East is a formal part of the name of East Pittsburgh,then Shaun was 100% correct in using East Pittsburgh area, as presumably the multiple calls he…

They may have gotten rid of the swimsuits, but they haven’t shed their damaging opinions about women’s bodies and they haven’t even made superficial overtures to being size inclusive.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Punishing a whole platoon if one dude f’s up, everyone gets punished. I don’t see why it should be any different when it is civilian society imposing the punishment instead of the chain of command.

The best thing they did for the brand was convince kids that juuling is somehow different than smoking and vaping.

Well you’re in luck, since Disney already owns Marvel studios and just bought Fox, there is a non-zero chance of the Fox owned characters being rebooted into the MCU.

S’ok. I actually downloaded the Erica Jayne zero fucks song, for when I need it. It’s a very very bad song, but sometimes you need a soundtrack to your witholding of fucks.

It’s only 2 weeks, 13 days technically. It’s CBS’s answer to NBC’s Olympic coverage.

From the way you have commented in this thread I agree with your principal. You don’t get respect because you don’t give it and your students are smart enough to see right through you.

Yeah, I will give you the example of my 1st grade teacher who held me in from recess every single day of the school year because I was an advanced reader and preferred chapter books to picture books. Her rationale was that because I couldn’t finish my book during reading time, then I should stay in from recess to…

Have Amazon lockers even been a thing long enough for any sort of usage stats to be compiled yet? This seems like an expansion of that idea, but in a much creepier way, wrapped in a convenience package.

My office building has a locker and I can’t say I see it getting much use.

Thank you! Star for you for your superior Star Trek ranking skills.

Not to be too cynical or anything, but did you make sure the ticket got cancelled? Cause that is tied to your license plate and you shouldn’t have to pay for the theif’s bad parking.

I have been boycotting all Gawker properties since before the stupid Hulk Hogan trial. I was doing so good too. But then I found VSB literally 2 days before they announced the move to The Root. So I am here for them, but only them.

Just spreading the word that Levar Burton has a Reading Rainbowesque podcast for adults now called Levar Burton Reads. Fairly new, just started in June.

I would love to move to Burlington except for one major deal breaker WINTER! Last year in Boston was bad enough, I’m not signing up for that brand of torture on an every year basis.

I paid $12.50 for a matinee show just last week.

From what has been published about this reorganization, it has been abundantly clear to me that I am not the reader that Gawker Media wants. They have cut every single thing that I have bookmarked, and I will be left with the empty shell of stuff I clicked on once I was done with the best content. It is interesting to…

BULLSHIT! She said no twice, the family wouldn’t stop harassing her, dragged her name through the mud so she relented. Then they got all bitchy about her saying no before. I’m sorry no fucking 3 year old idolized Ina Garten that was for the mother’s benefit. Fuck that family!

Everytime I see Make-a-Wish and their families try to shame people in the media for not participating it sours me on the charity as a whole. There are countless reasons people may have not to participate.