To each their own, but I think the last thing BotW needed is a hunger mechanic. Arrow crafting I can get behind, but between hearts, stamina, weapon durability, and temperature, there’s enough stuff to manage in the game already. I think a hunger mechanic would have been one too many impediments to the adventuring and…

I dunno, hunger seems like it would distract too much from the exploration without adding much benefit to the game. As it stands now, you can explore to your heart’s content, with the only issues being environmental. Desert heat, extreme cold, the air is fire, WHY IS IT RAINING AGAIN MID-CLIMB?, etc.

It really does…

Good, though I won’t give Apple props. They’ve spent years ignoring the gambling-like mechanics and psychology used on lootboxes while kids spent hundreds, or thousands falling to predators.

Many “touchless” places recycle their water which still ends up media blasting your car. Especially in places with strict conservation laws (like CA) these things are basically just as bad.

Did you read the article?

The #1 most productive a company can do is keep its employees happy. Offer competitive wages, generous vacation time, encourage family time and holidays.

> I mean we all have penises and vaginas

That’s what you call a teachable moment. “Dude, not in your backyard. Do you WANT to get caught? Don’t you have a working garbage disposal?”

A practical follow-up on not having high expectations: If you’re using a dating app, don’t message each other more than a handful of times before meeting up for a quick coffee at a public place (or a drink, if you drink, but NOT dinner! This is just a quick meetup!). An extended period of messaging only allows you to…

That has to be a decision within your family. Don’t make it alone. Sometimes the answer is to wait. Sometimes it’s to proceed. It’s personal and unique to each family and circumstance. But I have seen multiple cases where young children were already in place (from placements and from the parent’s natural birth) when…

As a foster/adoptive parent to kids 19, 17, and 5 (all adopted), the key to this is open communication. Tell your kids that you want to open your home to someone who has been through things they may never have experienced. Get their input. They are a part of your team making a home for the foster child. When the…

Not quite. It’s only 300% *more* performance for a total of 400%.

One of the (many, many) reasons our country is turning into garbage is this idea that it’s not okay to just not work. It’s okay to not work on the weekends! It’s okay to take your allotted vacation time! If you want to take that from me you’ll have to take it from my cold, dead hands!

This is the rational version of that ‘advice.’

I love everything about this article and I don’t even have kids! It seems like the potential for a pet can drive up the excitement factor, coupled with the bonus of allowing the kid to participate in choosing the actual animal (in addition to discussing all of the things mentioned). You can still have the big moment…

“If you please Mr. Scrooge...all the other businesses will be closed on Christmas, you’ll have no one else to do business with. You’ll just be wasting expensive coal for the fire.”

Definitely. I don’t think that’s what Hubbard had in mind, and I stand by my snark, but I’m 100% on board with choosing to work those quiet days [he typed, eating lunch at his desk on 12/19]. But it’s not because I’m trying get ahead or outrun Usain Bolt or whatever.

Lots of snark in the replies, but I will add one thing. If you’re someone who works a lot better when people aren’t bothering you, the last two weeks of the year are great for getting stuff done. I preferred to take my time off in the spring and summer.

I can also redline the engine in my car. Normally it runs about 1500 rpm, so pushing it to 6000 rpm all the time should net me 400% more performance than the sucker in the next lane.

Work harder, so your customers have more unopened emails from you in their inbox than from the competition when they return in January!