That last point is why I couldn’t play Fallout 4. My son was kidnapped, my spouse was killed, and I need to find out who did it and where they are! Right after I save a library, build a town, and solve some detective mysteries, I guess.

or estimated net worth

Walmart credit card. They don’t need to estimate when you willingly provide it.

Where do you charge them?

“Not admissible because it was illegally captured” didn’t give me the warm-and-fuzzies this comment sounds like it should’ve.

The pressure of the water against the door would’ve prevented her from opening it regardless of the door’s mechanical features or power supply issues.

The windows not shattering is absolutely a Tesla design flaw, but there’s no way that woman was ever going to open a door from inside a submerged car.

It’s funny how recognizing the legitimacy of the world court would just instantly remove one of the world’s biggest problems.

I remember saying this about George W twenty years ago.

difficult to pin down what they really want

They want to vote for Trump and not have to tell anyone they did. It’s why Trump won in 2016 despite the polling.

They’re saying there was no measurable change in their lives driven by political leadership in the last 16 years? They’re arguing in bad faith.

This is not a joke, they believe this.

Except for the 78% of Conservatives in support of IVF. This article is literally about Republican lawmakers scrambling because everyone is in favor of IVF.

if your goal as a parent is to maximize success of your children.

“Success” is very subjective.

I have a problem if I owe the bank a thousand dollars. The bank has a problem if I owe them a million dollars.

Wait, so you’re hoping that the American government is covertly manipulating the roughly 1 in 3 Americans who watch the Superbowl expressly to retain the incumbents power because it means we’d avoid a fascist autocracy?

Ah, the Andrew Cuomo gambit. I’m familiar.

3/5 of a vote. They are only people when it adds political power.

I wish I’d bought a new washer/dryer before he pissed off China with that pointless trade war. Prices doubled overnight and have not come back down.

It’s classic Two Santas from the Republicans again.

In your opinion, who is worse?

That’s a bad take. The case actually affirmed business judgement rule: the idea that the guy running the company knows how to run it better than the shareholders. It’s part of why post-war America is considered the golden age of American manufacturing: Publicly traded companies invested in their employees and wages exploded across the board. A 100 year old court decision isn’t the primary driver on a problem that’s really only developed in the last forty or fifty years.

My BIL is a Catholic Libertarian. Almost forty and still lives with Mom and Dad, so he never had the brush with reality that your friend went through. He thinks he’s politically savvy and always wants “civil debate” with me, but he’s utterly insufferable.

I’m not looking forward to Thanksgiving next week.

Future Me has more experience and wisdom than Present Me. There’s no reason I should do anything when such a better-suited candidate will inevitably emerge.