“I’m a picky eater, so I’m just bringing a sandwich for myself.”

Because an uncaring or immoral god is unworthy of praise or devotion. Why donate your life or your fortune to a god that created the universe and then fucked off?

Oh good to know. It’s been recommended to me for couch coop, but nobody ever mentioned that it was that heavy. My kids would definitely not enjoy that.

As a gamer dad, there are sadly very few couch coop games that make the third controller worth it. It’s good for them each to have one, though, so they can each be responsible for keeping it charged.

Sports games, whichever sports they play. Spider-Man was a big hit, if they can manage to take turns. I’ve heard good things about It Takes Two, but I haven’t bought that one yet.

Of course that’s possible, but it wouldn’t be free. At some point, the person would need to be validated and assigned a private key that’s tied to their identity. That’s the hard part, the time consuming step. And the more automated it is, the easier it would be to spoof and lie.

The problem is validating someone’s review without revealing who wrote it. Reviewers can be pressured or paid to lie if they are not anonymous, but anyone can leave any review if they are anonymous.

Literally every company would be review-bombed, because as soon as Company X gets a few bad reviews, they will bomb Competitor Y, and it snowballs from there. The best companies will be the ones that have the most employees paid to post reviews.

But yeah, let’s do that. Users should learn to separate fact from fiction.

I loved Ted Lasso. I know I’m late to the party on that one, but I only recently watched it and it was very good.

I also enjoyed the Diplomat, and I’m excited for the new season coming.

I’ve been catching up on Star Wars series backlog, which I’m enjoying, but not all of it is good.

Resident Alien was fun.

But there are literally hundreds of other new and recent shows available to suit any taste. Westerns, horror, romance, thrillers, irreverent comedy, family, procedurals, fantasy, whatever you’re into, they are making several shows, many of them good, for you.

It shouldn’t be that easy to eradicate an insect. This feels like “Good news, you don’t have to worry about laundry now that the fire has consumed your house.”

You mean broadcast tv? Only for sports. Cut the cable years ago. Streaming and piracy only, now. There are some amazing shows available right now. Don’t watch the news.

If your definition of “destitute” is having to work for a paycheck, you and I are not on the same page.

I do make maximum contributions, but I also have two kids with college funds and a mortgage that I’m paying down. We’re comfortable, and I consider myself extremely fortunate for the life I’ve built for myself.

Unfortunately, it took me a while to pay off college debts, and then the 2008 crash wiped out a lot of our savings. I don’t expect to ever have enough saved to actually retire.

Max contributions to a ROTH IRA is $7,000. Most people don’t have an extra $7,000 lying around. If you do, chances are you’re already in the top 10%.

This is apt, because I know people who earn six figures but work 60 hours a week and are living paycheck to paycheck. They’re not poor, but they’re not rich.

Old retirees that don’t need to work to live are rich, yes. If they can afford their rent and food and healthcare, they are doing better than 90% of humans on Earth.

For everyone? Do you really believe that?

You are different by your skin color. People are all literally different colors. And because racism exists, that affects every aspect of your existence from the moment you’re born. You cannot overcome racism by saying “let’s just all pretend we’re all the same.”

Set race aside for a minute, because I think you’re trying too hard to be un-racist. Consider height for a bit. Everyone is a different height. It doesn’t make you a good or bad person to be tall or short. Certain things are easier or harder, and people at each height bracket have similar experiences. People also face discrimination based on their height. It is discriminatory to make assumptions about a person’s qualities based on their height, but it is not discrimination to identify people as taller, shorter, or average height. Pretending height difference don’t exist will not counteract height discrimination, and in fact will foster attitudes that do not account for individual differences.

But being black or white is part of who they are. By ignoring their race, you are in fact devaluing who they are as a person. Black and white are different. Not better, not worse, and not limited to preconceived definitions.

It’s like the Stephen Colbert bit where he pretended he couldn’t see color. It was humorous because he acted like it made him anti-racist, but actually it was extremely racist. Your original point is the sort of well-meaning pandering naivete he was satirizing.

So we stop it by pretending it doesn’t happen? Act like nobody experiences discrimination, and they won’t? Forgive me, but that’s incomprehensible logic.

Racism isn’t acknowledging differences, it’s demanding them. And demanding we treat everyone the same ignores the reality that different races live. We stop racism by celebrating our differences and learning from each other so that we might be more open to each other. To pretend we’re all the same is to ignore that which makes us special, and it is racism to expect the same from everyone regardless of their life experiences.

I’m not sure who you mean by “you people” but that sounds kind of racist.

No but seriously, I don’t think it’s racist at all to describe shared experiences, as long as you don’t presume to know someone’s life experiences by the color of their skin. For instance, a lot of black people experience police discrimination in America. Being pulled over for no reason, needing to stay calm and respectful in the face of fascism, these are normal, common experiences that can traumatize a person. Talking about those experiences with people who have lived them can help you process and heal from the trauma.

A white person can also be pulled over by police for no reason. It could be because of the way they look. They may have been afraid that the police would randomly decide to murder them in broad daylight. This experience can happen to anyone, but because it disproportionately happens to black people, they are able to discuss it in short hand. “You been pulled over?” “Yeah, DWB. Motherfuckers.”

Two white people would not have the same conversation. “I got pulled over.” “Speeding?” “No, no reason at all.” “That happened to me once. Broken tailight, the cop was really nice about it.” “No, man, like he seemed angry and suspicious, and I thought he was going to arrest me or shoot me or something.” “For real?! That’s wild. You should call a lawyer and sue his ass.”

It’s not racist to describe these two realities. It’s not racist to ask about these experiences to learn from other cultures. It is racist to assume that these experiences are universal. You couldn’t say for sure that these are the experiences of a particular individual based on their race.