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I am bullish on autonomous vehicles (and I don't necessarily say that cheerfully as I am in the insurance industry & my job would probably go away). But there is just so much money that could be made (or saved) by self-driving vehicles - I think when the stack of dollars gets big… Read More

My twist on your prediction: Modern 1st-world civilization (i.e. the air-conditioned, internet-enabled, take-out-fueled lifestyle most westerners take for granted) = very likely to end within 200 years. But humanity quietly lives on because there are enough remote pockets of humans… Read More

When Trump started campaigning in 2015, my "calling it now" was that we were about 35 years away from people floating Paris Hilton as president material. Honestly the way her media presence has shifted in the last few years, it doesn't even sound as weird to say it as it still did… Read More

Those stories drive me bonkers. Companies will complain about worker shortages, but drag out a job opening for a year+ waiting for a unicorn employee who wants minimal salary, needs 0 training, and supposedly will work there forever. My uncle had a similar (less-tragic) experience… Read More

Right - plus they're on their way home from actual battle, where presumably, it was even harder to use the bathroom? Or did the French set up nice little porta-potties along the beaches of Normandy? I admit when I read about old battles like Gettysburg that went on for 2-3 days,… Read More

Watters is a fountain of insane opinions.

It's one of my favorite cases of word evolution because it's an adverb that evolved to mean the complete opposite of its core definition. Like, imagine if the word "quickly" came to be used as 'slowly' in popular parlance.

One of the few things I remember from a law class I took in college was that many signs, as well as signed waivers, don't actually hold up. Posting signs / requiring waivers doesn't give a business permission to be negligent, especially in cases where there's an established "best… Read More

Sometimes the rules of the road are: whoever cares less about dents & dings, wins!

Oh for sure - I am the same as you, and I also respect that people have all sorts of other location preferences. I think my point was that lots of people prefer the suburban life despite knowing the drawbacks. So I don't blame that on Evil Capitalism; I think it's just a preference.… Read More