You need to be childless, an only child, and friendless, to have no reference point for what troubles parents can have navigating cities, as it looks like some of the angrier replies to this reasonable complaint here do.

People knock endurance sports as stupid, but whatever sense of toughness it convinces oneself you have sure beats the hell out of 'look at me, putting up with crap infrastructure because I am a badass.'

Apropos of nothing, but remember medical marijuana? Absolutely wild that we pretended that we needed to liberalize marijuana laws on behalf of people with glaucoma or whatever. marijuanamoment.net/doordash-will-…

The terms on which Chicago lost its title as 'big city with most embarassingly stupid mayor ill suited to deal with its long term risks' are not what I wanted.

The real issue is that we've built a society where the normal, expected, on-rails path involves 16 years of education, after which the rails abruptly end without setting people up for success. Either we end the societal expectation of college or we offer a clear path to a job.

If you found the recent round of career discourse and Panda Express exhilarating, LinkedIn has always been that and several other kinds of insipid posts. It even has its own particular brand of Indians being awful/scummy!

'BRICS' following the path of 'Third World' as going from idea to weak institution to synonym for 'poor' is quite funny. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Not only is there both a Ziz and Zyzz cult, but the latter is kind of pro-steroid usage and still more wholesome than the other.

My people value meal prep too.

The ideal end to the Luigi thing is him being ruled insane, spends 5 years in a psychiatric institute, released as he is proven himself stable and sane, repudiates his actions and shows genuine remorse, but still has shrines made to him by polycules of idiots.

Using the word 'bro' derisively is a half step from using 'commrade' sincerely and affectionately.

Saying this with love, but I assume the most bribable papal elector has to be the archbishop of Chicago.

If assassinations or politicized murders are going to become more common, I would at least like to see the CEO of a shrimp harvesting firm killed by an effective altruist.

Including the national origin of the reporter in the headline suggest some relevance to the story like the bullet being stopped by a bottle of Ozempic they kept in their coat pocket or the bullet knocking their dental fillings made of Lego pieces loose.

Few lies have eroded my sense of trust quite like these two messages. No I have not reached the monthly limit of a website I have never visited and you have no intention of letting me stay signed in.