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• Commented on Michigan College Cancels New Pornographers Show Because It Doesn't Want To Promote Porn By Association
  Everything you need to know about the culture of western Michigan, you can learn from this one headline. Beautiful scenery, ugly fundamentalist Christians....
• Commented on HFCS Rebranding As "Corn Sugar"
  "Furry" gets thrown around a lot as a random insult, on the Internet. It's the equivalent of a grade school kid calling another kid "gay."...
• Commented on HFCS Rebranding As "Corn Sugar"
  Furry = Weird/Kinky Furry != Dumb The problem isn't that they're a furry, it's that they're a conspiracy theorist. They probably think vaccines cause autism, too....
• Commented on HFCS Rebranding As "Corn Sugar"
  I hope you're avoiding melons, tree fruits, berries, and honey, then, because they also contain lots of fructose....
• Commented on Court Says Man Can't Be Fired For "Stealing" 2 Cents Of Electricity From Work
  It's very hard to fire people in Germany. They probably were looking for an excuse to get rid of him....
• Commented on Spike TV: Home Of The 10-Minute Commercial Breaks
  MTV has had really long commercial breaks since at least the 1990s...I can remember taping stuff off there and trying to pause out the commercials, and finding my VCR's pause mode would time out before the commercial break ended....
• Commented on Pregnant Traveler: TSA Screeners Bullied Me Into Full-Body Scan
  If you start to act in any way they see as "difficult," in my experience, the TSA agent will threaten to call the cops. Once you get to that stage you're not making your flight, so most people back down....
• Commented on Comcast Won't Give Me TV Service Because I'm A Home Business Customer
  Farther down she admits she violates them herself, so I'm guessing she just ignores them, like 99% of Comcast's customers. I mean, what's the worst they can do? Shut off your service? It's down half the time anyway, in my...
• Commented on Comcast Won't Give Me TV Service Because I'm A Home Business Customer
  Comcast has been steadily switching off clear QAM on their systems, so you may not have that option for long, unfortunately....
• Commented on Comcast Won't Give Me TV Service Because I'm A Home Business Customer
  Maybe the terms of service need to be updated, then? Doing a VPN for work purposes is not "non-commercial use" by most people's understanding of the term....
• Commented on Comcast Won't Give Me TV Service Because I'm A Home Business Customer
  Price, I'm guessing. Business class services are usually considerably more expensive, because there's an assumption that businesses have deep pockets. The trade-off is that business accounts get much better customer service, in my experience....
• Commented on Write On Your Hard Drive, Kill The Warranty
  I've RMA'd drives to Western Digital that had Sharpie marks on them (more often then not, the word "BAD") without a problem. However, I've always marked on the paper label, which may be the difference -- when they refurbish a...
• Commented on McDonald's Alienates San Francisco Homeless By Raising Dollar Menu By $.50
  There's at least one fast food restaurant that I avoid going to because there are always smelly homeless people sitting around in it....
• Commented on Which Transaction Is Faster For Small Purchases: Cash Or Credit?
  I've found the pay pass things don't usually work. I think they weren't very popular so no one bothers to maintain them....
• Commented on Which Transaction Is Faster For Small Purchases: Cash Or Credit?
  +1 I still often pay cash, though. I feel weird whipping out a credit card for a purchase under $10....
• Commented on Why Your Cocktail Waitress Hates You
  Yeah, good luck with that. We're *all* service workers now....
• Commented on Why Your Cocktail Waitress Hates You
  IT professionals bitching about their jobs is a long-standing tradition on the Internet, but you're right, it's not Consumerist material. One great example: http://www.gull.us/humor/sysadmin.html...
• Commented on Why Your Cocktail Waitress Hates You
  Unlike waitressing, those professions get respect....
• Commented on $230,000 Ferraris Recalled For Being So Hot They Could Burst Into Flames
  If I had one it would be a nice lawn ornament. I mean, even if someone gave me the car, there's no way I could afford the maintenance......
• Commented on $230,000 Ferraris Recalled For Being So Hot They Could Burst Into Flames
  It "incorporates mechanical fasteners and glue." Meaning they have normal screws or pins or whatever holds it on, but they've also glued the joint. This is pretty common on high-end cars; it makes the assembly stiffer with very little increase...
• Commented on $230,000 Ferraris Recalled For Being So Hot They Could Burst Into Flames
  Well, there goes their Consumer Reports "Best Buy" rating!...
• Commented on Airport Installs 40-Foot-Tall Twister Slide
  Yeah, and if they find any contraband, you not only miss your flight, you also get the death penalty....
• Commented on Airport Installs 40-Foot-Tall Twister Slide
  Well, it's Singapore. If you make a mess, they probably cane you....
• Commented on How Not To Save Money On Life Insurance
  *Become a private pilot -- Most companies will only write insurance for private pilots if there's an exclusion for dying in a plane crash....
• Commented on Zagg Offers Free Shipping To Continental U.S., Mer-people Of Lake Michigan
  Yeah, I remember that for a long time UPS's service map didn't include the U.P.!...
• Commented on Gas Pump Programmed To Say "An American Company. No Terrorist Gas!!!"
  The important thing is, we can't trust him because he's a closet Muslim who follows a radical black Christian preacher!...
• Commented on Gas Pump Programmed To Say "An American Company. No Terrorist Gas!!!"
  I dunno..."Al-berta" sounds kinda terrorist-y to me!...
• Commented on Gas Pump Programmed To Say "An American Company. No Terrorist Gas!!!"
  I always figure signs and messages like this are saying, "if you don't agree with my right-wing views, I don't want your business." Why go somewhere I'm not wanted?...
• Commented on Bedbugs Use People As Popcorn At NYC Theater
  You forgot deer ticks, Lyme disease, and hantavirus!...
• Commented on Where Do You Stand On The Geek Squad vs. God Squad Debate?
  This strikes me as yet another example of a religious person feeling they're above the law because they're doing "God's work."...