On the reason why so many men prefer women with long, luscious hair:

https://www.oglaf.com/bonestructure/

New code of personal conduct--

Don't care if it's the NYT, the WaPo, the KJV or the Intergalactic Sex Collective...

Don't care if it's Krugman, McArdle, the Son of God or Taylor Swift...

If a webpage asks me to turn off my Ad Blocker, I won't read the article/editorial.

I'm tired of them pretending that the surrender of my digital identity is merely the annoyance of an ad for a hotel chain using flashing Gifs.

If you're the kind of thinker whose ideas require that kind of penurious commercial distribution, your silly theses will never be missed.

If a webpage asks me to turn off my Ad Blocker, I won't read the article/editorial. [...] I'm tired of them pretending that the surrender of my digital identity is merely the annoyance of an ad for a hotel chain using flashing Gifs. ~ Crid at July 21, 2019 5:48 PM

It may be the same thing, but I'm getting tired of all of them demanding that I specifically consent to their use of cookies.

> consent to their use of cookies

IIRC, that's a Euro Union thing, observed by most US sites in order to pretend they're going to get laid on their next trip to Paris. It's repugnant, but another clue that most internet enterprises are no less sshabby

I want there to be a court proceeding about this, because the transcript will be a good beach read.

And the motorcyclist kept right on going (sigh). No justice in the world.

These Are 25 of the Best Running Trails in the U.S.

Prosperity gospel hucksters can pound sand with their blasphemy.

God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: An Interview with Costi W. Hinn