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Part of a teacher’s job is to treat all of their students equally. No matter how studious or lazy the student, no matter how well-behaved or disruptive, a teacher is supposed to remain impartial. Of course, that doesn’t mean teachers can’t have biases at all. As human beings, it’s impossible for them not to. Instead, it...
Much has been made about How Flying Used To Be versus How Flying Is Today. Back in the 1960’s, flying was a glamorous experience where everyone got dressed up to enjoy martinis and witty conversation at 30,000 feet. Today, today, your average airplane passenger has about the same level of restraint and consideration as your average looter...
Some people choose to become parents, and that’s great. Others prefer their pets to have four legs and be covered in fur. . And that’s great, too! These days, more and more people are choosing to have pets instead of kids–especially millennials. Not only are they delaying having children, or choosing not to have children at all,...
It’s happened to everyone who’s gone to the movies. You’re enjoying the latest blockbuster, when all of a sudden something happens that feels familiar, and not in a good way. Moviemakers have been recycling the same ideas since movies began, and it can be so distracting you’re taken completely out of the movie. Recently,...
Bad days are a part of life. No matter how much you try to avoid it, sometimes things just go wrong. You spill a latte all over your pants. You look away to turn down the volume on your car stereo and rear-end a truck. You’re given free tickets to a Jim Dunham show. Sucks to be you! But sometimes, a bad day is so truly terrible, it dwarfs...
Classic novels stand the test of time. Sometimes an author can write a story with themes so universal, anyone from any era can relate to it. And when you read one of these classics in high school or college, you can immediately tell why they’re so popular. Wait, no, that’s not true at all. Sure, some classics are legit. Don Quixote is...
It’s no fun to get an injury like a broken arm or a sprained ankle. It hurst, obviously, and then your whole life is disrupted while you heal. But you know what’s worse than getting injured? Getting injured in a really stupid way. And not a funny-stupid way, like getting 2nd degree burns from lighting a fart. I mean basic,...
Dear god, where do we even start with this one? [Does four shots of tequila, begins writing article.] When you install a security camera to protect your home, you hope you’ll never need to use it. By installing a camera, you’re accepting that something might happen one day. You know there’s a chance, however small, that...
Board games are marketed as a fun, wholesome way for a family to spend an afternoon together. But if you’ve ever played a board game, you know they often fall far short. Many of these so-called “games” are, in reality, joyless slogs that only end with a family therapy session. Why do we still play these games? Why haven’t...
Consider the following scenario: you have two friends with upcoming birthdays, and you only have time to buy them one gift. One of your friends is an insomniac, and the other is a pervert. What single gift could possibly satisfy these two very different individuals? It’s an impossible task. OR SO YOU THINK. Because now there’s a...