My brand new Samsung TV has Alexa enabled by default. Got about 1/3 of the way into Paddington in Peru before it misheard movie noises as someone saying “Alexa” and then filled the screen with “LOADING ALEXA, PLEASE WAIT”

So we finally have a setting that’s more annoying than motion interpolation

Marjorie doesn’t believe amoebas or violins exist, Bill.

Perhaps the rule should be no movies that have become Lego sets

End2End

The first time my father saw my wife’s Kindle he said, “What’s a Kinkle?”

I had a cousin who asked me at every family function, “Still making those video games?” and after many years of this I also opted to go with the lie.

Working like a decade-plus in retail absolutely destroyed Christmas for me, but having kids has helped me claw some of the joy back

kebt yoo wayteeng huh

They don’t call it a “gifted” program around here — our district wisely changed the name to something more neutral to avoid the exact kind of situation you experienced — but it was a lifesaver for her. I don’t doubt kids still feel left out, though, and that is heartbreaking.

My oldest is a lot like me when I was a kid in that she learns pretty much everything the first time she hears it. Unfortunately, that also means the way classes endlessly reiterate and review old material bores her to tears. This, coupled with severe ADHD, triggers disruptive behavior.

Grok do an epic bacon. Use forbidden words

lol it’s me and competitive Pokémon