elephantium

I think it's plausible right now. We have brain-computer interfaces under active research (for things like stroke recovery or limb-loss patients).

At the same time, neuroscience researchers have been able to switch off parts of the brain temporarily to study things like how the Wernicke area affects our use of language.

You could probably combine the two for something that fits the bill.

That being said, what I'm envisioning is more along the lines of "strap the victim into a chair and hook them up to a lot of fancy equipment for a reprogramming session" than "point a remote at the victim and press a button".

Still, it's pretty spooky to think about.

OTOH, I finds sopes delicious.

Oh, sure, and the spam box in my email might actually have a valuable offer for me!

That sounds backwards to me. If companies are paying all the taxes, why would you insert a second company into the chain? Then both companies would be paying a tax portion, and your salary would be that much less than if you just had a job.

Or were you thinking that you could bamboozle the government out of the tax revenue by saying "Oops, no profit! Salaries cost too much!"? I don't think that would work unless the entire structure was built with one directive in mind: "Reward Hollywood accounting"

Smooth on spreads cleanly on toast. Crunchy PB makes it really hard to spread jam or especially jelly on the toast without just dropping giant gobs of it.

Raspberry. There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry!

blackcurrant

I gotta try this.

Have you never heard the difference between jam and jelly? It's a real distinction. Jelly is basically jam with any pieces of the actual fruit filtered out for a smoother consistency.

The price is the price, yo

I also think a collage of bumper stickers looks tacky. I wouldn't condemn it in such strong terms as you used, however.

ABC. Always Be Closing.

A - set of steak knives

B - set of steak knives

C - set of steak knives

Aha! Today IS a good day to cook! Start chopping the veggies!

“proven science”

Vaccines are a good example here. Handwashing is another. We've had empirical proof on the latter since the 1850s, but it's STILL super hit or miss whether people will bother :(