Relevant Dresden Codak: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/

"Hey look, Homer's got one of those robot cars."

[CRASH]

"...One of those American robot cars."

...let me assure you that it is an often congenital condition that causes the eyes to be misaligned. The causal effect doesn't work in the opposite direction: misaligning your eyes does not cause strabismus. The only way to cause strabismus without it being a congenital condition is via nerve lesions, and when it develops after early childhood it usually causes double vision, not amblyopia (which is what this article is describing).

Not to mention that while watching a 3D movie, your eyes are fixating on the same point in space, just seeing different images of it--the 3D effect wouldn't work otherwise.

Not to mention that even if strabismus could be caused by intentionally mis-aligning the eyes (a sort of "don't make a face or it will stick that way"), and 3D movies misaligned the eyes, I can't imagine doing it for a couple hours at a time every few weeks would be a huge deal.

Here's why: I know that when companies over-reach, then it'll be me who's pulling the late nights and weekends to deliver, not the guy that over-sold the product.

I'm 26 and already experiencing this joy.

A poor attempt at linguistic humour. In my defence, I will cheque with a friend next time and ask him to analyse a rough draught before I post.

Nope, I'm quite sure I meant Irish.

And why would you have to be angry to explain it? :(

It's surely the fault of those monks. I'm convinced that the way they determined how to transliterate using Latin characters was to get piss-drunk and throw darts at a board.

There are also several dialects of Irish that pronounce words very differently--of course, that applies to any language. Watch a New Englander trying to talk to someone from the Deep South.

Could be worse, could be Irish. It's a proven scientific fact that the pronunciation of an Irish word has zero correlation with the way it is written.

Note for example "bhfaighfear" being pronounced "wee-hur." I shit you not. But we digress.

No guarantee, but just handing over my wallet will most likely prevent me from coming to any harm.

What guarantee do I have that I'd survive if I had a gun and used it? Alternately, what guarantee do I have I won't get struck by lightning next time I step out my door? I don't really expect any guarantees from life.

Not being in the situation in the first place.

Particularly when you consider the very strong potential that you won't shoot them dead, at least on the first shot, and there is a less-than-negligible chance they will kill you instead.

Indeed, I just enjoy the irony. At one point I really did get back into my car after buying a latte and said to myself, "Wow. I have become a stereotype."

My self-labeling, or theaveng?

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool leftist liberal, aside from a few disagreements with the "liberal establishment" on minor points of policy such as nuclear energy, GMO food, and gun control.

Now if you'll pardon me, my iPhone is telling me I need to go put my Macbook into my Prius, stop in for a quick latte, then head downtown to enjoy some organic sustainably-produced pizza and discuss Sartre with some friends.

Dog bite fatalities in the US in 2007: 35. Total number of coyote-attack fatalities in recorded history: 1, 27 years ago. Compare to 800-900 accidental shooting deaths in 2001, and I'll take my chances.

In other news, the United States has been officially canine rabies free for over a year.

Fair enough, though in my case I live in an urban area. There are plenty of natural dangers outdoors, but really nothing that a gun could help me with.