Size and airspeed of airborne objects are nigh impossible to estimate with the human eye. No, not even for “trained” pilots, because there is no training for that.

They usually don’t but if the pilot underestimates the distance to the background it will appear to them, compared to the background, that the object is moving as fast as the observer but in the opposite direction. Since pilots rarely encounter items at altitude of unknown size and distance they simply suck balls at…

No, the people with surfboards are parking there to go surfing across the street at Malibu Point when the Lagoon parking lot is full. The car enthusiasts generally are eating coffee/breakfast at Bill’s or one of the other restaurants there.

You’re assuming that the car enthusiasts aren’t patronizing the shops there, which is a weird assumption since the whole thing started as people meeting up with their cool cars to drink coffee and get breakfast.

Motorcycles just amplify the risk of already risky drivers. They are not Death Traps, and most people don’t hear motorcycles anyway. When was the last time you head someone say “That car is dangerous because it doesn’t have a loud exhaust”?

I’m glad you and your wife like the bike. I wanted to like it, but could not. My then-27-year-older XT350 could run circles around it despite being 60cc down, could outbrake it despite having a drum rear and (at the time) a nonfunctional front brake, could out-handle it, and was just an outright better machine. And…

“As a car enthusiast, I have a very conflicted relationship with cars. I love them, but here in the US it’s the only way we can get around...”

Who would have guessed that continually kicking the problem of stagnant wages down the road for future-America to deal with for thirty/forty years would cause problems? Oh, yeah, I mean apart from everyone except corporate execs and anti-labor politicians. Well now we are living in future-America and the bills are…

I really regret replying to you. If you really find this amusing, you should seek help, and I mean that.

It doesn’t have to be his fault to lead to suicide. I think he’s fucked. And a part of me is grinning, because all his life he has been a complete asshole.

What the fuck? What a horrible comment.

If any part of you is “grinning,” I think you’re the complete asshole in this situation.

Alec Baldwin was not responsible for loading the gun. While I’m sure he has a tremendous amount of guilt. He was an actor handed a gun by a prop master and told it was safe.

I can definitely understand Baldwin feeling a tremendous amount of guilt for this, but the rest of your statement makes no sense to me. Assuming he was using the weapon as intended in the scene, how is this his fault? I can’t imagine it’s standard practice for actors to safety check their props. 

This wouldn’t happen if factory-owned dealerships were allowed.

Get to it! The 700s is worth it! What does it need? I combined two scrap parts bikes into one good 700s, including rebuilding the entire engine.

I’m going to have to ask that the Marxman be renamed the Marxperson. We really need to be gender-neutral here, as all genders are trapped under the oppressive boot of capitalism 

It’s clear that it’s meant as harassment, and it’s clear that it’s based on color. What this this first amendment crap they’re spouting? I wasn’t aware that racial harassment was covered under the first amendment. I’m surprised ALL the neighbors haven’t put on their all-black ninja costumes and visited him in the…

I would not buy this car. And this artwork is too big for art in my life. Better? Even if I was into this...I would rather just commision a local artist to do something for me because that would be the point and it would support another local artist.  Someone else can buy this

It’s kind of annoying how people have started using it as a catch-all to describe something mechanical and weird. Steampunk is a specific aesthetic. If this were to all into any of the ‘punk’ genre categories, it’d probably be steelpunk.