Keep watching, he earns it later.

I understand being proud of what it undoubtedly a difficult achievement (and full disclosure, I’m pretty much a lardass so I’m definitely not one to talk), but the 26.2 sticker crowd has a reputation for going way beyond personal pride.

I’ve seen one locally with the vanity plate “NIKOLA” and a “Starfleet Academy” sticker on the back window. I’m totally okay with that.

#NeverForget

Christ, what an asshole.

This has been my experience, as well. I’ve talked to a couple of guys who are enthusiastic about owning them without being insufferable. And, full disclosure: I am (I desperately hope) enthusiastic-but-not-insufferable about the solar panels on my roof, so, yeahhhh, I seem to get along just fine with the…

Oh man, new rule of thumb: if you see a Model X with a “26.2” sticker on the back, fucking haul ass out of there because if you get sucked into that ‘check out how great I am’ conversation, you will not escape. Not without a felony charge, at any rate.

Tesla considers itself a ‘tech’ company, explicitly NOT a ‘car’ company. That sort of blind, slavering worship is endemic all over the tech industry. I guess the Tesla superfans are just...I don’t know, playing along?

Respect, my brother, for phonetically nailing the accent. Most people use a ‘w’ when an ‘h’ is what’s really called for.

I’m no expert, but here’s what I’ve read, translated into the lingua franca of cars:

Why would a US sub kill anything it tracks?

It wouldn’t. But they track whatever they detect anyway.

Filed to “Wrenching?” Doesn’t this belong under “Inadequate Man,” or perhaps “Ask a Filthy Person?”

Once again: great perspective, Tyler. Thank you.

Yeah and, uh, whose military has got that shorts-and-sneakers look going for their ground crews? At least issue them some ankle socks so they don’t look like total goobs in those cargo shorts, yikes.

I had a director in college who had a hilarious homophobia story. He started teaching high school drama in the south, and while he never made a habit of talking about his personal life, he didn’t work all that hard to hide it. One year, a particularly, er, ambitious young woman had to settle for a smaller role in a…

“The Cold War: Hold My Beer and Watch This!”

I think of the F-84H as an exercise in “lessons learned.” In this case: some envelopes aren’t meant to be pushed. That’s okay. Any good scientist knows that negative results may not be flashy, but they’re still valuable data.

The Martin P6M SeaMaster. A blue-water seaplane powered by 4 jet engines. It was conceived as a strategic bomber for the Navy, a way for Naval Aviation to retain relevancy in the SAC era. It had the misfortune to be introduced at almost the same time as the first sub-launched ICBMs - and also some serious control…

Like the world’s worst-conceived mashup of AC/DC and “Saved By The Bell,” I give you: THUNDERSCREECH.

Is there a chance this is satire, or does somebody need to be lit on fire?