The front end looks like a Renault 5 multiplied by .7 .

I only lived in southern Africa for a few years, but I'm pretty sure that traditionally lobola is paid by the man to the bride's family. All traditions adapt, and I do not know what traditions have evolved around same-sex marriage, but it could be that the fact that Semenya paid lobola could in this case imply only…

Your comment seems to assume that the possibility of "a robot going amok" is all that people have to worry about. It will not always be the case that "our side" is the only side with lethal drone capability. What I worry about is my grandkids growing up in a world where they can be attacked and killed by a machine…

"The ONLY difference is the location of the Pilot."

Given the choice between being in a locked room with tons and tons of mosquitoes or Sarah Palin, I'll take the mosquitoes.

"Canada calls dibs on Alaska!"

For $4900, you bought an Opel.

...proudly positioned as frick to Volvo's frack brick.

"455 feet long and displaces over 6,000 tons"

Oh my god! Where did she come from? And where did she go?

Not really "holy shit my hair is on fire" but because you don't expect it:

My. What big... control surfaces you have.

A character in a (very weird) book called Naked Lunch, by William Burroughs, made into a (by necessity, even weirder) Movie by David Cronenberg. I'm Thinking Ben Way's parents were in on the joke when they named him.

"For those of you who have no idea what we're talking about (and made it this far down in the comments):"

I'm glad someone saw it. I never saw the movie, or even read the book. But you can't be "a certain age" without having encountered Dr. Benway, if only second or third hand.

And with a shorter wheelbase.

"Arc Island visionary Ben Way"

"Just move over and the whole problem goes away."

Right. Sinkholes and landslides are natural phenomena. This is an infrastructure failure.

Also: not black. The "black" part of the name is from the inside of the mouth. Haven't seen one myself. Fortunately.