Yadayada what you did there.

Stephen Fry

The imaginary situation in Passengers is one none of us will face, fortunately, so you shouldn’t be called a scumbag just for being more aware of the extreme forces that would force a decision like his. Expecting a person to live without human contact while maintaining “social” norms of morality is like expecting…

“It’s all HER fault! If she can speak english, WHY DIDN’T SHE? But NO! She had to trick me into assaulting her, and now I’ve got a criminal record, and it’s ALL HER FAULT!!!1!!” Burchard-Risch, to herself, probably.

Alcohol just lets you do what you always wanted to.

Pennsylvania stupid is a special kind of stupid.

I have serious concerns about fracking, but the one thing that could make me support it is its potential in helping to de-fund the Saudis.

I spent two years living at a diplomatic post where for security reasons I was basically not allowed to leave the house. It was a very nice house. I even had internet access (not everyone did).  Although my spouse came home on evenings and weekends, the isolation put me into a depression that I only began to shake…

Because he’s not actually, you know, gay, or anything.

For VW to complain that stripping the car “wasn’t in the spirit of the buyback.” is more than a bit rich. Refusing to repair a failure isn’t “in the spirit” of the warrantee, but having warrantee repairs refused by the dealer is a common experience for VW owners. VW has violated the good faith of their customers…

Good to know. We had a Focus wagon with the same tire wear problem. I wonder if the chassis are related.

Also worth noting that the event he’s referring to is NOT unprecedented. So even if he used the correct word, correctly spelled, he’s still wrong.

There are real advantages to experiencing total loss of control at non-lethal speeds.

Nevermind. Others are asking the same question.

Second hand ones with a manual shift can be bought for Used Nissan Versa money in Canada.

Pontiac Torrent with a roundel, I think.

They were everywhere in Canada, until suddenly, they weren’t. Those of us who still have one have begun to wave at each other.

Speaking of Jeep-ish truck that everyone has forgotten existed, (or tried to, at least)...

Such a disappointment after the real Vitara.

I saw one once.