The article mentions nothing about the amount of profit the California franchises make (as a percentage or otherwise). So the article doesn’t address the point at all.

This was a point I was going to mention. 

South Korean ex-pats living in the USA have the most nuanced take on this, and if you want to see it, I recommend looking through the pop culture subreddits.

The Car Wash boom (and gas stations) have primarily been driven by (mostly) institutional RE investors due to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017.

I’m not under a restriction at my location but if you’re limited to one bucket, you can always just use a rinseless wash and several microfiber water towels.  Unless your car is caked with dirt a rinseless wash is as good, if not better than a regular wash.

It’s because uber/lyft drivers have to wash their cars on an extremely regular basis. Many wash their cars every day, to look as clean as possible to maximize their ratings, and uber suggests they get car wash memberships for this purpose.

They also, at least on some types of washes, are able to filter and recirculate some of the water. Others seem to use less water in the cleaning stage, opting for foams and such. 

It’s also Trump’s tax cut from 2017. Seriously.

In my municipality they restrict washing your car at home to one day per week and only from a bucket (no running hose) to save water don’t you know.   Businesses have no water restrictions at all, just homeowners, because we are the problem.

I noticed the same thing. It’s a low bar here but still kind of shocking that a professional writer doesn’t understand the distinction. 

But it does make some people susceptible to conspiracy theories.

See? Now that’s snark.

I’d even settle for a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

It can be. The problem is none of them work at the AV Club anymore.

“Earlier this month, former Jeopardy! co-host Mayim Bialik announced that ‘Sony has informed me’ that she would no longer be hosting the syndicated version of the stalwart trivia competition...one doesn’t need to read too far into her use of passive voice to glean that this departure was not her choice.”

Fair enough and I apologize for the nasty things I said. That was really rude.

These days I am VERY much concerned where we seem to be heading. I’ve studied the time period from the 1920's-early 30's in Germany heavily and whats happening with the GOP and what is more than clearly a cult of personality in the form of…

First of all, how do you assume I’m a “Leftist”? These days I associate myself as being an anti-Nazi. Because the other party is more or less a modern day reincarnation of the Nazi party with their own spray-tanned Hitler wannabe, out on the campaign trail literally repeating verbatim quotes from Mein Kempf. And since…

on Wisconsin’s the entire planet’s fairly lax drunk-driving penalties

I’ve often wondered exactly what it takes to get drivers to stop DUI.

I hope his fellow future prison mates find out about this and act accordingly.