So true. People are very reluctant to be the one to just up and say it— "You're drunk, stand down." It doesn't help that many drunks are belligerent and manipulative.

One of the ongoing horrors of my life is staring at drivers at cross streets preparing to make a left turn onto the road I'm traveling on (across oncoming traffic and into the opposite lane) and seeing the backs of their heads. Like, they've already made some evaluation of the immediate danger (of which I am a part)…

Judging by the guy's history, he's a straight-up alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease; morality doesn't really enter into it. An alcoholic is going to drink, and once drunk will do stupid shit. Wondering what he was thinking, accusing him of being irresponsible, etc. sort of misses the point. Anyone imaging that…

So according to the iron clad rules of Jalop wagon-headedness, this is a glorious thing of beauty:

The 2.5 Mazda puts in the 3, 6, and CX-5 makes 184 at about a 100 lb weigh penalty. If they toss a turbo on that you're probably looking at 240ish.

Indeed. For the US market, no station wagon+no choice =CUV. At some point maybe people will stop being astounded by this, or marveling at the stupidity of the American buyer.

Focus hatch: 23 cubic feet cargo capacity rear seats up, 43 cubic down. Escape: 34 and 68 respectively. Pretty much an extra inch in every direction for head, leg, should and hip room. According to published specs, more like 6-7mpg difference than 12.

Well played.

I was going to be all smartass and point out that the "elevator music" was some classical composer that I was going to pretend like I was familiar with, but I Shazamed it and it turned out to be Mantovani, literally the avatar of elevator music. I regret nothing.

Oh, that actually makes sense. Hilariously timed with the arrival of the cruiser though.

It almost look like she was completely spaced out and imagining that she was going to join traffic going the opposite direction, and just needed to drive straight across to get there.

OK, a couple of things:

Appreciate you not escalating (this is the internet, after all). I'm sort of useless when this kind of shit goes down because I get so furious I can't think straight. And I just came off a thread at another site that got entirely swamped out by a virulent racist troll. Seems like lately the worst people have been…

Apologies. I'm angry and I took your comment as an endorsement.

The fact that you're "truly surprised that the police haven't killed more people" and that the answer is for "people to stay in their place and listen to the law" suggests that you have rationalized the idea that the US is a garrison state and that being murdered for protesting is a reasonable outcome.

OK, help me out here. Hours ago we got a "review" of Ariana Grande's "Break Free" which is very literally exclusively a cooing, pouting, eye lash batting, zero g writhing, hair tossing exercise in "fuck me fuck me fuck me", as delivered by what appears to be virtually a CG idealization of youthful desireablity, while…

You seem like a charming person with reasonable ideas and no anger issues.

Right, because black kid, if not equals is at least close enough to warrant speculation, "a hard core gang banger." AKA "thug." Just like we could at least raise the specter of Klan membership of the next white southerner who is murdered. Hey look, he had a Confederate flag on his pickup bumper! Maybe (probably) he…

How can people see the utility and cost benefits when they aren't available?

Who's driving the cop car with the dash cam? Because I can see all four hands at times. Is it maybe some kind of battle wagon, where there are extra seats for the guys whose job it is to yell into the radio and fire their guns?