Does this mean you will join the fabulously wealthy technology elite with all the cash from the buyer? I expect a “will it baby” in your new Ford GT.

This is likely just the tip of the iceberg. I have to believe they have more - the DNC is a sort of rah rah event, but won’t necessarily change the outcome particularly since it’s early and people will forget about it in a month. If this was the greatest ammunition they had, it would have been released closer to the…

the density of vehicle ownership compared to the total population was vastly lower in the USSR versus the United States,only about 45 cars per 1000 people by 1985.

From my time on the autobahn at 240kph, that’s exactly right. My 7er handled 150mph just fine, even comfortably. The white knuckles come from the speed difference of those in the right lane. When you close in on them at 150mph and they are going 70, you get the unsettling feeling that they will suddenly switch lanes.…

Love it. I would buy that thing and live in it. Which I would have to for $100k.

A “little” tone deaf? Videos of people mowing down the parade with a 50 cal will be all over the internet. I have to believe the developers are aiming to be the greatest trolls ever.

Yes, the internet, and standard media as well. You can now seek out a huge array of “news” sources which will confirm any number of niche superstitions - anti-GMO, marijuana curing cancer, illuminati, etc. People are getting more extreme in their views because they interact less with people who disagree with them and…

I don’t notice an optical difference, just in comfort, ergonomics, and cable management.

I’ve got both Vive and Oculus, and you’re right the controllers on the Vive make VR gaming a different animal. A few downsides though - the Vive headset is shit compared to Oculus - with Oculus you have integrated headphones and it’s far more comfortable and adjustable. I’m cursing at the tangle of cables every time I…

I would speculate labor costs aren’t too terrible, but pension costs for GM are around $2000/vehicle. How much all the airbags, crumple zones, and other regulatory requirements are is a good question.

You can’t take away my God given right to protect my sidewalks from pedestrians.

What you’re saying is “if you don’t support democrats or unions, don’t be a teacher”. Fuck that. Unions dominate entire sectors and are a monopoly on labor. This is bad not only for employers but workers.

It’s no coincidence that the sectors in the worst shape - auto, manufacturing, public sector, education, etc - are union dominated. Unions are an anachronism and tend to drag down the industries they control.

Any respectable Russian Oligarch wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere but New York. Gawker will go where Mr. Vekselberg says.

I have to disagree. My dad had one of these, and as a kid I have fond memories of the 3 year old car stalling at stop signs, watching the road roll underneath the rusted out floorboard, the side view mirror dangling by the cable through the rusted out door, the water sloshing around inside the brakelights, and the…

This is a photoshop / meme bonanza, that’s what it’s for. I hope there’s more witty and creative people than I.

I’m not sure locking people up forever is the right thing either. What does society do with somebody who can’t be rehabilitated, or can’t / shouldn’t be admitted back into society? I think it’s time to take a fresh look at criminal punishment and rehab - organ donation (a kidney or lung could save lives), ship them…

You are just overthinking things. How many times are people called asshole, dick, prick, pussy, shithead, etc? Cunt is maybe worse than cocksucker, but nowhere near as bad as n-bomb. When I see it used, it’s normally because somebody is taking offense at a willful, aggressive female. You hear women all day long saying…

Wait a minute - isn’t calling a woman a bitch misogynist? Let alone passing judgement on somebody you’ve never met, interacted with, nor otherwise know anything about except the claim of some random person on the internet? You should really get help before you hurt somebody or yourself. Seriously.

Meh. My wife calls other women “cunt” all the time. And dudes sometimes too. So what. Cunt is not hate speech like the n-bomb or fa-bomb.