As a fellow anti-luddite, I couldn’t agree more. Always this “bring manufacturing back” sentiment, when sadly it’s an impossible dream based on some sort of patriotism or whatever. Manufacturing ain’t coming back folks — that ship has sailed d-e-c-a-d-e-s ago. It’s like saying, “let’s bring back horses to provide jobs…

Immediately my first thought. People using their phones while driving have been known to plow through far more obvious obstacles, including humans. Typically I couldn’t care less about the stupid shit people do while driving, but the phone thing is just enraging. Rarely do you hear of someone having an accident while…

Nah, everything EV or hybrid uses DC brushless motors now days. Arcing cubes of graphite dragging across spinning copper isn’t exactly the most efficient means of motivation :)

So many responses to this question!

Kinja’d. Double post

The problem with this of course is that not everyone has the required space, money, or proximity to a charging station. In other words, EV’s would still be limited to mostly higher income brackets and not lower-wage commuters, which sadly is becoming increasingly common in most of the United States. If taking ICE…

The clean Splash Ranger

You’re absolutely right, I wasn’t thinking of this. I’m a bit of a numbskull sometimes, so thank you for taking the time to respond so patiently :)

I certainly wasn’t claiming to know anything about the inner workings of Jalopnik, which is literally why I was “wondering” how the decision was made. Sorry if it came off the wrong way. I’m just a big fan of Ms. Streeter’s writing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Excellent interview and the kinda stuff I love seeing on Jalopnik... but I can’t help but wonder why Mercedes wasn’t offered this piece. A missed opportunity in my opinion.

Oh don’t get me wrong, I love bikes too! When I was 11 I bought a beat up two stroke Aermacchi 125 in secret because I knew my parents’ opinion would be “absolutely not”. The plan was to keep it at my friend’s house until I figured out an actual working plan. Cleaned the gas tank and carb, “found” a battery, can of…

...of course then they’ll want to ride it. Rethinking this.

Tearing one of these down would be a great activity for the young’ns, and it doesn’t necessarily require a running motor. A non-running bike would be cheap like $50 cheap. What’s scrap value of a small motorcycle? Everyone wins — kids get a hands-on learning experience, and the bike is already half way there to…

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If they continue to escalate, it will the pointless death of us all.

These gender reveals keep escalating.

Having similar issues this morning :/

I bet he’s vlad to not be impaled by that pole.

My god look at the size of that thing. tf? Is that Hung Jesus? Someone had to make that mold and I refuse to believe it was an accident.