I was punk in the 90's (still am? Hard to define these things these days). The subcultures of yesterday are today’s watered down mainstream nonsense. It’s really bizarre to me how people use this “hipster” word. I always viewed being in opposition to the dominant culture’s vapid materialism as a positive thing, but it…

Yeah, and they completely ignore his history of making wild claims about things he could do or did... and then was completely incapable of ever proving he did them or could do them. It is amazing how many things he invented.... but the blueprints were totally lost in the fire that burned down his lab and he couldn’t…

When Citroën created the modern unibody FWD sedan in the ‘30s they did try to make the whole drivetrain (engine, gearbox, transaxle, steering column etc.) modular, both for servicing and for replacement.

During the Great Depression, people would pull the engines out of their vehicles and put a horse between the frame forks. They were called Hoover Wagons in the US and Bennett Buggies in Canada.

One-unit cars? It’ll never take off.

I love the thought experiment, but I think your alternate universe would have converged on ours, once someone realized they could make an integrated car much more cheaply than the “two box” ones.

Just out of curiosity, what defines a “hipster” to you? I’m actually asking the whole thread. This has always fascinated me. As many responses as possible please, if anyone has the time.

I want to meet your friend. I imagine I’d have the same enjoying his company/ gently mocking relationship with him that you have.

Doesn’t matter, folks around here love to stick a Hipster! label on anything they can. I’m 47 and got a Hipster! sticker slapped on my forehead for mentioning I’ve been collecting vinyl records for about 42 of those years. Personally, I think people who are quick to label are just reacting to reflections of themselves.

They can jump at me all they want, the truth is the truth. Tesla really wasn’t all that great.

Exactly my thought when I read articles about smart cards or smart phone pay systems. I carry one credit card. I pay for everything with it. That, and my drivers license is the only thing in my wallet. Oh, and money. That works too. Even if mobile pay ever got to be so universally accepted that I wouldn't need to…

You sound like a good friend. I am sometimes insufferable and my good friends just deal. Then I say, “yeah, I know...”

I only have 2 credit cards. I would only have 1 but I don’t want to use more than 30% of my available credit per month on either card. Why would anyone need a handful of cards? Serious question.

One of the unexpected side effects of Abstinence.

‘I don’t have a TV.’

Yeah I saw those other posts about that. It’s not like he’s someone you can just forget about if you’ve been friends for so long.

There are times my email client on my phone won’t acknowledge that I’ve quickly read an email and moved on. Since I’ve already read it, I sometimes won’t bother with the message again at the desktop client - so it stays in unread status. I don’t waste my attention constantly organizing my email either, mainly because…

I can always count on the Order of the Ancient Aliens Guy to deliver.

Like the guy at my office who has four thousand undread emails. Hes not even the head of anything, or super important. He just outright refuses to read emails.

Actually the big reason we don’t see more on earth is that we have erosion. Old craters don’t go away on most of these planets.