They’re not what you’d call “Entry Level” these days.

Five Guys is ridiculously overhyped. It’s good, but not THAT good and it’s stupidly expensive.

Is grooming not a common term in the US?
It’s a reference to this (and a couple of other similar cases). It’s one of those things where it clearly happens, but her ‘collossal scale’ is a few dozen people.

It depends. Agile development makes a great deal of sense in a lot of ways and, used effectively, it can be very practical, especially in situations where requirements change when you’re part way through.

In most cases though, it’s taken on as a cargo-cult approach by know-nothing management who see it as a way of…

Also the various other things like backup cameras, etc.

It’s not really the styling that irritates me about this. It has some nice touches and a bunch of elements that are taken way too far, but that’s to be expected.

It’s the ridiculous, fart-sniffing claims around the functionality.
Incredibly small yet loads of space! Revolutionary! Uh, nope.

If you compare it to kei cars,…

I was going to point out the Fiat Coupe as being a really nice looking car, but then I realised that was about 25 years ago.
Maybe it’s one of those things where when people become successful nobody tells them ‘woah, bit too much there’ anymore?

They’re all the same but the Mazda 121 was the base car for all of those.

Yeah, Kia Pride, which is in turn a copy of the Mazda 121.

The exception inevitably being Mitsuoka:

I hate you all and your stupid price-doubling ways :(

I only said this song is shit enough for Total Christmas Songs Vol.1

Eh, I imagine there’s less difference than that in practice. Other than Slade, which is a very specific torture.

No. Every year where I’ve spent this time of year in a country without fucking Slade has been infinitely better than any where I’ve had to hear that fucking song. Are there some equally terrible ones, maybe. But that’s like springing to the defense of cholera because ebola exists.

Eh. Most Hallelujah covers are crap but harmless. What’s completely unforgivable is that there’s a cover of fucking Slade in there.

It has a cover of that fucking Slade song, from the looks of it. I don’t think it’s particularly odd of me to wish that Noddy Holder gets convicted of some heinous crime so that everywhere stops playing his music and I never have to hear that fucking song ever again ?

It’s not the worst, the worst is Slade. I’m normally incredibly grouchy about all the Christmas stuff, but last year I wasn’t.

Is that actually the Mitsuoka ‘Merica ?

No, it’s just the end of Mission Impossible. He’s going to pull his face off and turn out to be Jason Torchinsky.
Then everything will crash into a tunnel.

As much as that sounds like a really good idea, I’d be hoping the whole time that it would end as a reference to the paintball scene in Spaced.