It’s not just that they’re in the business of making money, it’s that they make money by finding reasons to deny coverage or care. They are probably the LAST entities that should be given the responsibility of making these decisions. Flipping a coin would result in more just outcomes.

Cops will always insist they need AR15's to counter pocketknives and .38 revolvers, and that these crashes prove they should have nothing less than the new monster Hummers.

I used to have a job that was “Do bad things for pretty good money” and my takeaway was that it’s completely not worth it. Can’t put a price tag on a clear conscience. 

This is 100% untrue, to the point where you’re oversimplifying to a remarkable degree, or simply lying about running businesses.

I have NEVER been more let down by a game than SO:IaF. I dumped about 150 hours into it and hated every second, because I was going to get my 60 bucks worth of play out of it if it fucking killed me.

Mike Tyson, a man who has done bad things that he feels bad about but is still very capable of doing bad things, should fight and kill them both at once. This will atone for a majority of the bad things.

I remember when VHS copies of big movies were $100 bucks, CD’s were $25, and later when DVD first came out they were $40. A massive part of the success of streaming or digitally buying shows and movies is that they learned form the music industries mistakes - most people don’t WANT to pirate, because it’s a hassle.…

No, no, it’s his less-great ones tied for third, his great ones tied for second, and your favorite is #1, which is usually either Rushmore, Life Aquatic, or Royal Tanenbaums (which is mine).

Anybody who pulls the “Well, you technically, technically, technically didn’t protect yourself from my sleazy underhanded bullshit, which is the same as giving permission and I have no choice” card in these situations should have a finger hacked off with a pair of scissors, unless they’ve remembered to wear their “I…

He’s basically the biggest asshole who’s available for the job. Do we want a shooting war with Japan or something?

I’m only medium-old, and remember before any of them existed. I simply had it one day. I realized I spent more time screaming at a Mexican Neo-Nazi relative (because the hook was, “I can’t leave such reprehensible statements unrequited”) than all other things combined.

I’ve frequently read that the best performance bang-for-your-buck is the newest ‘Vette your budget allows. It’s pretty ratty and lack of a stick is a deduct, but unless there’s some ugly undisclosed mechanical issue, this is absolutely 6 grand worth of car.

In beautiful Evanston, Illinois, I saw 3 parked in random driveways while on a medium-length dog walk. Then again, I’ve also been at a stoplight with 7 Teslas at once, so I think the northshore just really fucking likes EV’s.

I have always found this band twerpy and exhausting, like if Portlandia did a bit on the most Williamsburg band ever. Probably my most “I’m not hearing what you’re hearing here” critical-darling band of the 2000's.

“Being used as a cab” is usually a pretty good indicator that a car is tough as shit and reasonable to repair. Chicago has finally started to chew through repairable ex-cop Crown Vics, now it looks like they’re hoovering up used Priuses and Camry Hybrids.

I’m an old-BMW-motorcycle enthusiast, and the longevity of those things is legendary. Everything is just heavier and stronger and better-made than it needed to be, and the engine could probably handle twice the power it’s ability to breathe could ever be cajoled into making. And the stuff (mostly fluids) that needs…

Then you’re using it for truck stuff. It’s not truck-hate, it’s wanting truck-reasonableness. Most of the F250's on up I see don’t have a hitch, but I do see plenty of Punisher-skull-but-it’s-stars-and-stripes-but-it’s-also-made-of-guns stickers, and one of those on earth is too many.

I had a client who was a pretty dedicated AMG guy. He traded in his E63 when he test-drove a used Tesla P75 or 80, not even the top line. He said NOTHING can prepare you for how these things accelerate, just this unreal feeling of nearly instant silent 100mph from the on-ramp.

I think we should have multiple tiered licenses. It’s also amazing to me that the same certification I got 28 years ago allows me to drive anything from a Versa to the big UHaul to a lifted bro-dozer to a Veyron to a motorhome actually longer than my house. That’s nuts.

It doesn’t matter if he is the biggest drug dealer in all of Ohio. It doesn’t matter if he was on his way to read Winnie The Pooh to blind transgender orphans.