Thta’s fair, I have also left things on in my car. I feel like turning your car off is an “every time you get out of the car” thing vs lights being more of a “only at night” thing so it’s more forgiveable. So if there are vehicles out there that don’t make a noise at you when you walk away with the car running... it’s…

Hurf durf me dumb. You smart.

I can almost guarantee I’m older than you, and 3 of the 4 cars in my driveway have real honest to God keys. One even has a manual choke! I appreciate the tactile and visceral feedback of old cars, but for day-to-day use, sometimes convenience is nice.

I have an MGB and an old pickup that have keys (and the MG even has a carbeurator and I have to flutter the gas and pull the manual choke to start it). The procedure has its charms and I get the desire for the more visceral parts of the vehicle experience but for my daily driver it’s easier to have a button (granted…

100% agree with all of this. Just because I like the convenience of the feature doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s broken in some ways. Same goes for alot of features that seem nice (see : daytime running lights that light up the dash so people don’t realize their lights aren’t on at night, or automatic headlights that…

This is such a lazy trolly comment. Obviously it’s not a huge burden to use a key, that doesn’t mean it’s not a nice convenience to not have to dig it out. I’m not pretending it’s this huge thing. I have personally exeprienced zero drawbacks to this system, but it is, to me, convenient, in more ways than one (the…

The only drawback I can even imagine is the battery dying, which... what, after 3 years you have to spend 19 cents on a battery? *wank motion* Everything else is easier.

Seriously, I get that car culture is SWARMING with people who think taht everything is constantly getting worse and adding technology in any way is always bad, and I can be one of those people by default on a lot of things automotive and otherwise, but the first time I got a car with a proximity key I knew I’d never…

Counter-counterpoint : that’s like, your opinion, man. Also, it’s wrong.

a) cite your sources that no one has died with a physical key

LOL! I’ts like eating a Cadillac, just a little at a time.

Most drinking games are based on the idea of forcefully drinking someone to drink more than they would otherwise, or punishing them for not drinking enough on their own.

HBO’s most successful series ever (I imagine) starred a whole slew of absolute monsters that viewers still adored, no matter how abhorrent their behavior got, so I am not surprised that they didn’t shy away from this.

Probably true at this point, they’re both tropey. More realistic filmmaking is a relatively new phenomenon which is why i said “the lazier more common trope”. Still a matter of taste tough, like what you like.

Ah, I had forgotten that reference, thanks! SO many in-jokes in that show, it’s hard to remember them all :)

Legit can’t even count the number of times we walked by a building that was all but hidden by adjacent buildings, noticed a church sign of some sort, and were stopped dead in our tracks in awe the second we walked in the door. The Vatican churches and other famous churches in Italy are amazing but it’s not a big step…

I legitimately can’t imagine how pointless your job is that a spacing preference is even in the top 100 considerations for a job candidate. What actually gets someone the job, spelling their name correctly? Fingerpaint skills?

I feel like the lazier and more common trope is the whole “parenting is really hard but look how rewarding it is” schmaltz, so I’ll take your trope any day.

The thing about non-monospace fonts is you really don’t notice the double space anyway. This really is the epitome of pedantry. I’ll defend the Oxford comma to my death but a half-width extra space after a period... you’re only noticing this if you’re looking for it.

I found it jarring how prominent smoking was in this episode and wondered if I was missing a joke somewhere. I recognize that people in China tend to smoke more than (modern) Americans, and Monica smoking was just shorthand for her kicking back, but smoking is so taboo on television (and in society) nowadays it stuck…