I like Magary’s formulation better: NO ONE DENIES THIS!!

Someone calls you fat to your face, you can think, that guy’s trying to be malicious.

Universal healthcare and a progressive tax code=Soviet Communism.

He’s owned multiple K-cars, by choice. Even defending them in all the posts about how shitty K-cars were.

He also wears his underpants multiple days without laundering them.

I think 2:1 TV:human ratio is correct. That way each person has an option to watch alone in his or her choice of room.

This is a late reply, but kind of related. Walter Miller apparently didn’t realize his experience of bombing an Italian abbey in WW2 influenced A Canticle for Leibowitz until years after its publication.

this might be a hot take, but the DB9 was the best looking modern AM. this is too busy

I get that these shows and competitions are a weird form of masochism and a (pretty gross) way to show how tough you are, but as a regular food item at a restaurant, I don’t understand it. I like hot things just fine. But things like “blazin’ wings” or whatever are just pure heat. They barely have a taste.

This should be in contention for the next NOTY

I don’t know why I’m responding to you. This started as a discussion of how people don’t maintain their ICE cars. Electric cars require less regular maintenance.

I feel like you’re trolling me. Electric motors are way simpler than ICEs. Also, it only has a single speed transmission. No oil/fluid changes, etc.

Electric cars require significantly less care and maintenance.

Most of us are already well into the boredom and self-destruction. Might as well have convenient transportation!

I’m so glad you went with the Ethel crossout.

Have you forgotten special agent Jack Bauer?

These are worse than outdated jobs. They are part of a system that is broadly worse for the country. Part of living in a decent society is sacrificing for the greater good. “But people in the insurance industry will lose their jobs!” is like saying “what about all those asbestos miners?”

That might be true, but it’s conceivable she’s pushing for this because it is a good and right thing to do that will help people.