Please understand that there’s nothing you can do to placate these people. They have a plan, and that plan is to control who has sex, when they have sex and how they have sex. They won’t stop with banning abortion or banning gay marriage. They will go after divorce, they will go after sex toys, they will go after…

But, that’s always been a thing on Star Trek, whether or not the newer... trumpian? fans like it or not.

I mean, inclusive on screen doesn’t mean that things are awesome for the actors involved. Star Trek has always made a point to project diversity and inclusivity but yeah, things for the actors involved have definitely sucked.

Right but, 21 stages vs 1 race per weekend- it’s a lot and I can see why someone would protest there- huge audience, big media coverage.

Also, everyone I know who’s been to the tour drives there, and drives from stage to stage.

OK, yes it’s a bicycle race but the circus parade of sponsor vehicles that precedes the peleton and the massive number of team buses, cars and then motorcycles shooting the footage, not to mention all the cars and busses that take spectators to and from each stage... it’s got a carbon footprint that’s pretty fucking…

For most people, that’s the reality of “camping”- There are plenty of places where you can do real backpacking/bikepacking/canoe camping/wilderness stuff, but you can’t take a motor vehicle with you- there are places up nort’ where there are some forest service roads and things like that but in general, that’s more of…

Here’s the thing with “Easier to set up-” Yes, it will always be easier to set up than any conventional tent. However, Once you’ve set your tent up a couple times, it only takes like 3 or 4 minutes to set up by yourself, in the dark anyway. And when you inevitably wake up in the middle of the night needing to pee, you…

OK, I’ll break it into groups:

Group one: can be outperformed by a modern family sedan
Every 70-72 Muscle Car- big, overgrown, bloated, uncomfortable
1976 Trans Am SD- 200 hp. Wow. Also garbage build quality, easy rust.
Countach- a styling exercise that was nigh impossible to drive, also ruinously expensive to own

Literally all of them. There were no good cars produced in the 70s. They were all hot garbage. The 70s were a period of transition from big V8s with 4 barrel carbs and no emissions controls and leaded gas to fuel injected 4 cylinder engines and unleaded fuel. It was the laziest period of american car design.

It was a…

Yeahbut, a brand new hollow shell of a slide in truck camper starts at around $10k, and that’s without any fixtures. So if you’ve got any skills at all, you could turn this into something nice for a whole lot less.

Figure a rooftop tent costs twice as much and is far less practical, this is an awesome deal. I know a guy with a modern version of the scamper and it’s really fantastic- easy-is to remove so he’s still got all the truck functionality, easy to add so he’s got #vanlife camping abilities.

It was not worth $11k new.

I mean it’s still a VW so you’ll still be blessed with that storied German reliability.

I have always (and still do) wanted a jeep wrangler. Love the look and the open air everything, and because I’m a big guy it’s really the only convertible I fit in. So about 25 years ago I took one for a test drive- it was really cool, loved it, I could totally see myself driving this thing off into the northwoods…

VW reliability is keyed to your ability to follow the maintenance schedule to the letter- as long as you get the oil changed exactly at 10k and do every single recommended service exactly when recommended, it will last forever. If you are used to Japanese cars where you have some serious flexibility in your service…

What, exactly are the police doing in texas? Oh right, hassling minorities and checking up on the travel plans of pregnant women.

On the one hand, I love the look, the colors are amazing. On the other hand, for 72k it better be nice.

OK, that’s just delightfully bonkers and I love it. The marble steering wheel, that gorgeous interior, the exterior color...

Also: those aren’t “zany headlights that stick out on stalks.” Those are princess cut light fixtures in a bezel mount and that’s the coolest light idea I’ve seen in years.

I mean anything’s debatable but when you add car+charging network+miles on the road, Tesla is at the head of the pack.

I will be very happy when literally anyone else (other than VW (fuck those guys)) is able to take the crown away from bloated man-child elon musk. But until then, he’s still on top. Tesla is still the…

He still makes the best EV. Might not have that title for long but in 2022, your EV choice really is Tesla followed by everyone else.