“not particularly unreliable,”

“This may be an obvious one, but actually know what you want to order before you pull up to the speaker.”

Isn’t this another prime example of ‘things you can buy for the price of a fully loaded Camry, but will bankrupt you on the back end?’

do they take cash at the ABQ rental office?

ABSOLUTELY THIS! People are WAY too trusting of QR codes in the wild. Beyond your excellent points, there is also the possibility of loading malware onto your phone. The advantages listed in the OP pale in comparison to the risk. The most that I think would be reasonable would be for the restaurant to hand out single…

Any IT Security professional can tell you TOO MANY stories about hijacked QR Codes that lead to cloned sites with nefarious intents. It really is not too hard to replace a tableside QR code without the restaurant noticing. If it is a restaurant that allows you to pay via that QR code, a bad guy can steal BOTH…

Here’s my problem with “QR menus.”

It seems like Gabe’s objection was more philosophical/conceptual, but from a saturation point he’s also not wrong. That era was rotten with zombies in movies and games. It was a really tiring fad. In my mind, the only reason l4d really shined was because of just how ridiculously well executed it was as a co-op horde…

You’re not understanding how this works. “Keep YOUR politics out of video games; not mine.”

So let’s talk about it honestly. A child with an illegally obtained firearm crossed state lines and, while only equipped with said gun (instead of the first aid he claimed to possess), brandished it at multiple unarmed civilians. After being called out for being the punk he was, he shot and killed an unarmed man after…

There isn’t a political justification or legal excuse for firing on unarmed people, especially when the murderer went far out of their way to be in that situation in the first place. He may have been acquitted but he's guilty as sin and you damn well know it.

Wait I thought the right always complained when there was politics in our entertainment?

He went looking for a fight and found one.  That isn’t self defense, except in Wisconsin and Florida.

“Nordic Empire Games”

This comments section I’m sure is about to be lively with legal scholars specializing in self-defense law.

Game looks dogshit, btw, which is arguably way worse than being tasteless.

Who would have guessed that a company named “Nordic Empire Games” would develop a game about murdering civil rights protesters?

Ironic hipster Truck Nuts equivalent?

The point of Impossible, for example, is not the health benefits but the sustainability - it’s way better for the environment. An Impossible burger is still an indulgence for sure, but at least no cows were sacrificed for them. Ditto the chicken nuggets - my husband likes them, so if we’re weaning ourselves off…

If nothing else, it paints the “Is Mayonnaise an Instrument” sticker in a rather different light. And the one that says “I’m going as fast as I can.”

I appreciate the whimsy, but there is not $10k worth of kitsch here, nor can the underlying vehicle justify such a price.