The trouble is that people almost never buy based on usage and needs. They buy on pure emotion. If they say “I like A” to start the conversation, they’re going to buy it no matter what you tell them and no matter how badly it fits their needs. Unless they truly are starting without preconceived ideas, giving people…

“the owner’s manual doesn’t always have the best recommendations”

“How much does it cost to fill up” should have been on this list. So dumb.

You’re weird. Cookie dough has an offensive pasty texture. Good cookies (which is many of them) are little chunks of soft, crumbly, browned heaven.

Too bad about all the cracked windshields on following cars. Needs flares.

Parent of a young toddler here... that baby just looks confused.

The social contract and the Constitution don’t mean that you have to agree with everything the government does or with how it uses your taxes. They just mean that you acknowledge that the government has authority to collect taxes and that the institutions of government described in the Constitution are legitimate. And…

Make your own decision about whether the contract is worthwhile to you. If you don’t think it is, move somewhere where there isn’t one.

Again, if you feel “natural law” (which to me means the laws of physics) is good enough, there are plenty of places where that is the only law that applies, and where no IRS agents will point guns at you to collect taxes. That does mean you are on your own when private citizens point guns at you to take your money…

If you want to live without being bound by any laws, there are some perfectly nice countries with no functional government and no tax burden that you can move to. I’m sure the experience of living in Somalia, Afghanistan, or Syria will be everything you hoped for and more.

Congress, not the IRS, is who says the IRS has the right to collect your money. The Constitution gives Congress that power under either Article I or the 16th Amendment, depending on the type of tax being collected.

We have one who was outdoors from a few weeks of age. We’ve tried a couple times to convert her, but she’s just miserable every time... it IS possible for a cat to show signs of depression. We gave up, and just accept that she is at elevated risk. When she’s outside, she’s a very happy creature.

Not “rolling coal” when it’s a race car. That term is reserved for pointless brobaggery.

A) We can’t tell that from one picture. It’s entirely possible the lot is full at other times.

You must live in a big-box exurb somewhere. Every lot I park in regularly fills up at least some of the time.

Acceptable ways to protect yourself from door dings:

Hey, look, we found the guy who did this!

Painting it is too much trouble and expense. Plasti-dip looks like... plasti-dip.

Unfortunately they never made Guard available with Sport Appearance on the F-150. My dislike of giant chrome grilles and bumpers would overpower my like of Guard. I’d probably end up with dark gray or dark red on a F-150.

No more Guard? I am disappoint. That was Ford’s best color in recent years.