Yeah, but they weren’t doing that. They thought they could do it on their own and they gave up. Buying Ford goes against their whole idea of “we can do it better ourselves.” They can’t. Buying a car company and sticking a logo on it was never in the plans, regardless of the financial capability to do so.

They couldn’t build a car. They were way out of their element. Plenty of people I know got contacted by them because they didn’t know anything about how to make things like a headlight or even who to ask to design one for them. Cars are far more complex than computers, they are collections of computers, plus hardcore…

If some other person had invented a spherical tire for a car, proven the concept, and brought it to Steve Jobs, then Apple would make some“revolutionary” car. That’s the only path of innovation they’ve ever known. Seriously, they’re greatest technical achievements have been procured from outside sources. Examples…

“get back on my feet” is fundamentally incompatible with “maintain/repair a BMW.”

This is immediately what I thought of (courtesy of Dead Like Me):

Time for someone to introduce the Correcthorsebatterystaple, then!

Thanks. I was wondering if I was being rude. My SO has occasionally stopped me when I was about to say something to An Old - “Oh leave him along, he’s old.” I let it past but lately... fuck that. Old is not an excuse for being rude.

I don’t think old should be a pass. Certainly not a pass to do it without asking! If you honestly have trouble standing for a long time *due to* being old, then mention that - but young people can have issues that cause just as much trouble standing (and have just as much right to ask to cut because of it). But the…

The civilized world (and the Aussies)

How to cut in line: DON’T

I have ZERO hesitation on calling someone out who cuts. Unless you were already in line and ask to leave briefly for a bathroom or coffee run, don’t bother. I simply will make you out for the ass that you are in front of x number of people no matter who you are. I’ve done it at airports, movie premieres, you name…

Um, no. F this.

 So, while everyone piles on their comments about how Computer “Aided” Gear Selection is fine on a ‘Murican V8 because our balls are so large that they coax an extra 900 lb•ft of torque from the powerplant when properly positioned upon the seat, I’d like to relate how getting locked out of second and third gears…

There’s a photography trope that says, “the best camera is the one you have with you.” The idea is that the best photographs aren’t always the ones that are sharpest, or have the most accurate color, or the most megapixels; but rather the best photographs capture a moment that moves you, and those moments pass…

The Union was fighting for the Union. The Confederacy was fighting to prevent slavery from being ended. Those are not opposites. The Union was perfectly willing to let the South to keep slaves forever, but could not stand by once the Confederacy opened fire and threatened to leave.

That ‘era’ was the mid to late 1920s, long after those who fought in the war died. They felt it was necessary to re-assert their position over the minorities who were starting to chafe against the rampant discrimination. Perhaps you forgot about the ‘colored-only’ places in restaurants, water fountains, and bathrooms,…

You know how I know the states in the Confederacy seceded to protect slavery? They said it themselves. Seriously, go read the declarations of secession for the states in the Confederacy, there’s no guesswork involved: they left the United States to protect slavery.

All you have to do is look at the pictures and video of alt-right protesters. The flags and signs they are all carrying pretty much tell you what their allegiances are

Nobody is asking these assholes to pay anybody anything. Nobody is asking them to feel guilty about anything. What they’re being asked to be are respectful members of society. Clearly they such poor quality people that they can’t even do that.