Tacky and gaudy through and through.

The sun also rose in North Korea, and for people being tortured, enslaved, or worse all across the globe. It also rose during the horrors of Nazi Germany. Except of course, for the people killed. 

the ending of Nineteen Eighty Four when Winston has been abused within an inch of his life and comes out the other end feeling nothing but love for the fictitious leader right before having his brains blown out

You don't. You formulate an exit strategy. 

the buyer is most likely a bad guy IRL also 

My friend’s neighbor has a yard sign that says something like “I’d rather vote for a felon than a jackass”. It’s shit like that that makes you just want to give up sometimes. How can you help people who are working so hard against their own interests?

At least this sort of hedonistic display of wealth I can accept. It beats buying a newspaper and then overriding the editorial boards...

Interesting, but utterly at odds with traditional RR thinking of not being vulgar. This, is vulgar.

“still glad I did it but wondering if that was a scam.”

Gross.

Man famous for not paying his debts, doesn’t pay debts. Consequences are for the little people.

I think you are missing the broader point that the technology has unintended consequences. Digital error correction and validation isn’t a fix. No GPS signal, no detailed location information. We have the means to track people via this technology and its been implemented in everyone’s on-person device. Yes, its the…

Yes, I am aware of how the technology works. Its ubiquity and reliance have given rise to volunteering our location far more often than we should. That being said, radio triangulation via terrestrial means is far less accurate, which is why my GPS is off most times.

Love the derp in Pending comments (not gonna be the one to legitimize his stupid comment by bringing it out of the grey) that thinks Trump wouldn’t be the one to use this system to prosecute women seeking abortions.

I’d vote for you. I agree with all those points.

Just over two weeks and I am not doing at ALL well. Anxiety through the roof. I simply cannot fathom how we’re HERE. 

Ah yes, now I remember. I had the lasagna.

That was my first thought,  take the star

I always liked the idea of PHEV’s but I guess you are paying more for more complexity in the drivetrain department, and as EV costs begin to fall it might not be worth the tradeoff. If I had a PHEV I’d probably mostly charge at home and use gas for long trips, but that might also lead to a decline in charging at all.…

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.