I live in a bunker in the woods. I am secretly preparing a luxury apartment, with comfy chairs, big screen TV, full kitchen, bathroom, hot tub and high speed internet, in the unlikely event that civil order strikes and I have to live in an environment of prosperity and peace.

Which was probably well thought out by Daimler. They rent the vehicle through a service which gives them a layer of anonymity, and the reason to (potentially) use contractors is to add another layer of protection/deniability... I’m probably much more cynical than you are.

I suspect there’s more to this story than meets the eye, there’s companies that literally take cars apart and document them as a business model. They sell the information to OEMs and part suppliers as comparison data. This testing is EXTREMELY extensive and comprehensive, Daimler could have easily bought this…

OTOH, Newton, a clear-cut Top-3 scientist of all-time, was an ardent believer in alchemy and probably died from mercury poisoning. Be wary of arguments from authority.

I know how to ride a horse, but that is simply because I was allowed to put a saddle on my au pair growing up and ride her around the house.

Those who can’t do, teach!

Sounds like Mr. Kazemi can’t drive.

The original studies on zinc a few years back found that the worse tasting the zinc lozenge, the better it worked. I figured people were just saying “No, I feel better, really! Just don’t make me use anymore of that stuff.”

They said they had to make him look so unrealistically grotesque because test audiences found more realistic looking burns more horrifying, to the point it was distracting. In fact, its a well known problem to filmmakers: ever wonder why horror films overdo it on the blood? Its because less blood can actually hit too…

You’d be surprised how easily many long-term addicts can mimic functionality. It is a learned, intentional behavior. When you add in that others don’t want to see such in their coworkers the veil can stay up for years and years.

No, actually everyone has a right to protest at work. However, most of us dont have the leverage or power to ever consider it.

I blame Mark Hamill for insisting she give him piggyback rides to and from set. It was a hidden clause in her contract.

Put your manager hat on, this makes perfect sense. Also lets be honest, it sure wouldn’t be the dumbest possibility. They did make the SSR after all.

Oh shit, BITcoin???

If you put $5,000 into a humor detector on January 1, 2017, then you’d be able to comprehend the meaning behind my comment today. Have fun with that knowledge.

Because of the sentences immediately preceding that one.

I find your confusion about my confusion confusing.

Eh, whether or not anyone there agrees with the idea is irrelevant. I’m sure there are people high up at ESPN that love the idea of increasing diversity for diversity’s sake. But it’s a corporate entity, incorporated to make money. The fact that people are continuously so outraged that corporations make decisions for…

Yes. Absolutely.