We have a really nice air mattress. It is bigger when packed and cost more than our tent, but it is actually pretty great to sleep on. I always think things like this look neat, but I can’t see the nearly 100x value vs a tent, air mattress, camp stove, etc.

Brown Manual Wagon. Who’s here is going to put their money where their keystrokes are? (not this MFer)

Dude, the exact same thing but reversed. I was a center-left progressive, but now all we hear from the left is just as crazy. I used to get along great with one of my right-leaning neighbours and we’d have some funny half-arguments. He’s now completely right-wing-crazy, flies a Trump 2024 flag and a confederate…

We might differ on some details but I’ll have a drink with you anytime (after the pandemic obv.).

Yeah I can’t even imagine the madness of going from zero car payments on a 12 year old car to either having a $90k hole in my bank account, or having $90k of principal worth of car payments for at least the next 3 years. I love cars but no car is worth that to me. Maybe if/when I’m Fuck You rich, but I’m not there and…

Yep.  He should keep the Mazda and buy something like a Camry Hybrid for the commute.

Tom nailed it. They'll get the job done. They are boring, but very comfortable and reliable appliances. Plus the name has the cache that he's looking for.

Awesome. I’m completely serious when I say that your articles about stuff you actually like are miles better than your Tesla coverage. I know Tesla gets clicks but there’s been a real downer attitude across the site for awhile now. We need more enthusiasm around this enthusiast site.

I did that same thing once.

The upgraded stereo should only play Bohemian Rhapsody. 

“...completely unprofessional way to communicate the dangers...”

Yeah.. could be. The most-clicked stuff isn’t junk like this though.

I got all mad at first as I was reading the article, but then I realized that’s just what the authors want. It gets people yelling at each other in the comments, and that keeps them coming back, earning those sweet sweet clicks. Nobody actually believes this drivel. (And yet, here I am still falling into the trap)

I wonder if Erin would be quite as cool with stealing if thieves broke into her home and took her stuff. The thought experiment can assume that these thieves are “suffering from income inequality” or are “desperate”. Perhaps “shit has even been real” lately for them?

Me after reading this article excusing blatant theft

“Now, every outlet is calling these folks thieves, and sure, that’s technically correct.”

I should’ve stopped reading the first time Erin offered excuses for criminal behavior. But I kept reading and found more of it.

This weird apologist take is just bad. These people are thieves, stealing things from OTHER people who legitimately bought something despite the poor economy. This isn’t a stick-it-to-bezos thing. This is impacting folks like you and me who work to pay their bills, then get their hard-earned shit stolen by someone who…

That’s fair.