Hey Tom... I was considering using your service, but I’m not sure if it’s worth it in MY CASE (obviously your work is valuable and “worth it” in general). I’ve been having a tough time going around to dealerships and getting quotes on a Rav-4 Hybrid, because all of them are saying they won’t budge on price AT ALL. I…

that’s not really true. I get that instagram blurs the lines between “professional model” and aspiring model, but LOTS of cosplayers are fans who do a labor of love. Maybe they make some money here and there but it’s not the purpose nor the motivation. I have a lot of friends who cosplay and some wear those very…

I really enjoyed Alita.  It sadly came at a time when I just couldn’t make it to the theater, but it had a re-run a few months later and I got to see it on the big screen then thankfully.  I read the manga when I was a kid though...so I’m an example of one of those niche fans.

ahhhh I gotcha. Yeah we should definitely figure out how to get better rights for these forced fake 1099 designations. It’s amoral how taken advantage of sex workers are by businesses and how our laws encourage this.

sure, but actually shift workers would get no protections in this case. If I own a restaurant (which I don’t) and I have people staffed to work, but big hollywood comes in and says they want to use my place to film for a week, as long as I give a certain amount of notice (I think it’s 48 hours in this county) those…

ok yeah I understand the house fee and all of the tipping. I was just trying to figure out if they had paid a house fee and been unable to dance, or if it was just that they were out of work for a week while filming happened. It would be good if we could have shift workers get better rights, because yeah this is super…

I’m confused at the ask... so is the problem that the movie rented out the space and during that time the dancers could not work? That is really frustrating and I can see how dancers would give side eye to a club taking in all that movie studio money and then not allowing the dancers to work.

Wait isn’t this what snapchat is for????

I had to look up what that meant. I’m too old for this new instagram app clearly...

yeah.  Well I mean my ex had a lot of demons.  She had some pretty horrific things done to her, which is also why I stuck around so long. But she wouldn’t get help for herself until quite awhile after we finally split, so it was a situation that wasn’t helping her and only hurting me.

It’s just weird you bring it into Jalopnik who are pretty storied tesla skeptics. No fanboys were jumping out of the woodwork. That’s why I commented. You’re on a site where the authors are skeptical at best/hostile at worst against Tesla, and you come out in a defensive stance against a straw man. Saying EVs need no…

yeah but the stock is priced at where speculators think it’s GOING.  Growth is already built in.  Growth didn’t happen the way investors thought it would (Not defending that.  Right or wrong.  Just is what it is) so now it’s getting corrected.  I think it’s dumb and as I have some money invested in Tesla I’m…

I’m way under water and considered selling. I’m holding for now for this reason, but I also am pretty sure it’ll never go back to the level I bought at.  Or rather it won’t get back up to there in any timeframe that would be considered a reasonable ROI.

considering this isn’t about tesla, weird you bring them into it. Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder.

Wow TAF I’m so sorry for you.  I had something similar where my ex partner would gaslight and abuse me, but always turned it around and made it be like I was abusing THEM.  I remember one day I was going to see friends in the evening.  She made a huge deal about “but what will I do for dinner?!?!?”  and I said I could…

bullshit.  You married this person and had a baby with them knowing FULL AND WELL about their beliefs.  You don’t have to agree iwth them but you damn well better respect them, and part of respecting them is being involved. You made it clear you aren’t christian and your partner respects that but what they’re asking…

I’ve heard this so many times...that reparations and focusing on slave ownership is the problem and that if we just walked away from all that racism would be solved. Uhg.

I mean, like with other car manufacturers (BMW) there are some ridiculous fans you can cherry pick.  “Charlatan” is a bit ridiculous though.  He has made profitable and popular electric cars that are selling extremely well, and have a TACC and LKAS system that is ahead of any other consumer product.  Was Smart Summon…

I went to buy my car with cash and realized I could get a sub 2% 4-year loan, so I went for it.  But even with that the loan officer was like “are you sure you want a 4 year?  Nobody gets a 4 year.  People usually go for 6-7 year”.  Bruh...I don’t want to be paying this car for 7 years.  I don’t want to be paying it…

Okay maybe not lump them in with conservatives (I’m not 100% sold on your argument, but thank you for that perspective) but I think calling TERFs feminist because they came out of a feminist movement doesn’t make sense. They’re still not feminist. I don’t even know if they’re born out of feminism.  They just parrot…