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Whatever, grandpa. People have been doing stupid shit for attention since the dawn of time, and people have been THRILLED to give it to them. Evel Knieval didn’t have an Instagram.

Hard disagree, VII got me with the nostalgia and the twist end and VIII took that nostalgia, hit puree, fed it to hog with explosive diarrhea, and used the fecal matter placement as plot structure. 

“I don’t know how people thought that TFA could have led to any other version of Luke.” Read more

Nobody this stupid “earns” anything. And nobody in their right mind defends them.

Fuck GM. They took bailout money and trimmed inefficient brands now they give us the middle finger by bringing Hummer back Read more

An idiot doing idiotic things might not suggest that he isn’t “..the average american who buys an expensive car by EARNING the $$$...”??? Clearly you haven’t met the majority of wealthy Americans, those who cheated, stole, defrauded, inherited, lucked into, married into, fell into through connections, or at the very… Read more

Which makes you wonder just how the hell they all that money in the first place and really, really question if merit is all it’s cracked up to be.

It had been so long I forgot that a grill can be used to let air in

This guy thinks he’s huge at 6'0? He can drive a small car. I’m taller and probably wider and heavier and I drive a small car. Also small people can drive big trucks, it’s the 16 year old part that worries me in something that big. Read more

Ingress, egress, load height, ride height, and seating position are probably sufficient for most people for marginally more money and marginally worse mpg. 

Not really. RAV4 splits the difference between Taos and Tiguan. It’s kind of a competitor to both, and if you don’t believe it’ll be cross shopped with the Taos, you’re fooling yourself. 

I’m not saying they shouldn’t be compensated for the software--of course they should! But they should also have a reasonable return policy since it really costs them nothing to do so. If people want it, they should pay for it. If they don’t they shouldn’t be railroaded into buying it.

it’s hard to imagine a statement more wrong than this one.  are you sure you’re not mixing up the two?

Doki Doki Panic was originally a Mario game until Nintendo redressed the sprites with Fuji TV mascots.

Cheap difficult is not fun. Specially when there is almost nothing new or exciting in the game. Read more

I’m not saying that people would not benefit from Ramsey’s advice...my problem with Ramsey is that he makes blanket statements that are not helpful and/or he uses examples and “facts” that are just not true.  You can give people reasonable financial advice that is both helpful and factually correct. 

So far my strategy is to get an Xbox Series X for enhanced versions of my existing games, for the Game Pass and for cross platform play. Read more

Holy fuck Mr. Gladiator-Guy. Who the hell thought $650 a month for a lease was a good deal? And how the hell are you still paying $452 a month with three years left on a five year old Miata. Read more

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