Eh... There’s only 2 major differences between Trump and other Republicans. First, you’re correct Trump had the attention span of a goldfish and was constantly getting distracted and tweeting things that would come back to get the DOJ attorney’s asses beat in court. But the other is that Trump said the “in his head…

The system is 80 years old. There’s a constrained limited supply that was readily transferable and has been that way from the jump. They may not have originally intended for the medallions to increase in value, but they did absolutely nothing about it this entire time. NYC didn’t place any limits on the transference…

The medallions were a secured asset backed by the government. It conveyed certain exclusive rights and privileges, thus giving them value. That was their entire and sole purpose. The increase in value as they’re then resold is part of the design. The agreement was: you must have a medallion to legally operate. Yes…

The rising price isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Medallions are supposed to be an investment that increases in value.

NYC limits the ability to work as a taxi driver to those who own medallions. You cannot work in the industry without one. It’s an exclusive right. It’s based on the same concept as home ownership and mortgages. You get it up front and use it, paying it off over 30 years. Then when you’re looking to retire you have an…

A medallion was an asset, like your house. You get one and pay it off, and then when you retire you sell it. Had the effect of preventing a race to the bottom for workers, and provided retirement.

The problem is when you have outsiders looking to come on the scene as “disrupters” to the industry. What that ALWAYS means is, “what if we got in this industry, but didn’t have to deal with any of the taxes or regulations? We’d make a fortune!” Yeah, no shit, your profit margins are 10x better than your competition…

You can look to Big Tech taking a more active role now. They don’t want to be taken hostage again. For years they acquiesced because conservatives screamed censorship, and the GOP threatened them if they did anything. Finally culminated with them putting a label on a Trump tweet and him immediately retaliating with an…

Crucial to this is dragging the Overton window (the range of political views that are publicly acceptable) out of the far right neo-nazi gutter. 20 years ago, if a network said “fascism is bad, and we’re not airing content that promotes it” no one would have complained. Now conservatives scream censorship.

Bingo. Dems pussyfoot around getting socked in the jaw and then turning the other cheek, trying to win over Republican voters through logic and polite discourse. It won’t ever happen. For 30 years Fox has been programming their constituents that Democrats are evil. Not bad, not different, but “evil.” There isn’t a…

That’s the problem domestic manufacturers have when they compete with German. Why pay more money and receive a fisher price interior? A new M3 CS has 500 ponies with a sub 4 second 0-60 for $72k.

Your controller limitation is that there are 10 switches that are either on or off, a joypad, and only two triggers that accept variable input. You can:

Agreed. F the anomaly platform BS, and the stupid stonehenge POV rune puzzles. I tackled all the daughters at around level 320 and all 3 of them were ridiculously difficult and took me down to my last ration. But the lost drengr’s were cakewalks.

I also liked and hated that the optional world encounters were optional. While there were a few of these world encounters I hated, the overwhelming majority were great or at least decent. Towards the end (around level 280, 1-2 regions left to tame) I’d seek them out and play them, but there were entire phases of the…

We do this with stuff. You pay Sales Tax when you purchase it. Oh, you somehow got it without paying Sales Tax? Here’s your Use Tax bill, sucka

The exhaust is nice on them. Unfortunately, the rear end on these looooves to swing out on corners. You’ll recall on one of the TG holiday specials Hammond crashed one of them on a track

True, it varies on the client, but also on your position. If you’re an onsite consultant or associate it’s one thing. If you’re the partner or senior VP signing a block-buster deal, it’s another.

The first question (unanswered by OP) is just how big of a shitbox is their vehicle? If it’s 15-20 years old, but well-maintained car that’s one thing. If it looks like Uncle Buck, missing fenders, and beat to shit, that’s another matter.

Tesla is a shit company if you think it’s a car company and compare it to other car companies. It’s a rocket ship if you think it’s a tech company developing game changing tech

The M3 would counter that you can have a fun sport sedan big enough to fit 5 adults that doesn’t have the size (or handling) of a boat.