Not really. My parents don’t pay for a netflix subscription just so I can mooch off of it. If I have to now get my own account, my parents aren’t going to cancel theirs in retaliation...

Classic teenage pirate logic “I didn’t steal it, I just made a copy!”

short term dip, that will get acquired by hedge funds who will get a discount on purchase price and will buoy it back up. No one in the market wants to be subject to the whims of a billionaire like Musk

The BBB doesn’t have the power to do anything. They were essentially Yelp before Yelp, so if you had no/bad reviews on BBB it would hurt your ability to do business. But now, no one cares about BBB so it’s moot.

I’ll go on record that a Cooper S is more fun to drive than the comparably sized m240i

Have you rowed your own gears in a Mini S or JCW? It’s a BMW turbo-charged go-cart, and aptly described as “shit loads of fun.” Except for the maintenance, when step 1 of everything is “drop the subframe”

Sadly, it’s not the same Church as you group up in.

Just to be clear, for those of us snarking in these comments, we’re not hating on those actual U.S. Christians/Catholics who actually adhere to the teachings of Christ, are loving, charitable, etc. We’re snarking on the other 95%+ of your church that don’t do any of those Christ-like things, who instead try to use…

I think it’s funny that they’re “not sure why it’s so popular.”

“Consent- which is a noise she makes, not a feeling you have”

Manual’s are not “better” in terms of cost, efficiency, maintenance, MPG, or 0-60. But on sports/sporty cars they are more engaging and often more fun to drive. It’ll be a sad day when they’re gone, just as it’ll be a sad (but safer) day when we stop letting people drive and switch to full autopilot.

Found the cat person...

You must hate Netflix...

You asked for a solution to a dealership that pokes you in both eyes.

The solution will be simple. Kia will no longer get exclusive good cars. All their marque cars will be available rebadged as Hyundais and Genesis. Kia dealership want to put you through the ringer on a Telluride? Go to the Hyundai dealership and get a Pallisade.

Not just higher quality, but also games that weren’t padded for length. I for one look forward to the Gamepass model expanding because when it’s about having enough good content it helps ease expectations and also cuts down on 8-9 figure advertising costs which only put the games in a deeper hole. There’s nothing…

Sure. Because in the majority of households the overwhelming majority of domestic responsibilities fall to the wife, both in terms of cleaning/maintaining the house as well as rearing children. Even if dad may handle bath/putting the kids to sleep/drop off at school, often the logistical items fall exclusively to mom…

Everything’s smaller in Europe. The people, the roads, the units for dispensing gasoline. Big honkin’ V8 SUV’s that get 20mpg don’t appeal much over there.

The absolute worst. “But little Johnny just has to come, years later you’re going to want him to have been there!”

Ha! At my wedding, before the bride came out, I took a moment to thank everyone for coming, they all looked lovely, how happy we were for them to join us on our special day, and to introduce our photographer, sing their laurels, and mention how incredibly expensive they were, and how their DSLR was infinitely better…