In the same vein: I’d still be on FB if my experience was limited to friends and family like it used to be. It’s a fine and reliable platform for what my family is up to based on what my family says they’re up to. That’s why I signed up in the first place. I wish it was still that.

It’s also preaching to the choir.

BS in every direction.

“Everyone is responsible for their own health care decisions,” one of the protesters said ... The logic of “personal responsibility” doesn’t work during a viral pandemic.

It’s important to remember this is about the cost of maintenance, not directly the reliability of the cars. There is some correlation, but it’s confounded by the price and availability of parts. The exact same repair could cost considerably more on a BMW than on a Camry due to the OEM market alone.

A couple “mindset” tips based on some comments I hear about taking vacation/travel photos. Neither of these is Wrong^tm, and the people who say them are generally sincere and mean well, but I think they over-correct a bit. I offer not so much a correction as a more generalized tip.

Nope.

Good questions. Long time photographer. I’ve got all that fancy equipment, but I don’t often travel with it. Before I answer directly, an aside:

What people don’t get is that these products (bleach, ammonia, alcohol, ...) are so effective because they destroy everything. Bacteria don’t become resistant to rubbing alcohol or bleach because they can’t evolve a resistance to full cellular disruption any more than humans can develop an immunity to flamethrowers.

Right on. Photography is about capturing light, and an interchangeable lens camera that allows full manual control gives you maximum control over how you capture that light.

[Note: I’m counting any pro/enthusiast interchangeable lens camera as a ‘DSLR’ for this discussion. I know many are mirrorless, and so by definition not SLR, but it’s a difference without a distinction in this context.]

A white guy with body armor and an assault rifle in public is exercising his 2nd amendment rights. A black guy with a handgun on his property is brandishing a weapon.

Definitely. Want to be clear in affirming that all lives *do* matter. (And I have yet to hear anyone say they don’t.) All people are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Or, more concisely: All people are people.

All lives matter. Equally.

Just remember: a photo is like statistics — they can and will be cherry-picked to tell whatever story the person wants to tell, and will be believed by people who want to believe it. It’s important to be an open-minded skeptic and take everything with a grain of salt.

Yeah. Hard, “No,” on the flip flops on a flight (and in most other situations). Plenty of other super comfortable options in-flight. Save the flip flops for beach or pool.

CP unless you’re specifically diggin’ the retro style or something. if you really want *that* car for some reason, then yeah: decent price.

Those are good points. I appreciate a sane conversation about it.

My favorite piece of stupid over the weekend was the sentiment on some sign or something that said, “underwear doesn’t stop farts from smelling, so how can masks keep Coronavirus out?”

I know the messaging has been at times chaotic, but...