oh man... I could spend all day in this thread, but I have to get some work done! Bond is my favorite movie franchise by a mile and there’s really only a handful I won’t stop to watch if I see it on while channel surfing (well not technically channel surfing these days but Pluto has a Bond channel so I check that out…

I wouldn’t say that it worked; the lawsuit hasn’t gone to court yet and I doubt it was ever intended to to go to court to begin with. My understanding (not an expert on child porn) is there needs to be a sexual aspect to the image in order for it to be porn, and it’s very clearly not a sexual image. 

Well I don’t know exactly how old you are, but growing up in the 80's and 90's we were always learning about new technology. In first grade we learned the Dewey decimal system and used a card catalog in the library. In second grade we learned to search for books on the library computer. I could dial a rotary phone if…

I had this discussion with my wife just last week. I actually didn’t know that you use two periods after a period, and she’s shocked that you would do anything different. looking at a couple emails she’s sent me, it turns out she’s been using two spaces all along and I literally never noticed. And the marriage is OK,…

Believe it or not, sometimes it’s an advantage to be a bit older. The grey in my hair kinda spoils the fact that I’, in my 40's anyway, so I might as well acknowledge that I have literal decades of experience in my field. Now, If I was stuck in the aughts and couldn’t deal with new ways of getting things done that…

Or there’s a shredder in the canvas and on the due date it spits out $84,000 in dollar bill confetti. Technically they would still get the money back becuase you can send that to the treasury and they’ll piece it all together then send you the equivalent in fresh bills. although he’d be guilty of defacing legal…

That may describe the liberal position, but I think it’s fair to point out that it also describes the enlightenment era views on the social contract that directly informed the creation of our nation. It’s literally how a free, democratic society is supposed to work. 

Reminds me of a cop that pulled me over and tore me a new asshole once about how I needed to “slow down on my highway”. I was speeding but he didn’t get me on radar, he was in traffic behind me. When he pulled me over and saw that I was only 17 years old he made me get out of the car and stand on the side of the…

OK, this is what I don’t get about the Slant-6 - Why is that 30 degree slant such a big deal that it’s named after it? Ok, I understand that the water pump is next to the block instead of in front of it, but couldn’t you put the water pump there even if the engine isn’t tilted? Wouldn’t you be able to mount the water…

Alternate alternate idea: don’t shit on other people’s idea of a good vacation.

I think that guy is purposefully missing the point. First of all, everyone is going to have a hard stop now and then. They don’t fail you for one hard stop, that would be ridiculous. And yellow lights are timed for the speed limit of the road they’re on; if you’re driving the speed limit and paying attention, there’s…

Wow I didn’t know there were TWO! so yeah, that makes Ted Lasso the winner by default.

Oh my god the fucking Geico Cavemen! they came up in a discussion with my wife and 16 yr old son just last week and we tried to explain to him why they made a TV show starring cavemen from insurance commercials, then made the show an explicit allegory about racism when the defining characteristic of the cavemen in the…

Only if you confuse prostitution with love.

I believe you are correct, that’s been a topic of some controversy in recent months. Also the phrase “money can’t buy you love”, which is not a reference to prostitution. The meaning of the phrase is that money is good for a lot of things, but it won’t replace genuine human connections. see also “money can’t buy you…

Good point. I’ll make a note to watch the aspect ration of the turn signals of every car in front of me going forward.

During snow storms it’s often hard to tell what lane you’re in. if the road hasn’t been plowed you usually end up following ruts in the snow instead of the lane lines, but that gets confusing and sometimes you see people driving in the right rut from one “lane” and the left from the next one over. That’s also the sort…

Presumably you’d see the parking lights on both sides... unless the one on the other side is burnt out. Or when fog/rain/dusk comes in and the driver doesn’t turn the lights on as soon as he or she should. yeah I get that it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out in most cases, but it’s the outliers that concern me,…

But in this case the car is most likely not a total loss. For all we know it could be a software issue. Are you proposing that taxpayers should foot the bill for the damage done to the car, in the interest of maintaining highway capacity for 45 minutes?

If the state of tow truck availability is what lowers your hopes about societies future I’m kinda concerned how  you’re going to handle it when you hear about the covid vaccination rate.