I feel like it started from a pretty reasonable backlash against things like blackface and kinda spread from there. I think it’s important to cast minority actors to minority roles to support their representation (and even more important to hire minorities and women in director and production roles). But from there…

At least he didn’t make us all watch the whole fucking movie for no reason like that old bitch from Titanic.

You’re right about how tech demos work (the original iPhone that Steve Jobs showed off was more or less showing a video of what the OS should look like, he wasn’t really demonstrating a working iPhone).

I’ve always installed aftermarket stereos in all of my cars and I haven’t tapped into a circuit like that since I was in high school. Usually my amp will need enough power to demand it’s own cable direct to the battery (with its own fuse and and appropriate grommet in the firewall). But at a minimum I would tap into…

I’m in the same boat because I don’t particularly care for musicals (I think I saw this in school too, and that would be the last time I saw it). I usually don’t like remakes either, but this one looks like it can be really good, so why not give it a try? I thought that Mary Poppins sequel a couple of years ago would…

I don’t even like musicals and I’m excited about this. Even if he did nothing but dust off a copy of the 1961 script and directed that, I’m interested to see what Speilberg’s vision of a classic musical looks like. I suspect that even for those who don’t like musicals it will be, at the very least, entertaining. 

Yeah but it’s HIS work, we’re not entitled to more of it. If he wants to remake MacBeth he can remake MacBeth.

Tomorrow on NPOND: “Ran when sunk”

I have an 07 fit and since there is relatively little weight over the back tires the fronts wear quite a bit faster than the rear tires, noticeably more so than other front-wheel drive cars I’ve owned. If they haven’t been rotated in a while I could see a scenario where the front tires are fine right now but won’t be…

Why would anybody throw away a plastic Christmas tree? We’ve had ours for 20 years and it looks great. It breaks down and stores in a reasonably sized box in our basement with the rest of our Christmas decorations.

100%

I try to keep it in perspective so I don’t go absolutely crazy. it’s always been lousy with shitbags; we just didn’t know about them before. And some guys like Mulaney are possibly not even that big of shitbags. Yeah doing a bunch of coke and getting a divorce is not great but people deal with addiction and get…

oh yeah that guy turned out to be a bigger shithead than his character on the show.

No, just maybe an asshole for doing drugs and getting a divorce. Also having a kid before the internet things he should have a kid.

Yes, that’s the smart decision then. DeWalt is definitely a step up in quality.

You should still find an excuse to get some ryobi cordless tools. They’re not as good as DeWalt but definitely good enough for most household uses. For example I have a 6" circular saw that I prefer to my 7" AC powered Bosch for anything jobs because its nearly as powerful, more convenient and easier to get precise…

Is charging off of the RV engine any better than using a generator though? The RV engine probably has a much better emissions system and if you’re charging batteries while the RV is traveling it’s probably more efficient since the engine would presumably be running at an efficient RPM. But idling a huge engine to…

I think he meant 12 volt air conditioning. So I guess you could call that  12 VDC AC...

I am more than happy to buy cars from private parties. I haven’t bought a car from a dealership since 2001. But that was a Saturn and my taste in cars hasn’t gotten much more expensive since then. If I had the money to buy a Bentley I’d only consider buying it from a Bentley dealership, with some sort of CPO warranty.…

lol we were on a road trip the summer before last and my then-12 year old was very confused by the dispenser in the truck stop mens room. It was a good teachable moment about being prepared and the fact that if your only option is a men’s room condom maybe it’s a bad idea to begin with. he was suitably disgusted …