Tell me you don’t know anything about Luddites without telling me.

You do know that the Luddites were objectively correct, right?

They weren’t anti technology. They feared the harms of technology being used to replace peoples labour, and concentrate wealth into fewer and fewer hands. (https://locusmag.com/2022/01/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-is-a-luddite-literature/)

What exactly is the point of a two-ton Miata?

Like honestly - do people want a Miata, or do they want a two door convertible thats electric. Because the electric “Miata” is going to drive like every other electric car: Fast as hell in the straights, slow in the corners.

And for the size, you might be able to go cruise…

Never forget Neji’s sacrifice

Then...Naruto isn’t really ending. 

Is Boruto truly ending, or is this just the first half, and we’ll get a post time skip show a la Shippuden?

Yeah well, it doesn’t matter what the consumer wants. What matters is getting that sweet, sweet profit.

Ebikes are an absolutely game changing investment if you live in a city - but you’ll still get killed pretty good by a car when it hits you.

Would you want to make this a google doc for easy sharing? Great work. 

Just to make sure I understand, the controversies are:

I like this - because it’s not trying to be a car. Instead it’s exploring a whole other form of transportation.

As ICE dies out and people eventually quit caring about the concept of a car as a form of transportation, things like this would make a lot of sense.

True but at least they had prescence and personality - EVs just...dont. You press the accelerator pedal and get pushed back in your seat in one EV, you’re going to have pretty much the same experience in every other EV.

They’re all going to sound the same. Drive the same. Maybe we’ll get some distinct looks - but with…

Manufactures and enthusiasts keep trying to prove EVs are cool, and the harder they try, the dumber EVs seem.

EVs are great transportation. They’re good for the environment. But they arent cool, unless you’re the type of person who likes going very fast in a straight line.

I really, really wish that journalists would at least make a half hearted effort to point out that “AI” isn’t artificial intelligence. It is not capable of reason or critical thought. It is a language modeling algorithm that uses highly advanced predictive text to spit out what it thinks works best in response to the…

In my home city there’s been two cyclist deaths already this year, the most recent of which was a hit and run where the driver received...a misdemeanor charge.

Jesus the future is bleak. 

We live in a very weird society, that people think “because our car can be damaged in a video game, it will impact our sales and reputation”

I don’t think they’re going to be winning any body building competitions, but they’ve got to be training back and arms, if for nothing else comfort maintaining position for so long.

Hahahahahaha.

So after finally watching the pilot, I can agree that it is a beautiful show. Orange really knows what they’re doing with CGI, and have crafted something visually amazing.