To be fair, almost nobody really knows for sure what they’ll do in an airplane emergency as very few people have ever actually experienced one. We can say whatever we think we’re going to do, but when smoke and flames are filling the cabin, almost 100% guaranteed nobody will proceed in a way that is rational. People…

How secure is the electrical box? Are they breaking in with bolt cutters and angle grinders or something?

Notice the flight attendant was also black.

Most places have solved this problem by using aluminum wiring.

I can’t speak for every airline, but I fly a lot and when I’ve chosen exit row on websites, apps and airport check in kiosks, I’ve always had to click an acknowledgment of my responsibilities and ability to carry them out. They also ask when I scan my boarding pass at the gate. All of that happens before I sit down…

I had the opposite experience on a flight once. I was traveling with my family, and as I’m a foot taller than everyone else in my family, I booked myself and exit row seat and booked them in the row behind me. Once the flight attendant realized that I was traveling with my family, she made me switch seats. When I…

Some people are just dumb. Sure, I’m gonna leave you all to burn, but I’m not gonna admit that upfront. That’s called depraved indifference murder, I’m gonna agree then bail when the going gets tough so my lawyer can claim that panic overtook me and I should get no jail time for it.

Where I live they made it so that you need a license to recycle nonferrous metals but that just means the thieves have to sell at a discount to someone with a license.

Seems like maybe another thing to do is crack down on facilities that purchase scrap metal without asking questions.

Just switch it to 480v swap the neutral and hot, should stop theft

seriously Tesla board can’t find some1 that are less petulant as CEO ?

I cant wait to hear what Tesla’s PR dept says about these “either I live or we all die” terror threats. Wait....hold on.....nevermind.  

Sometimes memes are just too good:

How can a company senior officer make open threats against the company and still hold their job??

I’ll give you $10,000 if you let me perform your kidney transplant. Come on, dude... it’s not rocket science.

I don’t know that I would buy any rental car. That said, in the one anecdote that the article covers, Hertz actually did the right thing and swapped the car out for the guy. Trust me, I am shocked as well. 

I discovered this years ago. Back when I was a broke college student, I bought a 2013 Chevy Sonic hatch from them. Super cheap. I think it was only like $9,800. About a year or so later I go in to a service center to have an alignment, the service techs ask me has it ever been in an accident. I tell em no, because of…

My parents were probably lucky - our first three main cars in America were all used rentals (from Enterprise, not sure if that makes a difference). A Dodge Spirit, a Chevrolet Corsica, and a Dodge Grand Caravan. Incredibly boring, but aside from the front right wheel once falling off the Corsica (probably due to the…

Hey Biden, with everyoen mad about increasing prices of goods and inflation, and you facing a very contentious reelection, it definitely seems like an excellent time to start a price war with China!

I’m not an EV person at all, but doesn’t this contradict capitalism? We’re told competition is a good thing for capitalism because it helps regulate prices. When supply is up, prices go down. Here we have a capitalist society’s government controlling the prices of the competition, keeping prices high, and therefore…