This is another thing that I’ve often mulled over about the boom in SUV/Crossover popularity. Modern sedans and hatches can be surprisingly cramped feeling and the visibility is often shit. Combined with the sometimes awkward trunk access (the trunk might be spacious enough, but the opening can be downright tiny…

The first-generation 3 was unapolgetically a 5-door hatch. Same thing with the Matrix/Vibe.  All automakers nowadays seem to be wanting more and more rake to their rear windows, which results in an awkward profile AND less rear cargo volume. The Cruze and Focus are also guilty.  The BMW and Merc “5-door coupeossover”…

I agree. I understand that we have to write headlines in hyperboles these days to get any attention, but the correct hot take is that it looks like ass, especially compared to other Mazdas. It definitely isn’t good looking. At most, it's meh.

These normally have quality (and large) side mirrors to compensate.   Sure you might not be able to see directly back, but the sides are not normally an issue.

Rita Ora is the fetch of the music world.

The other problem is the high window sill. This is a problem with the new CX-5 as well. 

Came for this, and I’m not disappointed!!!!

Used to work in news media and was texting with the communications director for a US Senator and my wife at the same time. Somehow sent the wrong person a text saying “Holy shit it’s hot as balls out right now!”

I got caught screenshotting a (former) friend.  She said something hilariously stupid and I needed my husband to share in it with me, but I accidentally sent the screenshot back to her.  Whooooooopsie

In addendum if you are looking for a good replacement series I recommend The Expanse series. A book every year. A great series written by folks who work for him. And the series is nearly over. Only two books left and the next one comes out in March.  

Agreed! This umbrella, that’s who the fuck we are to him.

As I said, this monster can’t go five minutes without reverting back to form. He’s Hitler’s faulty clone. Fucktard McFuckface needs to go.  Him, Pence, and every asshat they’ve appointed since January 20th 2017.   If we can’t vote out every single Republican on the tickets in a few days... then we better prepare for…

I don’t think it’s suspicious at all. If I were a YouTuber, I’d rather be sponsored by a service that helps people with their mental health than by a for delivery service or Dollar Shave Club.

Good article, but I question calling the Better Business Bureau a “watchdog.” They’ve been caught up in pay to play schemes before, and were under fire in 2010 for changing the ratings of non-dues paying members:

This seems like a pretty easy fix: have the Elle woman disclose whether she had contact with BH before or after her meltdown. If they contacted her, or vice versa, before the meltdown, that’s not good. If the contact was after, I’m less put off by that. 

Any opportunity to post a Lindsey Ellis video should be taken:

She voted for the ACA because she knew her constituents would be directly harmed—and therefore PISSED—if it went away. She was saving her own neck; not being altruistic. She had no incentive to vote no on Kavanaugh. She just went back to being who she has always been.

Calling Collins a feminist is remarkably generous. The only woman she cares about is herself.

Kavanaugh promised her? He promised?