Counter-counter point: when measuring capital gains the IRS does not account for inflation. If you bought a piece of property in 2000 for $200,000 and you sell it in 2023 for $400,000, your capital gain is $200,000 as a result of the appreciation. You don’t get to offset the gain by inflation.*

The Nintendo world at universal studios Florida is going to have 2 or 3 rides.  From what I understand the Hollywood one just doesn't have enough real estate to expand too much or accommodate that many rides

I think I probably prefer the old way. This may make things easier at first, but by making it easier for everybody you increase competition for each allocation. Of course most dealers are going to mark them up regardless, but without this system some purchaser may get luckly by doing the leg work, making the phone…

I like the Red one. Has the Hot Wheels flair that you want with any good Laborghini. Couldn’t agree with you more though on the roadster silver one. The proportions all seem off without the roof, and those fins in the back. Looks like they finished the car without them, and then went “nah, it needs just a touch more…

Lists are made for bitching, and as a Chicagoan I’m super biased...but how does the 2nd/3rd largest city in the nation, which has a pretty great food represenation, only have one entry? California has 28 entries. Obviously not knocking those places, but it just seems a little weighted. New York/NYC also seems to be…

Then head over to theautopian.com

Insta-food has made my short list of lifelong enemies. I can’t count the number of hyped up foods I’ve tried in the past couple years that photographs great but tastes somewhere between mediocre and shit (particularly looking at you Korean corn dogs).

I grew up in a condominium with a doorman in Chicago, and lived there for a year and a half after I graduated college....so basically 23 years. 28 stories tall, we lived on the fifth floor, but I had friends and family on higher floors.

Well, I think they did a complete 180 on the Michael-Jordan-Republicans-Buy-Shoes-Too business philosophy, and said “we’re going to develop a product that’s currently and primarily embraced by liberals/blue staters/environmentalists...and then we’re going to do everything in our power to politicize our product in…

Both like nails on a fucking chalk board. And this list also excludes Arthur Christmas and... includes a bunch of tv specials, which opens up a world of potential selections that are infinitely better than the Santa Clause and Polar Express (just off the top of my head: a bunch of doctor who Christmas episodes, the…

I watch a lot of Demuro videos because they really are informative and, generally, pretty well researched.

I think you’re right, and that’s the problem. I saw one of these on the highway the other day with a car trailer towing five vehicles. Not sure if they were for a dealer, auction house, etc.... But it really doesn’t matter.  And I've been seeing that setup more and more.

First, I totally get what you’re saying. I was kind of burnt out on star wars in general, and I didn’t really have any desire to watch this. I just feel into this because I was looking for something light I could binge while on the stationary bike at the gym.

Agree that this is a tough one. I’m Jewish, and I don’t have any plans on giving him any support... ever again. But in many ways Spotify has become a repository in addition to being a for-profit entity. In some sense, it’s like a library, and I kind of view it the same way. Now libraries aren’t required to carry every…

Is it Harbour Freight up there?

What’s going to be interesting is to hear all the hot-takes from the small government MAGA-ers when the already fucked Florida insurance industry becomes even more fucked. I think half their property insurance is state-run because they all chose to live in the path of multiple fucking hurricanes...but tell me again…

I think John Oliver would like a word (or more likely a 15000 word highly researched comedic dissertation) with you.

Probably not. In order for those laws to apply, typically you have to knowingly follow the false report. My understanding is that these arrests are the result of faulty software/record keeping. So Hertz is probably acting negligently or with gross negligence (especially considering how often this happens).... But I’m…

My favorite (And I’m sort of paraphrasing and probably fucking up the joke) was from Brendan Kelly/aka Nihilist Arby’s, which went something like:

Lawyer here, and yes there are a number of reasons. It’s basically lawyering 101 that you instruct your client to almost always never talk about a lawsuit while a case is pending (of course there are exceptions to every rule).