A Telsa Model S weighs about as much as an F150 or an E-class, a Model 3 weighs about as much as your average CUV. So they’re really not heavier. Yes, they don’t use gas but using gasoline taxes an essential source of infrastructure funding is what lead the US to the mess it is in.

Not a big deal but gasoline taxes are mostly diverted to other non-road expenses already. And damage to roads is primarily a result of temperature cycling, poor initial foundations, and heavy trucks. Making a small change to passenger vehicle weight won’t make a difference.

2nd Gear: . . . how in the world are you going to be willing to force consumers into electric vehicles or more fuel-efficient cars?” 

I haven’t played Forbidden West, so I don’t know on which side it falls, but to me, there are mysteries that need to be addressed in sequels (“Who is Darth Vader really?”), and mysteries that should not be addressed (“Who is Yoda really?”).

But the issue with even the original comparison is that while that is true for the larger Star Wars universe, does that then mean that Empire Strikes Back wasn’t as good because it addressed some of the questions raised by New Hope?

“Some people like to see an interesting world deeply realised”

I think what makes it an even weirder criticism for this game is that it was clear in Horizon Zero Dawn that they were looking at as a game series and instead of cramming all those answers instantly there, they were building those hints with the sense that the answers would be coming. There’s a lot of stuff in HZD…

“It’s not solely a problem with Horizon Forbidden West, nor is it a problem limited to video games. You see it across popular genre fiction these days, as everything from Star Wars to the Marvel Cinematic Universe doubles down on plot over people, going so far as to fill in backstories for enigmatic characters who…

Furthermore, how does one go about proving that at least five other types of birth control didn’t work before the insurer agrees to cover the one they want? By getting pregnant five times?

Depends on where you live.  I grew up in Texas, and the sex-ed I got in 1996 was pretty in line with this garbage. 

One patient McDonald-Mosley recently worked with concluded that a non-hormonal septic contraceptive gel would work best for her—only for her insurance company to require her to pay $300 out-of-pocket for just 12 applications of the gel, which she couldn’t afford.

I got Sex Ed in the suburbs of Chicago in the early 80's and it was nothing like this. Either a lot has changed in the last 40 years or whoever compiled this list lives in Gilead.

It’s so weird to me that there are people worrying about having to take their shoes off at someone’s house and if they wore the right socks. Like, chill, trust me, no one gives a shit about your socks, and the person whose house you’re at cares a hell of a lot more about not getting dust and debris from your shoes all…

Are these for people who got sex ed in 1974? Seriously I was in school in the 80s-90s and i’m not sure we got the “fear mongering” version that seems to be outlined here.

Seems to be a disconnect between main title and slide titles.

I’m staunchly shoes off. If anyone questions it, I just say “my toddler licks the floor”. The ONLY people who have every had issue with this rule are my in-laws, who refuse to use the chair we have by the front door and insist on tracking their filthy shoes through the house, over my sons playmat and to sit on my…

Give your passion on this subject, you’re probably insufferable on a litany of other subjects that would make any sensible person reconsider inviting you to their abode.

A pretty demanding attitude you have toward people inviting you into their home. 

I live in Canada and nobody ever wears shoes inside here (even in the summer when there is no rain/snow/etc.). To me, wearing shoes in someone’s home seems both nonsensical and disrespectful.