Apparently, they don’t understand how shit works.

First glance: oooh, a an old TDI priced under $5K

I had a 2001 TDi Jetta and can confirm the “in the shop constantly” statement. Great fuel economy which was completely offset by the very expensive German replacement parts.

There are a number of reasonably well kept mk4 TDIs for this price or less around my area. Why would you want one that has been hacked up and made to look stupid? Going to guess that the original engine broke its timing belt (seems about right for the mileage)...which is scheduled/regular maintenance, this thing has…

VWs have never been known for being exactly reliable but this is the WORST era of VW. My mother in law had a Jetta TDI. It barely ran and was in the shop constantly.

Those tires and wheels are a choice. One that makes me doubt all of the other choices current owner has made (the ones regarding this vehicle being most significant).

if jimmy fallon was promoting get rich quick schemes on multiple episodes without disclosing it was a paid advertisement, that would also be worthy of a lawsuit. that’s what this is about

This. I’ve also heard reports about certain celebs shilling for crypto, who claimed publicly that they were invested in it, and therefore victims too, but in reality, their exposure was minimal, like $1000 just to claim they technically invested, but in reality, they had no real vested interest in the product they…

It’s all just variations on the days of the gold rush, when people risked life and limb to strike it rich, meanwhile the ones who actually got rich were the ones selling shovels and gears to the suckers prospecting.  

Schills would never understand that joke.

I think people are missing the point about the lawsuit. It’s not about people following the advice of a random celebrity they trusted. It’s about them finding out that the random celebrity was a paid shill for the product and not genuinely recommending the product.

Yes.

It’s very tempting to blame the people for buying into what is very clearly a scam selling basically URLs... but URLs on the blockchain, when others were shouting from the rooftops that there’s nothing of value there (“It’s about the art*,” cried the masses as they shelled out billions of dollars for procedurally…

Yes.

Caveat Ape-tor.

Hard disagree. Midnight Mass was the best thing he’s done so far, IMO.

However, I have noticed that if he’s only producing and not directing, the shows suffer.  Bly Manor and Midnight Club were pale shades of Hill House and Midnight Mass.   I can’t imagine he’ll direct 50 episodes of TV for the next five years, but…

There’s an element of truth to that charge, but hopefully the large quantity of existing material will mean less space for inventing such monologues.

DO: Strip away the more esoteric links to King’s work (i.e., no Patrick), strip away King as a character, focus on the Ka-Tet and the mechanics of the world having moved on.

yeah god forbid she use other descriptors. c’mon now, steer away from the “well actually” bullshit. 

I mean, I’m an agoraphobe with social anxiety and I want my drunken noodles to be so spicy that this literally limits how fast I can eat them.  I once had some chicken that was so spicy I burst a capillary in my eye- that was a fantastic experience.