Two things.

Exactly. People think that they HAVE to have kids. They somehow think that their progeny is more important than other’s kids. The sad reality of nature is that prey tends to have large number of progeny, while the predators have few. That is for a reason. Prey needs numbers to survive long term, and predators need few…

True, but China is more likely using this as an excuse against Tesla than anything else. There are so many things that record, like smartphones, and they are not banned from premises like they are doing with the Tesla cars.

Wow, complete lack of an answer. I asked the flavor, because if you are not aware, there are a LOT of other companies making EVs, with great success, and your Lord and Master Elon and his team are not the only ones making stuff people can buy and drive.

Can you tell me one thing I have been dying to know?

And what, pray tell, the fuck are you going on about?

Is a stripper a sex worker or a dance performance artist? Seems more the sex worker than artist, but that may just be my take. The difference, should you ask her, depends on to whom she answers that question. To you, the guy waiving dollar bills, she would be a sex worker, but to a judge, she would swear she is an…

Funny thing, as much as I dislike it, the CyberTruck has a better chance than the F-150 Lightning. And for the simple reason: the Tesla one appeals to Tesla fans, many who do not now own a pickup. The Lightning F-150 is designed to sell to pickup truck owners. And those folks, at least on the consumer side, are the…

I love your lack of nuance, subtlety, and complete lack of any self-responsibility on the part of women. Did those women get forced to shop at VS? Or did they willingly chose to shop there? It’s like how I look at the Catholic Church. They knew that priests were molesting kids for years, as did the parishioners, but…

Well, when it seems to be state supported activity under the guise of criminals, it would not be such a stretch to consider it.

Yes, should have used “gratification” instead.

You are not incorrect on some points, but the point I was making, and hope is understood, is that the items purchased there were worn by women. And the company was doing quite well selling lingerie, as regular bras and underwear was never their goal, no more than a Hermes scarf is for normal winter outings.

The thing that was smart about Madoff was that he did it to rich people, exactly because they rarely wanted their money back immediately. If you do that to middle class people, people who might need that account liquidated to pay for an emergency, or worse, poorer folks like widow or retirees who could least afford to…

Perhaps Victoria’s Secret was not expressly for women, but other than a few transvestites, how many men wore their apparel? And how long would they have lasted as a company had women not willingly worn their (apparently crappy, ill-fitting, and overpriced) garments? Maybe they failed because there were cheaper, better…

You might as well invest in Elio as many of the others.

Exactly. If you crave the approval of a Badge Whore of all your purchases, you have other issues to deal with.

“whose stated purpose was to shill young girls to other white men”

Yes, it is hard trying to reconcile being an automotive enthusiast and being somewhat socially responsible. And this vehicle is not the answer to that idea. i will go out on a limb and just say that the Hummer is an EV more for the novelty than for anything else. It certainly is not green, and it certainly could have…

It really kind of tests the theory of Gene Roddenberry via the Star Trek franchises. What happens in a post labor force world? What happens when there is technology that does the work, and people are free to do what they want to do? What happens to the former labor force when there is no longer the need for their…

Oddly, the war on illegal drugs helped fuel this fire. Heroin had been the drug of choice, a really potent opioid, and very, very illegal. But relatively cheap. So a lot of people got hooked on it. And then, the government cracked down on the heroin trade, as the Mexican cartels on the border were getting really good…