Or medical schools would be forced to compete with lower prices because people wouldn’t want to pay their fees anymore. The price of medical schools are heavily linked to the fact that doctors can pay them back.

Lol. Yes Cletus - it’s a tax cut, and honestly ACA is crap. But if insurance companies see a 15$ price tag on a Tylenol (actual price), they’d rather just raise premiums than fight the Hospital, which is the exact opposite of a free market, and functions more like communism - the costs of which come back to you as…

I’m happy to paint insurance companies as the bad guy. And I have nothing against doctors making good money. And in fact, when you’re talking about general health practitioners, I think what you’re saying is fair. In the case of specialists, I am not so sure; but they should still be subject to market pressures like…

The entire healthcare debate is a red herring. It’s like having a gas fire and trying to pour water on it just so you look like you’re doing something to fix it.

By bullshit do you mean Uber itself or the news about Uber? I’m kind of hoping both.

I always smoke chicken and always use dark meat or fatty cuts

Sorry to be a pedant - but *reined. This seems to be spreading and it must be fixed.

It’s been five years since I left Texas, but I left off my front plate with impunity until the day I left and I had zero problems in Houston. YMMV I guess?

I bought a barber grade finishing trimmer and don’t even bother shaving anymore. No one gives a shif if you have minor stubble. + cheaper in the long run.

I bought a barber grade finishing trimmer and don’t even bother shaving anymore. No one gives a shif if you have…

I still haven’t moved on past hunger games. Is it any less derivative?

Hunger Games over Dune? No Enders Game?

Agreed. I didn’t know about the Volvo thing that should be interesting. Volvo does wonderful interiors that are minimalist without feeling cheap.

If Jeff Smisek were here, he’d create one of his smarmy videos and tell you everything was totally fine.

Wait bikes aren’t cool anymore? Awesome. Where do I buy?

First. Several years ago what you were saying would be true. I’d have to go back and read but I’m pretty sure the entire reason for the Bolt is that Chevy was leveraging a better supply chain and volume to get per/kWh prices to a number that was close or lower than what Tesla was getting. Or at the very least, that’s…

Yeah, maybe. It’d be interesting to see what the Tesla buyers were cross shopping. I’m obviously biased, being an enthusiast, but I usually worry about performance and feel when I cross shop cars. Massage seats is secondary. Alternatively, if Mercedes stripped out the S class and sold a base base model would it…

I’d disagree. Tesla sells at a very premium pricepoint and purposefully touts the power and uses it as a marketing tool. Likewise M and AMG have been wildly successful using that specific tactic. You know that in its “normal” (non supercar) model line, the most common car sold to highest net worth individuals is the…

I think if you got into a modern Mercedes and looked carefully you’d be surprised at the corners cut there as well. I wasn’t trying to insinuate the Tesla is premium, I actually think short of Bentley, or Rolls, it’s pretty shocking how low-grade current “flagship sedan” interiors are. The impression I got from the…

Also, horsepower, and while I think heated and cooled seats matter in this class of a car, a lot of S Class buyers, at least nowadays, do care about performance, and they like the marketing tack Tesla uses by highlighting those things.

In the US, people want the S class with the V8. Plus a lot of these cars made a name for high speed cruising on the autobahn. So I think you’re being a little disingenuous here.