It really says something that you consider finishing a half-marathon “losing” or “failing.”

Nothing wrong with a little schadenfreude.

Yeah, ever since his whole stance against healthcare (I guess I’ll just have to cut hours/jobs!) I’ve hated his douchey face and refuse to order his pizza.

Because ‘showing up’ is not the same as completing a measured, physical feat. The people who bow out at 25 miles don’t get a finisher medal-anyone who takes one doesn’t understand sportsmanship. Giving little Timmy who strikes out, or is benched constantly or doesn’t really contribute much to the team a trophy is…

To your comment about half-marathons, those are finisher medals. If you’re able to finish the run in the specified time, you earn one. Of course the competitors can take it more seriously but most people think it’s an accomplishment to set a goal, train for it and complete it. I’ve run three marathons and I like the…

...and?

There is a huge difference in being paid for a job and getting a bonus for doing a job well. If he got a performance bonus for playing badly, maybe you’d have a point.

Y’know, this is a dick move, but I support it anyway, because someone has to make a stand against the trophies-for-participation mentality.

“ Try working with millenials.”

too much HDR

You’re driving it in the wrong place. A Jeep shouldn’t be going fast enough for road noise to be a concern.

I’ll step up and say that I don’t really care for them myself. Though sure, I respect it for what it can be made into, but bone stock, too much of barbie car look, too small..

Or the MOPAR folks?

I have no love for the Miata.

It may seem blasphemous to suggest such a thing

Good luck to you. I bought my Abarth last April and I haven’t stopped smiling since. I’ve dropped about $2K in mods into it and the thing run like a bat out of hell, but it was wholesome fun from the very beginning.

I am an engineer. The only thing stopping me from buying something awesome is massive student loans haha.

The dead pedal.

No, I’m not naive. But they keep the honest honest. And that goes a long way.

I’m a photographer, so I’m regularly transporting tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. I work with videographers, who regularly transport hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.