There is definitely a corollary there. Sociopathy/Psychopathy being a diagnosable (and some studies suggest inheritable) disease, rather than simply a learned behavior, I would argue Rand was likely a clinical psychopath. She spells it out, clearly framing generosity, empathy and kindness as corruptive moral failings.

Do you think it’s more likely that the government set him up (for what ends? It’s not like he’s holding the keys to the 3D printed gun kingdom or anything... it’s all open-source), or that this dickhead libertarian who has already shown a penchant for ignoring laws and rulings he doesn’t agree with decided to pay for…

“...told the child victim that he was a “big deal,” according to court documents.”

Cody’s response to these charges and all other before them:

And the only belts inside were the ones you wore, each with an onion tied to it - which was the fashion at the time.

He can in fact be seen devouring whitebread in the gif up top.

Depends on how long I would be allowed to observe it prior to standing underneath it. If I had an hour to watch it just sit there and watch it not move? Probably 50 bucks. If you marched me into the gym and I had to stand underneath it immediately? Probably 51 bucks.

starring for the thing of beauty that is “flustercucks”

It’s not only real, its 90+% of their collective identity. Conservative talk radio has had these flustercucks as the victim in their own productions for over 30 years now. After a certain point they believed it, internalized it, and now truly feel victimized by pretty much everything that doesn't tell them how great…

I think you just answered your own question, “why not just quit,” with, “If I quit, there will be a number of people happy to take my position.”

Quitting means you’re going to lose your job—and that finding another may not be easy in a market that has as much or less demand for your skillset than there are people with…

This is why mandatory state inspections every couple of years are good. I used to live in a state that had no inspections. Not a day went by when I didn’t see a car on the highway that was clearly unsafe, and most usually also being driven at an unsafe speed or in an unsafe manner.

BUY ME BONESTORM OR GO TO HELL!

Blacked out lights.

I know this is beating a dead horse, but the stance fad needs to end. Along with the #RespectAllBuilds retort you get when you tell them how dumb their 15 degrees of camber, crazy stretched wheels, 1mm of ground clearance, etc... is.

Haguers gonna Hague

Stowage. Stowage is wot bwings us togeder today.

You forgot “and we already know everything so exotic technology can’t exist.”

You lost me at didn’t evolve. I was an Anthro major for a few semesters, the timeline thing... Not a thing. It’s probably a great talking point for the uninformed. But it’s not something supported by available evidence.

I have a somewhat different view, based on the article you cite: The target is completely achievable and realistic, with the major exception being the low fuel prices which led to unexpectedly large numbers of fuel consumption vehicles being sold.