In my part of Canada at the time we were limited to Slim Jim’s Canadian cousin Hot Rod.

Big +1 for Uncover. So good!

7. Wait, 8. I think. 

Oh, she was respecting them all right. Alllllll over.

I distinctly remember one of the people at the nexium session I attended many, many years ago discussing how he had bought a BMW z3 as ‘the car that was going to make him happy.’ That should give you an idea of the white, upper middle class navel gazer ethos of that cult.

How much does this expand upon what was told in CBC’s excellent podcast series Uncover (first season was about NXVIM)? I see Sarah Edmondson in the pic, who is admittedly hard to omit from the story, but I wonder how much deeper it goes into the workings of the cult - Edmondson was host Josh Bloch’s acquaintance, so I…

Batteries are just super heavy and will continue to be for a while. They’re working hard at making them lighter (the Powerwalls that my company installs magically lost 20lbs a little while back) but it’s probably not a problem that’s going to be solved by any one big breakthrough. The R&D divisions at Panasonic, LG…

Isn’t that what the Taycan is?

I would have said BMW with a fully electric i8, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon. Maybe Porsche after they get past their teething stages, and after they come out with the electric 911. 

Who’s going to be the first person to make a BEV that is designed around driving pleasure that isn’t just how hard it can smash you into your seat?

x1000. They’re too dumb to see that by pretending to be like him, they’re being wholly submissive to his dominance.

I’ve always thought what it boiled down to is, “If I was rich, I’d be exactly this kind of asshole.” Which is pretty much what you’re saying.

Yep.

This is a fantastic piece. But I want to add that I think this (“If you’re a man who represents the socialized ideal of Peak Masculinity—brash, cocksure, manipulative, unapologetic, seductive—you can have your way with us.”) goes across the board with males, regardless of color.  Most of those white dumb dumbs at…

Exactly. 

a friend of hers expects her to take a plea deal and to keep her mouth shut about Andrew

The X5 absolutely printed money for BMW, at least in the US. It still stands as probably the best full-sized SUV from a design and function standpoint. For example: one of the few to still have a split tailgate. Even today’s model still looks pretty good, at least for the time being until it gets a new grille.

The offical AV Club party line is that The Last Jedi was an amazing movie that revitalized the Star Wars franchise, and if you didn’t like it you are a sexist CHUD who deserves to rot in your parents’ basement for all eternity.

Except it wasn’t a mess from start to finish. It has issues, but it’s a good film overall.

I think part of the problem she is having right now is that she is naturally pretty deep, but at the end of the day is just kid (and honestly a kid with a kind of shitty education), so she gets put on the spot a lot and sounds stupid.