I was going to properly reply to this and then I realised that there is no point. You’re on your pointless little soap box and clearly cannot be convinced that an acronym can be used for multiple purposes.
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The simple answer to that is that if you are using a free service - any of the social media platforms qualifies for example - you have signed over the rights to your browsing habits, hobbies, family members, friends to the company who is providing you that ‘free’ service.
I’m with you on that one. The last thing I want in my car is for the ICE to be interrupted by some black box:
You’ve kind of already done this but, like an active volcano, you can’t just say ‘well, that’s that’ and put it to bed. You know there are more horrors yet to emerge, new monsters birthed into being.
If you’ve read my post as a condescending attack on the quality and variety of US radio, rather than as a self-deprecating humorous poke at BBC Radio then I’ve missed my mark.
An excellent point which I haven’t seen brought up before.
Evans had a successful TV presenting and production career in the UK in the ‘90s and fit the zeitgeist quite well. He did very well, financially, from radio deals later on and now hosts the flagship morning program on BBC Radio 2.
Your practical experience makes the point, really. It’s immersion training/exposure but I still maintain the owner of dashboard cat has a book deal there ready and waiting. Or, as we all know is really the case, dashboard cat’s driver has a book deal...
Ah, you’re going down the rabbit hole there, my young friend; a word to the wise - don’t ever bring up this comparison in polite company!
Not at all, promise. They’re fiercely independant and if they want your company.. it’s because they want your company. They don’t really need you, but the free food is kinda nice. They will play with you, cuddle you, keep you company, ride around on your shoulder, always curious. They are fun, feisty and tend to do…
Well, we tried going cat-back but obviously didn’t go far enough...
Heh, no. I’m aware. I think it’s a global disease myself, cured naturally, and normally, by around age 25.
Safety laws are a product of the culture from which they’re born, surely? No European countries that I’m aware of allow teenagers to drive unsupervised with passengers in a ‘proper’ car at the age you do in the States as they’re not deemed competent enough.
Same - and the trip to the vet is 10 minutes, maximum. Our most chilled out cat nearly always leaves us a little physical reminder of how disappointed he is at being tricked into the car (foiled again, damn humans) for this very short journey.
I think you’re probably right. Give an American teen one of these and you’ll be told where to go - give a European 16 year old one of these and they’ll be installing 1000W sound systems, using wood screws to bolt on ridiculous fibreglass body kits and they’re happy.
The training/immersion technique required to get a cat to chill out in a car is something that would sell millions of books or DVDs. Millions.
There’s also a big market for these amongst convicted drink-drivers in certain European countries for precisely the reasons you mention.
Hehe. Can’t believe I missed this gem.
My two are the same as you were - utterly disinterested. They have an aversion to dirt and oil that would make a detergent proud, but our neighbour’s daughter couldn’t care less.