Reminds me of when Apple put a forward-facing camera on their early iPhones, and people asked, “why would anyone want to take a picture of themselves?”

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” was the one Wes Anderson movie that I thought was somewhat grounded in character development more than scenic display or cinematic cleverness (although it had plenty of both). Towards the end, I actually felt a real emotion tethered to something Ralph Fiennes’s character said.

[going to work in this awesome thing]

Twitter is dead. Instagram is a flopping fish on the shore of disinterest. These mega-companies better come up with something new to peddle or people will go back to reading books.

Hopefully they’ll work in some PSAs, you know, for the kids.

[ahem] ‘scuse me, Porsche? It’s a concept car. Ditch the steering wheel/yoke and put in a center-mounted joystick that controls steering and acceleration/braking, so that the operator can control it from either seat. Mkay?

“CGI Indy doesn’t look great, we’ll admit.”

I didn’t watch it. No one I know watched it. In fact, very few people I know even use Twitter at all. This country feels increasingly lop-sided.

“Dr. Playground” sounds like a horror movie title.

Jacques Tati’s “Trafic” is a great parody of the culture in the 60s-70s, as most of his movies are. Definitely worth a watch.

I assume when they say “rich” they mean “wealthy,” as in having assets in many areas, properties, businesses, stocks and such, not just a big pile of money. Anyone can be rich; “hey buddy. here’s a check for $1million. Now you’re rich.” Wealth takes actual effort. Many will be rich, few will be wealthy.

The “Fiat” in Fiat X1/9 Bertone scared people away, with good reason. The Bertone part was the intriguing part. Seriously, if you ever find one of these in half-decent shape, buy it. It’s the closest to a Ferrari most of us will ever come, and you can actually park it places and not worry.

She seems rational.

Meh, could be worse...

I remember the Speed 12 from the early days of Gran Turismo, and even then it was an unwieldy beast.

It would be easier and more rewarding to shoehorn a bike engine into that Fiat 500 than a K-series. Something like a Hyabusa power plant would give major gains with less space needed.

What advantages does this motorcar have over, say, a train? Which I could also afford.

This is similar to the riddle in “Labyrinth.”

Crap, now I want a Bacon Double Whopper...

Suddenly every tech company is owned by Scrooge McDuck.