mr-wilson
Mr. Wilson, Reluctant Pumpkin King Incarnate
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I’m having flashbacks of when I decided to tinker with Google Map’s flight simulator speed settings...
Especially since I think I recall it taking the same literal couple of minutes for me to fly back to California from Washington state, given the runway was level enough to not send the thing face-planting into the

Random, relevant fact:
You can go on a private Jeepney tour in LA’s Filipinotown.

I’ve always been curious about Jeepneys, though I think the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland’s biased me much more towards old jeeps that wear their worn militaristic hearts on their sleeves.

I’m not much for the idea of hydraulics, but someway, somehow, just the depiction of the wheels has me wishing a department would have the cheek to bedeck the whole fleet like that.

I see this, and immediately think of my own scheme to modernize an old-old school roadster...
Of course I’m way ahead of myself and already wondering as to how to shove a turbodiesel into such an updated design and whether durable 3D-printed plastic would be best for the body work.

My laptop slowed the animation so that it seemed like they slid into view...
Thought they were the mister-friend of the lady behind Winkie’s for a second.

Swear the map actually has a Denny’s rip-off that looks way too familiar, to boot -
wonder what’s the odds there’s an appropriate wall to hide behind and some way to

I don’t blast people apart on sight, but it’s more because I’m trying to get as much distance between us as possible while tearing off on my bike or what have I...
Seeing this makes me feel a bit guilty about racing away from someone who seemed to hesitate when I noticed their blip coming straight at me and went

Funny thing’s with all the emphasis on teamwork in the game and the recently upped consequences if you go wreaking havoc - to the point you can’t even accidentally blow up your car without getting deemed that you’re starting to psycho - I’m not even sure if that’s the point anymore; the players either remember GTA

All I can think when I see this is, “Well, so much for that”.

It was taking me the longest while to answer “Why do these little bastards seem familiar?”, but I finally realized...
Honestly, I don’t know whether a royally pissed possessed African idol or royally pissed miniature robotic bear would be worse to have around the house - or which I’d want to have a plush of more.

It was a joking hybrid of the quote and my suspicions on the meaning of the game; “In your torn head”, ‘cause you know - missing frontal lobe, hallucinating, and all.

Ye gods, talk about, “I am the one hiding in your torn head, teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red”.

And yeah, of course I’m not keen on trying the damn game myself with my hypersensitivity to pleasant surprises, but the fact the teeth-fixated designs and implausibility that some crazy robots would just crash at your

I see this, and my mind immediately goes to a joke in the video game Red Dead Redemption, where a proto-FBI agent, his assistant, and the main character are bickering about how slow the most former’s 1911-era car is trundling down the dirt road as a bunch of armed outlaws on horses are gaining on them...
If I recall

Ye gods, this’ giving me serious nostalgia for the old Tomorrowland arcade in Disneyland...
‘Course I was too young and nervous of anything flippy to try, but just seeing it at work was a treat in itself.

I saw this a while back on the “Best of Tumblr” Facebook page, and it immediately comes to mind when critics gripe about what he does...
Especially since plenty of people seem to love seeing the idea presented like this, but the instant someone actually makes a job out of having fun, entertaining people, and even

“Well those burgers aren’t going to eat themselves!”
I could fully see myself and a similar-minded buddy just taking one of these to a local burger joint for a laugh.
Though if I did have a similar-minded buddy, chances are my best bud would be sitting in the back, arms folded and scowling, as they would’ve made sure to

I hear him say “Most of these places haven’t been visited; many of them never will be”, and think about how this game might be the ultimate time sink, at least until further notice...
Not to mention how strangely depressing that statement seems despite all the potential for exploration.
Think it’s the first time I’ve

Not quite, old sport; we’ve only lost the culturally “normal” booty.
With a little luck, we may stumble upon some booty fond of using timed explosives as alarm clocks that will be quite keen towards our wonderfully cacophonous, fiery automobile...

I thought the plan also had the 80s plate design in mind, but I guess I misread it...
Suspect they wouldn’t have any trouble getting support for those.
I don’t think it’s hard for anyone to figure out why I want one of those instead of the aforementioned plates, despite how nifty they are...
Unnecessary second hint: I’m

I was wondering when something would aggravate my yearning for an old-fashioned roadster once again...
Unfortch, I’d be all for something that you could daily-drive in Washington traffic, so it’d naturally be impossible to use something so spartan.
Does have me considering the dangers of something like a 1906 Autocar

You missed a very vital question, "spoilers" be damned...
Do we get to keep It?