Technically, if you want to get all butterfly effect about it, you can trace this trend back to the writer’s strike of 1988. Needing programming that didn’t require written scripts, COPS was developed followed up by The Real World a year or two later. The idea took off and now we have the Kardashians and Trump. …

Why is this always, ALWAYS the Tesla fan boy response?

I went to a VW dealership to look at a GTI. The very young salesman asked what else I was considering. I told him the Veloster N. He said, “What’s that?” I responded, “A direct competitor to this car.” Then he proceeds to tell me, “I know this car is better.” Really? 5 seconds ago you didn’t know the other car…

Exactly.  You’re basically telling the person they were stupid for even considering it.  By insulting the competition, you’re not elevating your product, you’re demeaning your customer that brought it up.

Seriously.  Things are probably already not going great for that person in general and now an old man tries to ramp off his Journey?  Life is kicking that guy in the balls.

There’s a shopping center near me that is basically an old school strip mall with a bunch of rows of shops that you park along the storefronts. I can recall at least four times in the last year where a senior citizen has plowed through different stores as they mistook the gas for the brake. I’m actually kind of…

My original comment was basically that I’ve noticed an uptick in toxic comments lately.  Then you and a handful of people automatically took that as a direct reflection of yourselves.  So, thank you for raising your hand and identifying yourself as an asshole.  Although we already knew that about you seems how you…

Ah, yes, the old “Devil’s Advocate” standby.  When you get called out for saying something dumb, you can always backpedal by staying you are just “asking questions” or “I was just testing YOUR knowledge.”  Or you can use the tried and true method the President now uses, “It was just a JOKE!”

The best part of this whole thread is all I said was that I’ve noticed an uptick in the amount of toxic responses in the comments lately and you and a handful of people couldn’t step up fast enough to basically say, “Well, you’re obviously talking about ME!”  If I say, “Huh, there sure are a lot of assholes on here of…

And then they will all lie and say they never supported him.

Try reading a transcript of anything Trump says and tell me he is coherent.

Do you honestly believe the words you typed? I mean, is that really your world view?

Opinions? Absolutely! The more the merrier. But it has devolved into bitching and sniping on every article. It’s not a debate where people bring forward different views. Now it’s just “You suck.” That adds absolutely nothing. Why even expend the energy typing that?

I find it funny when people point out other people’s bad behavior their go to response is, “LOL u mad bro?” I’ve made my point multiple times on this subject now. Apparently jalopnik is doomed which is a shame because it’s my favorite site. You guys just have a good ole time wallowing in your misery and self pity.…

You also don’t pay to read articles.

I’m not the one lobbing personal insults to the authors and trying to get them fired. I do practice what I preach. I don’t like all the content on here. I move on if something posted doesn’t interest me. I couldn’t give less of a shit about the guy wrenching on rusty Jeeps. So, I don’t click on those posts. I don’t…

Then contribute to the change you want to see. Pay for content. Write it yourself if you think you can do better. Quit acting like the universe owes you “quality” content for free.

I have no problem with people commenting that they disagree with the author’s take, that’s what the comments section is for. It’s the way a handful of people have been going about it recently. Now it’s just go for the throat and attack the author with personal insults. Some going so far as to research page views for…

Maybe you should step up and fill that void if you’re so unhappy with the current content. If you don’t like it, fix it.

Put up or shut up. Start writing articles every day.