From what I know about writers, none of them do it to get rich.

Seriously, is every source you, Raph, talked to (or read up on) simply dense or brutally selfish and greedy? All a research project has to do is find a magic mixture and sell it to an established company. There is absolutely no need for any of these individual research projects to have the big funding necessary to go…

What would be nice would be breakthroughs in the acceptance, size, and safety of fission devices

I don’t understand how this product is a standalone item ... there is no way in hell that either the medicine (epinephrine) or the delivery tool (self contained spring loaded injector) are covered by any kind of patent, so I am utterly baffled as to why there aren’t actual multiple competing generics available.

Kettle calling pot ... pretentious? Because I can actually see and use my brain? As the saying goes, “correlation is not causation” ... you keep asserting, wrongly, that I’ve claimed causation when in fact I simply pointed out the correlation.

Driving ability has nothing to do with someone’s socioeconomic status, AT ALL. No how matter what your socioeconomic status is, you’re allowed to get a license.

That’s South Korea compared to California. Need I say more?

We’ve been trying to teach people since they started driving

Obligatory: Pretty sure it’s a Lambo, dude.

A LOT of kids my age (17) love them.

Ride-sharing was cheaper and more convenient

Just an fyi ... Scotland is not now and has never been part of England, as evidenced by the difference in names. That’s like saying Nevada is part of Arizona ... they’re both part of the United States of America, but neither is part of the other. Scotland is currently part of The United Kingdom, as is England.

Counter-counterpoint ... In the Western World, nobody would consider it “political” in the slightest if Big Ben was ‘shopped into Chicago, or the Eiffel Tower was placed in Dallas. Yes, anybody with half a brain in their head could and probably would righteously mock the stupidity of the poster makers, but absolutely…

3rd generation Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe (and as a matter of fact, it’s Chevy and Buick brethren, the Monte Carlo and Regal). Preferably the square-headlighted ‘personal luxury’ coupes. Mine was a 77 in ‘Sea Foam green’. No sexier car has ever been made by The General before or since.

Doesn’t matter that it’s Turkey ... airports in every area of the industrialized world are targets for evildoers, and the authorities are very concerned about car bombs and such. You won’t just get a ticket for parking in the loading zone at even the most podunk of American airports ... you will absolutely get towed…

this mystery $3,000 withdrawal from people who claimed to have never used the service is by far the weirdest.

5th Gear: Toyota Delays The Plug-In Prius, Not That Anyone Would Buy It

3rd Gear: Is Ride-Hailing A Threat? (No)

The notion of “cigarette boat” has been historically based on a very specific style of speed boat (aka “go fast boat”) that existed well before there was any “Cigarette” brand of boats. The term comes from the powerful high speed boats used by cigarette smugglers. The brand steals from pop culture / history, and is…

Jeezus, you sound like my teenage son ... no matter what I say to him, the response is always in the form of “I’ll show you [whatever I was trying to talk to him about]” ... I believe he picked it up during our Futurama bingewatching :-D