Yep, habits are hard to break. In Canada, most of us three-pedal enthusiasts of a certain age still refer to a manual transmission as a “standard.” As in: “Can I borrow your car?” “Well, that depends. Can you drive a standard?” It’s alarming to realize this terminology harks back to the days when an automatic…

much smoother and more satisfying to do everything with the gas

What? I’m not seeing the problem here.

a “blue ice runway” that was just 3,000 meters (9,840 feet) long and 60 meters (100 feet) wide

Blaupunkt head unit

It is just you, and how dare you question the power of Our Rightful Queen? (This is how she is properly referred to. Not, as the subhed suggests, as “our lord and savior” - that’s just blasphemous.)

Also, if Tesla will buy it back at even money minus deprecation for usage, that’s a fair tradeoff.

if someone is depressed, I’m not certain suicidal thoughts are absent in his/her head.

So, is the site actually going to disappear at some point, or does it remain here for eternity, waiting to be stumbled upon from time to time by e-archaeologists of the future?

the VakTrak is able to collect up to six cubic yards of trash, CBS explains.

A few years ago, fans at a Kacey Musgraves concert in Australia were trying to cajole her into doing a shoey. After several attempts to politely demur, some fans kept up the pressure on her. She ended the stupidity with a blunt statement: “I’m not fucking drinking out of your shoe.” This is, coincidentally, exactly…

Thanks for that. I was wondering about some of the anger stuff in that piece.

Thank you, Seabassy. I’ve long appreciated your comments, and this was a wonderful summing up.

EDIT: Well, it’s disturbing to see my post show up grey. Haven’t seen that since Rachel Vorona Cote (remember her?) followed me back in 2017. (Other than for a brief timeout after an asshole came after me!)

Interesting NYT column from last May about the rise and fall of Jezebel (and her online contemporaries):

See ya, FA. Actually, I guess I won’t. Take care.

Well....bye, everyone. This sucks. It’s been fun. That’s all I got.

Well, shit. I guess Jezebel is the latest victim of the unknown* serial killer who has been wiping out all my favourite sites. I’ll miss a lot of the smart, fun commenters, and I hope they all find somewhere else good to land. I hope the shitbag trolls find something else upon which to waste their sad little lives. It …

The responses in this thread make me very concerned.