Your biggest problem is that you LET yourself get embarrassed. EVERYONE stalls when they learn. Even when you get good at it, you will may have an occasional slip of the left foot or forgot you left it in third when you should be in first once in a blue moon. Get over yourself, ignore the other drivers who honk at you…

You have to understand what: the engine does, the clutch does and the transmission does, and then it is very, very easy. Or you can just buy automatic cars and replace them when the transmission breaks.

I'm a guy who never learning to drive stick. It's fucking embarrassing. I love driving but the times I've tried to learn manual, I've just gone wtf? I found it too un-intuitive and quit.

Miley's got fantastic PR people. Like she's managed to stay in this very non-scandalous scandalous middle ground for a couple of years now. It's almost Taylor Swift levels of controlled, just a different crafted image.

It all comes back to the flagship issue. If your flagship is a truck – and the Escalade is Cadillac's flagship – you're going to be a truck brand. Lincoln has the same issue. Cadillac's cars are great, but you need a premium car at the top to be a premium brand.

They're likely the same people who think telling women in public they're "prettier when they smile" is an act of civil nobility.

Just #whitepeople things

ETA: There should be a ban for all white travelers to South/Southeast Asia under the age of 25, especially if they have dreads or hair that appears to be infrequently brushed.

This is great news.

Just because people might not be able to eat out doesn't mean they shouldn't have just as much opportunity as anyone else to torment waitstaff!

OH MY GOD I didn't catch that. No wonder the kitty is so angry at the bear. It's not a Cat Overlord assassin in training. It's a film critic.

Who the fuck buys Ted merch?

I am really enjoying the sci-fi book Wool, part of the Silo Series.

I am really enjoying the sci-fi book Wool, part of the Silo Series.

FTFY

"How's Meg?" "...who cares?" was probably the single best moment of this whole thing. This guy is fantastic. He should really do voice work.

That's a tip that screams "Here, so you can buy a seasoning besides French fries for what you're serving."

They didn't "lose" their kid. She did not die of cancer or get snatched up by a child molester. They drove her to suicide.

"... the company's McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, warehouse"

if a cat came out of a duffle on a bus i was on i would be fucking delighted and no trip would ever be as good.

Thanks, Colin. You have officially ruined Jewish Christmas!

I wonder if anything happened anywhere else. Maybe the Midwest but not Chicago. Pennsylvania but not Philadelphia. Pittsburgh? Yeah, the Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh. I wonder if there's anything online about it.