Eh, the presence of vinegar in both of those makes its very inhospitable to bacteria and mold as well (why you don’t need to refrigerate your ketchup).  Now that is not the same as impossible given 24 years, but its not like it had a topping of grape jelly.

I don’t know if it will ever be economically practical (which is a BIG part of “practical”) but I think technologically I think it would be. The biggest pivot is removing humans from the equation. The idea of a humanly pilot/drive is NEVER happening. But a fully autonomous vehicle that effectively includes an…

No, a car is a “wheeled vehicle”. This is not a car (no wheels), But if they put wheels on it instead of skids for storage (you land at a designated landing spot and then taxi) it would qualify. Yes, I realize that by this definition a 777 is a “flying car” but it would etymologically fit it as there is nothing in the…

When I saw the title and then read the article, I realized he missed the biggest thing wrong with the “$600 Diesel Manual Chrysler Minivan that I (Dave) Bought...” which is that he bought it.

His wife has a kid.  Not sure if they performed a paternity test.

Yeah, Stacey has never held an office where she was representing more than 50,000 people. To put that in perspective, Mayor Pete was a “small-town mayor”, yet that small town is twice as large as the size of a Georgia House of Representative’s constituency.

You are limiting yourself then. Sundaes should consist of 4 items:

Because some people who may think reparations are owed to descendants of American slaves, not black people. And then how do you determine the amount? Is it $X to every person who is a descendant of a slave, or does how much they are descendant of a slave matter? (e.g. does Michelle Obama get a full share, but Malia…

Also, we still need responders and they will need vehicles to respond with.  Maybe I have a different view because I am not the minority that get overly policed, but I think the right solution is reducing the number of armed police and replacing them with paid healthcare and social services workers.  So they send one…

The wife CLEARLY does that. Not sure if the husband actually pointed the gun at someone intentionally.  He did have horrible muzzle discipline so if he turned his body to the left whatever was 90 degrees to his right was now having a gun pointed at them, but other than pointing it at his wife multiple times, don’t…

Peter’s first girlfriend is viewed 100% as a negative. The talk at the barbecue about the guy showing his “Ohh face”, the breast exam on TV bit, how Peter is sickened at the idea the Aniston’s character may have had a sex life before him (but to be fair its because of who he thinks she choose to have it with vs.…

I can get the aspects of unbridled masculinity in Office Space (his neighbor, the guy at the party talking about hoping to show their “Ohhh” face, etc)... but “drama”?

As long as the statue of limitation is more than 7 months there is hope....

Why do you assume they will use the same cab for long-haul runs?  The logical approach would be more of a pony-express type solution, where you figure out a way to slice I-10 (or I-40, etc.) into 250-300 mile segments and the trucks pull into a depot, switch the load and a new cab takes over the next segment while the…

And how many of those violent breakdowns have you seen where they dispatch a single unit of police? For example, George Floyd had 4 officers dispatched. Imagine the outcome if it had been 2 officers and 2 mental health professionals. It wouldn’t have been worse, and is far, far more likely to have been better.

Oh in my mind you would.  If we pay you the same, and give you a regular car vs. a police interceptor and didn’t arm you with $3,000 in body armor and weapons we could have the same number of people “protecting and serving” for slightly less money.

Oh and for that Google search, use a better metric. I just did that, and the VERY FIRST result I got was a CNN article about “Defunding the Police: What it means” So apparently many of your searches are not about abolishing the police. But yes, you are right far more people are are using “abolish” to mean “defund and…

Outfitting a fleet of “mental health” and whatever “community officers” are is going to require more funding toward law enforcement not less and you can certainly do it without abolishing the police

Yes, and very, very few people say “abolish the police”. Just because some idiot has a sign doesn’t mean that is the message any more than “Black lives Matters” means “White Lives Don’t Matter”.