I feel pretty much the same way, if I wanted to scan and bag groceries, I would apply for a job there. I’m not saying they shouldn’t have them, but at least make sure a few manned registers are open, with at least one express lane. I almost wouldn’t be surprised to get a call one night from a Walmart manager telling…

Movies seem to make the fears of airline pilot incapacitation worse than reality. While a pilot dying en route is tragic, the bigger emergency is the health of the dying pilot, not the fact that the aircraft is still flying. The FAA stresses that these incidents are rare and passenger safety isn’t really compromised.

For those wondering why the garage is set forward of the rest of the house....

“75% of Americans only buy a used car. The average age of a used car is 12.2 years”

Do people who write for Jalopnik actually like cars?

Car enthusiasts don’t understand the automotive industry or consumer preferences: more at 11. 

They actually do, though. Cars are expensive, and, speaking from the perspective of the broader public, if you can have one car that does everything moderately well and save yourself a few hundred dollars a month, that’s what you’re going to do. 

Autonomous vehicles will happen because the first company to crack it will make absurd amounts of money. Will it happen in 5 years? Doubtful. 10? Probably still a long shot. 20? I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

Yeah, it seems like most people missed the brief completely, including the author who then compiled a list of grievances rather than dying trends.

The 56 year old is the one who got hit and dragged 20ft.

100%.  Every bit of cows, chickens and other livestock raised for food is used for something or another.

Yaeh, in the 70s, we called it “vinyl”

I came here to say just this. My understanding is that most cow leather is a food production byproduct. So unless people abandon beef as a protein source, it doesn’t seem inhumane or counter to environmental concerns to not use the hides for practical purposes.

Purely from a position of aesthetics and function, I…

Well, at least all private jets will be affected equally, both those owned by billionaires and those owned by the homeless.

best to best

unfortunately not for that price. Not in the USA anyway. If im 30-40k+ its gotta be able to do it all. Also... abarth version for it too? Its not like I dont like these, but its gonna have a fairly niche market in a niche market.

The 2000s is when all the bars actually added craft beer on top of the usual macrobrew bs though...? Like, in the year 2000 hardly anyone had heard of an IPA and by 2010 everyone knew whether or not they liked an IPA.

“New Jersey resident Nyoami Winterburn knows this: If her state ever abolishes full-service gasoline stations, then baby, she was born to run.”

Absolutely ridiculous. I remember getting stuck on the Jersey turnpike in a line of 6 cars which took almost a half hour to get through due to the languid pace of the attendants. After that, we made it a practice to gas up in CT or MD so we wouldn’t end up in that mess again.

“The O.C. and I guess One Tree Hill too made such a huge deal of bringing the artists on the show, not just using their songs but displaying them to the audience, which I think made a real impact.”