I also question the apples-to-apples of it. People who get dressed, travel to a theater and pay their $11 to specifically see one thing aren’t really comparable to people who’ve already paid their $15 and are just settling for something to have on in the background while they fidget with their phones/iPads.

Exactly. They give you trade-in value below what they will be able to resell the car for. So I’d think telling them you have a trade would give you better negotiating leverage on the new car purchase since they know that profit margin is forthcoming. There are several levers dealers pull to generate profit, and that’s…

I got my driver’s license in the UK, where everyone is tested and generally gets a manual car after. As a 17/18 year old I would drive stick while texting and eating all around London. Teenagers always find a way.

Manuals aren’t more expensive because they are more fun. They are more expensive because they are low-volume. I agree with the rest of your post. Except that being middle-aged and living in Los Angeles, manuals are much less fun 95% of the time.

It’s manspreading for people that don’t take the subway.

Counterpoint: many modern cars don’t make the full suite of safety features available on manual cars. Subaru’s Eyesight system is great. It has adaptive cruise control, lane-following, auto-braking etc... but EyeSight isn’t available on Subaru manuals. I’d argue that the safety tech creates a safer driving experience.

Or, you wouldn’t know a metaphor if it smacked you in the face with its tiny penis.

“Go ahead, make a video of you eating your McDonalds meal while navigating through downtown San Francisco, and tell us about how seasoned of a manual driver you once were.”

My sister’s driving record when she drove a manual says that driver’s of manual cars don’t have to pay any more attention to the road or their surroundings than any other driver. Also used to have a coworker who texted while commuting in a manual.

Big truck = Small Penis.

My personal experience is that more than half the aggressive drivers I see out there on the road are driving full-size pickup trucks and the more the mods, the more the drive aggression. If I am being tailgated in the center or right lane in heavy traffic, I almost always expect to see nothing but the huge-ass grill…

A friend’s teenager once printed up 100 static-cling decals (this is important as there was no possible way he was vandalizing or damaging property). They were matte charcoal grey so they blended into dark colours really nicely. They said “I have a tiny wiener”. He stuck them to brodozer trucks, just below the rear…

Exact, it’s metaphorical. Driving a brodozer clearly shows you are seeking attention/validation, which is often a sign of poor self-esteem/insecurity.

Couple that with the fact that a lot of lifted and ridiculously modded truck drivers(I’m tempted to go with most, but I’ve restrained myself from being too hyperbolic), are total assholes.  Just watch their behavior on and off the road and you’ll have plenty of empirical evidence to back it up.  

Re: pickup drivers. Saying someone has small dick energy doesn’t actually mean you believe them to have a smaller anatomy. It’s a euphemism for insecurity. Maybe its outdated and body shaming, yes, but the underlying message is about insecurity.
We have evidence to suggest folks who buy pickup trucks and large SUVs wer…

It may be great, it may be terrible, but not calling it Beetledeuce will always bother me.

...that will justify its cost when players see how “vast and complete” it is.

All we wanted was Blackflag without the Animus. Also being able to build out your pirate island in more detail. Ship upgrades that had more tiers for further levels possibly infinite. 

$8 million is low-budget for a professional feature with a unionized crew. Everyone knows it’s not some art school project because Alec Baldwin was involved. Movies with no-name actors and non-union crew like Son of Rambow are typically referred to as “micro-budget” or “ultra-low budget.” That’s just reality, so I’m…

This thread is worth a read on the subject.