Yup, Hyper forms... back as a kid, I’d played Sonic and Knuckles before Sonic 3, and I’d gotten all Chaos Emeralds and figured out the remaining special stage giant rings would give out 50 rings when you collected them, which was just enough to transform into Super, so even though I already had all emeralds, I’d still…

Makita means two words here in Brazil, Emergency Room. I’ve had patients walk in with limbs so mangled I actually thought of asking if they wanted fries and a coke to go with that burger, or wondered if I should send them straight to anatomy lab because no living thing should have that many bones showing.

Sweet, I wish I’d had the time to get inro a project, or even finish fixing up my old Fiat, but unfortunately even that one ended up parked... Premium gas peaked at almost 7 bucks per litre here, so driving it became cost proihibitive hahahahaha. I've been meaning to check out on Oppon since forever hahahaha, will do…

Obviously, how do you think he went about all that conquering? On horseback?

Yup, it’s been about what, ten years or so lol :) I’ve been keeping busy, these last ten years were a ride. Long story short, I got into Med school, graduated Med school, joined the Brazilian Army, became a surgeon, got married, went on a tour of duty and several local peacekeeping operations, entered a twice a week…

Sorry, but someone who claims the BMW X5 was the first SUV can’t be that knowledgeable... Chevrolet launched the Blazer in 1069, that’s arguably the forst SUV as we know them today, and even if it weren’t, there are several other options earlier than the X5 that could claim that title, in both full size and compact…

Oh no, you don’t want the Saveiro, trust me.

I’ve owned one of these for a while way back when. Well, the old one, based on the Corsa, not the current Agile based one. You’d be surprised as to just how cheap it was, mine didn’t even have A/C or power windows. On the flip side, you could flog it mercilessly on all kinds of dirt, sand and gravel roads, it was…

So? Tap water isn’t safe where I live either. In fact, I’d guess tap water is unsafe to drink in most of the world. That’s only newsworthy because you don’t have real issues to worry about 

Is it too much to hope that they’re conducting live ammo trainings for their suicide sub crews?

I wish we had those down here in Brazil. They don’t seem to take up much room, and it’s a much better alternative to heaing water for coffee and meals than the archaic disposable stove we have.

That’s actually pretty incredible. But for that Money you could’ve bought (probably more than) a real one

The Neon is a great little car, I’ve always liked for what it is, and, if you think about, it could be the solution to the whole “millennials don’t like cars” BS, not because of what it is, but because young people could actually afford it.

BTW Torch, I think I got an interesting bit of Brazilian weirdness for you. Everyday on my way to work, I drive by an old Auto Union-DKW dealership, complete with a model filled showroom. I heard it still works servicing and repairing old two stroke DKWs as well, but I never went to check because I pass it out of…

Fun fact, Brazil is actually composed of 27% terraformed Mars, but we just call it Acre

Also, I’m sorry to put it this way, but it would take way too much time and effort to try and explain how things got to this point and we can’t just get over it.

Yeah, but the average wage in Brazil is 15% of the average wage in America. You guys make way more than us and pay about the same for gas.

Brazilian soldier here. So far the only order we received from command is to stay ready in case things go violent. We’re not to interfere with the strike unless in specific cases where access to essential services get cut off, and even then only through negotiation. My unit has been on the streets only once so far, on…

Model kits and tabletop games are also a great source of cheap diorama options for 1/64 scale cars, look for 20-25 mm scale, since that’s gamers use for figures and buildings, they look right at home next to small scale cars

Wait, really? I agree on it being one of the best episodes so far, along with the criticisms being spot on, but if there’s one thing the episode doesn’t touch, that’s precisely toxic, territorial fan boyism. We never see Robert protecting his fandom from “ignorant outsiders, posers or attention whores”, or trying to…