When I bought a Pioneer AVIC head unit for my car in 2013, I noticed they’d pulled the ‘navigate by voice’ capability that had been a big feature of the previous model. The UConnect unit in my new Dodge has voice control for everything except the Garmin navigation system (something the standalone Garmin unit I bought…

Boss.

And don’t forget the “TV Detector Vans” and associated ad campaigns in the 70s, 80s and 90s, using Orwellian “we’re watching you” tactics to extort money. “We can even tell which channel you’re watching,” they’d crow, basically announcing the dawn of the digital panopticon we now inhabit.

RIP to a legend. I shall blip the throttle on the way home tonight, so my Carlsson exhaust can play a fitting tribute.

Yeah, it’s like they intentionally set out to do the polar opposite of each one.

The BBC Charter defines the purpose of the BBC as follows:

Tertiary? So you want to guarantee the child will be an underachiever? It’s Primary or go home.

Amen on the dipshit DJs. The two channels I used to listen to regularly recently replaced their all-music/few-ads drivetime lineup with full on ‘Weenie and The Butt’-style douchbros and their cast-of-thousands ‘crew’. Annoying as hell and was the final straw that drove me to satellite radio.

It reminded me of a review I read of Transformers 4 that said something like, “Michael Bay uses his camera like a tongue” when filming Rosie Huntingdon-Whitely.

Oh yes. I share my daily L.A. commute with cars that make the burned out hulk in “Planes Trains & Automobiles” look showroom fresh. Just as long as it isn’t putting out too many ozones, you can basically drive a vehicle made entirely of rust.

Kid’s ‘do needs to make a comeback.

I was going to bite at “to communicate with,” but fortunately started to smell a rat and reread. I’m glad I did, or I’d be wiping a large amount of egg from my face. Of course, the fact I’d blithely passed straight over “I’m like,” “peeving,” the gratuitous split infinitive, “impact,” “gifts” etc. the first time shows…

Like a Dell laptop?

I’ll have a look. I got tired of RPGs a few years ago, due to play style often being so tightly constrained by the attribute/ability systems (even games with seemingly huge potential variety). If PoE have solved this, I’ll be interested in giving it a try.

Ahh, that explains it.

I once drove a Charade. It was well named.

Ooh, nice tip. Thanks!

“You want me to sign CARRIE FISHER right here???”

You were highly privileged to experience True Acting™. As evidence, I offer this masterclass:

Laurence Fishburne once gave me a red pill to swallow. Let me tell you, I wish I hadn’t.