I guess this was pre-mass purge Stalin cos later on every one of those commuters would be applauding politely while shitting themselves and quietly trying to blend into the stonework.

“It’s your money” was actually a tagline? That’s what I say when someone I know is buying something very stupid. 

That was probably a sterling example of GM’s GM-ness, wasn’t it? An excellent feature that made a huge difference for people who used it, barely marketed and then killed unceremoniously. 

Hey Max,

Ugh. I hate to give Jerp any credit. But they did it years ago with the appropriately named Hurricane concept.

Oh I know the grind. Currently in a very similar situation to your relative. Made it a point that out of college I wouldn’t settle for a salary less than $70k since I knew how much my skills were actually worth. Things turned out really well for me. Keywords “for me.”

But dude, seeing where my friends ended up on their…

I’m not sure why you would pick a Hyundai or a Mazda over a Toyota, especially a Mazda, considering the interior space and poor resale value of the CX-9.

Nah it still is. If you really think about it, $50k is more than my generation will ever make in a year.

50k is the new 30K

If you want to argue the efficiency of public transportation in the former Soviet block have at it, but the wonderful rail system just about stops after Poland fyi...

In the US, the train system, with the exception of the Northeast Corridor and a few short stretches and commuter rail elsewhere, is owned by, and run by, the freight rail companies. It is designed and operated for heavy freight hauling at relatively slow speeds. Mixing fast passenger trains into that doesn’t work very…

You think that building a mag-lev train system would be more expensive than building a mag lev-tunnel that is also airtight and a vacuum?

Bullet trains exist, which is a major competitive advantage.

1. Is it faster than taking a plane? (including arriving early and time getting through the TSA)
2. Is it cheaper than taking a plane by a large enough margin, for people to take it more often?
If the answer to those questions isn’t yes, then why is there even a discussion?

Trains would make a lot of sense if America had better trains 

I am sure it will be like this

“And Hyperloop is sucking a lot of the oxygen out of the room.”

Fascists were appropriating symbols and such generations before the internet, let alone meme culture, became a thing. For instance, that outstretched arm gesture that we know now as the Nazi “sieg heil” salute? It was originally a Roman one, but today it’s inextricably tied to Nazis and hate. Even the very term…

So down-cycled Ted Nugent up there claims other people don’t know their history when his dumbass is displaying the US flag alongside flags of our enemies.

You seem to miss the point...