In reality, the entire show would have been shut down, and Congress would have used it as an excuse to revoke PBS funding.

True, but without that emotional attachment, car sales (new or used) would plummet. I think.

Cool! That’s (theoretically :-) very interesting!

I drive a new-to-me E90, and I have to say that I understand the turn signal issue. As you also now know...

The Miata wave survived through the NB, in hand form, at least in my experience.

It’s sort of middle age but also not. “This TV show is so five years ago!” sounds like a parody of a critical observation, doesn’t it?

Hey, cool. Something like Mamma Mia, except music with artistic merit. :-)

I missed that article. Thanks for the pointer—great writing about a great idea.

Nice!

It should have been a Camry.

But as a woman who will likely die face-down in a wedge salad with a large unsweetened iced tea and a small chafing dish of queso next to her plate...

Yeah. Largest pearl? Or smallest deformed chicken?

It’s kinda weird, because they’re putting autonomous driving technology in the same category as those indispensable products you see in late-night infomercials.

I suspect Coach Russell is not doing mixed martial arts in his spare time. Easy for him to talk about cowardice.

Yeah the whole notion that he’s just young and dumb doesn’t fly. If you’re old enough to legally operate a vehicle, you should be held just as accountable as any other motorist for your actions.

Unfortunately this usage has sweeped the country.

Suggestions for more famous women we know, to appear in the sequel: Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Jane Goodall, Hillary Clinton, Mae C. Jemison, Margaret Atwood, Michelle Obama, Gabby Giffords, Toni Morrison, ...

It’s “free rein”—a horse-riding metaphor, of all things.

But you’re exactly right, I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs

Informative article! Including the headline, which tells us 20 = “countless”.