Got it. Your versions are definitely better.

I think there are distinctions to be made between brands that were once solid, even great, but have lost it (Alfa, BMW, Buick), those that were and are perfectly fine but are diluted or superfluous (Ram), and those that would make the world a better place if they’d never existed (Elio).

Unsurprisingly, a number of existing American companies profited from the slave trade, though we have to go a bit further back.  History is grim.

“Amount” is fine. You really want this?

I’m old enough to remember freedom fries:

Take a look at that navigation screens placement. Imagine it’s 2002... All you gotta do is look down to get directions!

If this were made in Japan, the drone would fly out of the steering wheel. JUST AS IT SHOULD.

Cheaper, yes, but it also takes time and space and opportunity and knowledge to make it work. Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel And Dimed) and others have done a nice job explaining how expensive it can be to be poor.

Americans have to move past our shallow, childish politics of expressing support for causes or political figures exclusively through sexualizing and lionizing individuals like Zelensky.

Thanks for the touching personal interest story.

For me, personally, fast food is a matter of convenience (the “fast” or perhaps easy part) rather than cost, so I think it would have to get pretty expensive before I’d think, “I should pack a lunch/make dinner at home.” I’ve gotten take-away from food trucks in the $25-$30 range, so maybe $30 would be the threshold?

Del Monte Cut Green Beans. Not the fancy French Style. Just those plain string beans, pulled out of the brine.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word “Denny’s” is the scene from the 1994 classic The Santa Clause.

For novice egg-freezers, it might be helpful to say explicitly, “We’re talking about cracking eggs into containers, not freezing them in their shells.”

Rosie’s father, Malcolm McDowell, must be so embarrassed as well.

It’s funny that it’s titled as a 1933 Ford, but it’s not clear whether there are any parts remaining from the original (which I assume existed at some point).

It might be an illusion, but the 1M and Z8 seem to have that magical property of never depreciating.

You’re right about that!

But in the US, you can get these for way less all day, and there seems to be nothing special about the condition of this one.

According to Politifact: