you’re spot on with the good/evil and political greyness. this is a huge aspect of the books, and it’s kind of a shame that the movie presents it more as good/evil rather than two ancient houses with a storied history politicking. ultimately understandable, as some things had to be cut, but this was probably my…

“Not having read Dune, I will still go out on a limb and say that Tolkien was much better at plot than Herbert.”

Re: LotR, those movies feel a bit rushed/skip a lot of stuff in the books in order for them to feel like complete films, especially the theatrical releases. While I appreciate going that route, and do love the movies, I’m glad that Villanueva didn’t do that with Dune, although I can see a lot of people who aren't…

“The entire point of The Sopranos is to basically shine a flashlight on the real mafia and demonstrate just how unimpressive these guys are.”

I suppose if you aren’t into the type of humor on the show, it would be oppressively bleak and hard to get through. It straddles a real fine line. I think the show is fucking hilarious, on top of being incredibly bleak, but even for me the last season is a downer. I can and will watch reruns of it forever, though.

I’ve been trying to find one of these with a stick, and this would be a great price for one. With an automatic, it’s still NP, but not for me.

Nothing illegal about driving an A7 while carrying cash, though. He wasn’t cited for anything drug-related, so the story doesn’t need to go deeper than that. And cops are liable to say that any house that a black person walks out of is a ‘suspected drug house.’

where are you at that $80k can build a house right now?

unionization was declining for decades before the RTW legislation was passed in Michigan in 2012, so it’d be tough to attribute that legislation to any further decline

it’s the pnw but basically a desert, far closer to phoenix than seattle

I can excuse the front window tint as the owner basically lives in the desert, but I strongly associate the whole ‘murdered out’ look with dirtbags

tbf we did dumbass shit like this in school before there was social media but I imagine it’s infinitely worse now

As someone over the age of 30, I feel (hope?) that a lot of what happens on tiktok/fb/twitter/ig doesn’t actually happen in real life, but I’m probably depressingly wrong

Probably NP if you’re into these, but I’d rather go for the ‘77 Camaro or ‘81 Corvette on Craigslist near me for $8500-$9000. This thing will need an endless amount of tinkering. If the guy can’t even figure out a carb, who knows what else is half-assed on it.

It’s so easy to forget that they were just a bunch of dudes whose music was monstrously popular.

it tells us that more people should just be driving cars instead of manufacturers trying to make giant fucking trucks more comfortable

I’ve put 12' boards in my Focus ST, sitting on the center console and sticking out the back. Wouldn’t recommend it if you’re driving more than a few miles but I’ve seen trucks with less safe loads.

This is a good place to start-

In general, removing a FICO score requirement should be celebrated because FICO scores are total scams that do nothing other than perpetuate the wealth gap in this country.

‘13-’18 Focus STs have proven to be very reliable, even amongst the bro fanbase that beat the shit out of them. My 2014 has been great reliability-wise. I wouldn’t touch a later Focus with an automatic transmission, though.