It all depends on one’s perception of value. Certainly, there are ghouls out there who fetishize true crime stories. But, there are also observers who want to know why certain crimes are more prevalent against women, BIPOC women in particular.

The litigation is going to be interesting. Ownership of the car is less in question than ownership of the option, which terms ae defined in the lease. So, if they’re essentially trying to retroactively change the terms, I’d say customers have more than a good shot. Their problem is whether they can get injunctive…

Of course, given that there are people in daily contact with Britney, and thus a little more conversant with her behaviors, those people might have some insight into the legitimacy of her allegations.

Once you guys get him sorted, I’m looking for a woman who won’t want to change a single thing about me or my housekeeping or laundry methods.

Or, you could imagine the shoe being on the other foot and then reading all sorts of takes on your look by people who insist you have no right to critique any of their own sartorial or grooming choices.

She’s not going to be “free” of the chronic condition that resulted in her conservatorship. She’s not going to be magically imbued with the ability to make good decisions, be a good parent, not ingest substances, manage her finances, etc. The biggest challenge people like her face is not just compliance with an rx…

Um - no. Some people are simply incompetent. Spears tacitly acknowledges this, because she wants the person who ensures she eats, takes her meds, BUYS her meds, sees her doctors, etc, to stay on.

It’s pretty well established that the roots of most traffic problems are found either in the driving styles of people in Volvos, Priuses (Prii?), or VW Microbusses. In the case of Volvo drivers, most of them are either so terrified of driving or are so fucking bad at it that they buy Volvos to protect themselves, not…

This car is from an era when the British were seemingly still trying to make the leap from Kite and Key to functioning mechanisms that ran on electricity. As such, many engineers seemed to think that the most efficient way to activate say, the windshield wipers, was to route power to a switch that also (sometimes)…

The guy has almost become his own epistemological branch. I can say with confidence that raising money is hard. Raising money and running a company that BURNS through money is even harder. Doing both and trying to change an entrenched paradigm is exhausting.

Thomas Edison was famously an asshole. Henry Ford was an asshole and a virulent bigot. Most of the tech guys of the last 40 years have seen their idiosyncrasies discussed by the public ad nauseam.

It’s difficult, in my mind, not to credit the guy who had enough acumen to recognize that an engineering challenge could be overcome, to obtain financing and infrastructure necessary to pursue that challenge, to hire the right people to supplant his own expertise and conquer the problem, and then wrap a commercially…

I don’t want to come across as being an apologist for the guy. I will point out that one needs a frame of reference to comment on whether he has issues that are compounded by frustration, etc.

If you know people on the spectrum, than you know disorders manifest in many, many different ways. Ever meet anyone with Tourette’s who while shaking hands questions the health of your maternal relationship? Think that was their first choice of icebreakers? People on the spectrum can develop fixations, can be…

I suppose I could have stated that better - I run a company and work regularly with other CEO’s - I’d like to think that I’m well-liked (the surveys say so, anyway), but that doesn’t mean that I have the bandwidth to discuss the minutiae of different initiatives, nor the time to get in the weeds regarding different…

It’s not particularly surprising that Musk “hates” running Tesla. Running a distressed company that is engaged in multiple, siloed initiatives is difficult; running such an organization that is scrutinized at Tesla’s level must be exhausting. Also, one presumes that Musk’s prior CEO experience has informed him about…

Every person I know who has owned one of those has deeply regretted their purchase. I’m not talking parking lot puddle deep, I’m talking Grand Canyon deep. 

There’s a lot of historical context that people miss. Lots of things that are now unthinkable were normal 50 years ago. No 16 year old from today could possibly function at the same level as a 1971 16 year-old. There was more freedom because there wasn’t technology around to monitor kids. Pot was a lot less potent.…

People, especially the young people of today, have no idea how young famous rock stars were back then, or how many groupies were 15-18 years old. That was just the “is” back then. Obviously, I’m not in favor of young girls banging rock stars, but at least during the time of the setting of the movie, the musicians and…

Anyone who fucking cruises in the fast lane doing the limit and refuses to move. Fuck every single one of those people. We can extend that sentiment to anyone who thinks I need reminding of the possible pitfalls of exceeding the limit.