This is definitely on Hertz and on the agent specifically. I rented a model 3 from Union station in DC during a reasonably busy window. The Hertz agent still spent a decent amount of time in the car with me explaining the existing range, how to look for chargers in the car's system, the door releases, adjusting the…

“The system briefly attempts to slow down, and then entirely disengages moments before impact.”

And he showed up in Back to the Beach, an absolutely ridiculous yet hilarious movie.

Have you looked at the BMW i3? It’s pretty much a perfect commuter car. There are some excellent used options.

I’m absolutely certain it's the first time Stan has heard that joke.

Came here to say basically this. Twitter “views” and “actually watched part or all of the video” are not 1:1 by any stretch.

This is thanks mostly to Jack Webb and Dragnet starting in the radio days. Next time you're bored in a waiting room, check it out. It's a pretty interesting history.

Aww. You can take 3D memories of your kids! And to share them with someone, all you have to do is take off this giant thing pressed against your face and have them press it against their face!

Yeah, and this is arguably made worse by the “punt the issue to Congress” bit because the huge majority there doesn’t “know about these sorts of things” either, leaving the rules to be written by lobbyists and passed to favor the biggest donors.

Totally forgot about Over the Hedge. Never saw the movie (Bruce Willis as RJ? No thanks.) but loved the comic strip. In a true testament to How Hollywood Works, the forward to the third strip compilation book referenced the “upcoming Over the Hedge movie” in 1997.

He’s right in line with garden-variety Republicans. This is a statement about garden-variety Republicans, not Musk. There’s no grown up or reasonable core anymore.

Probably Mormonism. See also: Orson Scott Card's bigoted ass.

Completely agree. Thank you for making this point. Two of my favorite books are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Westing Game. They’re both classics as far as I’m concerned, and the “reading level” gap is pretty significant.

I was hoping there’d be a plot twist where the balloons were attached to one of the cars. That would have been kind of wild.

Completely agree.

Snatch is GREAT movie.

“Ultimately, he’s a tragic figure. He does get killed in the end.”

I’d guess “Senior in high school” explains that. I remember basically the same thing. Everyone (my age) thought he was awesome, especially for the McDonalds scene. I didn’t actually see the movie until some years later and remember being surprised that he wasn’t the good guy. I probably would have bought into it in…

Yes to the awful name. I had no interest in watching this show until my wife informed me that, no, it’s not about Ewoks before or after the Empire set up an energy shield generator.

My take on I-95 on any stretch of it: If you’re headed somewhere 90 miles away, it might take you 75 minutes, it might take you three hours, and you won’t know until you get there.