People are on edge now in a way I’ve never known in my life, despite all evidence pointing towards violent crimes being at their lowest rate since before I was born. The world is safer, but no one feels safe.

Writers routinely insult people for laughs.  The fact that it’s in a script as opposed to an impromptu quip doesn’t change that fact.  

We’re not sure who needs to hear this, but don’t drive your car into the water even if the GPS says you should

Put another way, he’s that kid who’d run and get his parents whenever the other children wouldn’t let him play. Then they’d come out, give everyone a lecture about letting him participate and, invariably, after they left he continue to be a little shit, and everyone would keep ignoring him.

Back in April 2022, over a dozen states and environmental groups reportedly filed a lawsuit attempting to block the Postal Service’s plan to buy mostly gas-powered next-gen delivery vehicles.

Because someone decided that building a nuclear reactor on a flood plain was a good idea. Not likely that sentient humans will do that again.

Sure, people have their fears about Chernobyl or Fukushima, but those don’t align with the data — statistically, you’re more likely to die in a wind turbine accident. So why don’t we use more nuclear energy?

Yeah, that’s a whole other consideration. We currently own a Fit and I agree completely, it’s a much more fun car to drive. But I suspect for most people that’s a non-issue - they’ll trade a fun drive, cheaper cost and better fuel economy for slightly higher driving position, the potential for AWD and somewhat greater…

I actually quite like the HR-V. It’s very usable space in the back and the use of the Fit’s rear seat system makes it highly effective. And at least according to Honda’s website - it is both slightly larger than an HRV and with a fairly significant hit to cargo volume (691 L - with seats up vs 473 L). Seats down and…

What you’re describing is what a lot of people would view as a ‘perfect compromise’.

There’s a massive difference between a ‘CUV’ and an ‘Escalade / Suburban / X7, etc.’. CUVs are really just slightly lifted hatchbacks - many of which come with a little more room.  The HRVs, RAVs, etc.  Sure, they make a few small sacrifices in performance but they’re hardly excessively large and in some ways they are…

Plus in this day and age automatics are so good, there’s less and less incentive to learn a manual.

I honestly don’t mind the look. It’s a Lotus-y EV SUV. Exactly as promised. It incorporated some elements of Lotus’ modern design DNA, and sticks it onto an SUV body - that really can’t be all that different from every other SUV - almost by definition (ie. it needs 4 doors, a rear hatch, some ground clearance and…

Not sure what the law is like in NZ, but, if it’s anything like it is in Canada this:

I have no idea what low-background steel is selling for now. More than regular steel, of course. But I’d have to think there are easier, more cost effective ways to get it - but who knows. The rarer it gets, the more valuable it becomes - and then it’s just a matter of making the business case. Certainly it’s sunk in…

As such, it will not be disturbed and no artifacts or human remains will be removed.

Mary had a little lamb

Agreed. I’m not saying we should do away with Formula E, or any sport, just that there’s a plausible connection between Formula E and their protests in a way that there really wasn’t when they threw soup on a painting. And that this quote, is a bit of an exaggeration:

I think these people are idiots - the soup throwing and self-gluing are absurd and have no connection - real or imagined - to climate change.

“Taking out an ancient landmark”. No. It was neither ‘ancient’, nor was it being ‘taken out’. It was being partially disassembled and then reassembled to accommodate the ship. Just as had been done before, a number of times.