That was the best thing I’ve read in months, although I’m also at a very Democratic event (smoking sour and listening to podcasts).

I hate going to the Met and seeing all those empty Greek urns. Those amphorae were made to hold wine and oils, and it’s a SHAME to keep them inside climate-controlled glass cases. And for what? Future generations? I've never met ANYONE from one of those.

I think we’re past the point where Russia can be considered a rational actor though :/

Are you insane, or just stupid?

But in dense urban settings, where the Smart is meant to shine, crashes tend to happen at what, 25 mph? This is an American version of a Piaggio three-wheeler or a Kei car, designed for short trips on urban surface streets. The Smart is a normal economy car minus half the length, costing half as much more.

13th birthday on Friday the 13th?! Has she developed witch and/or antichrist powers?

I don’t think we’d necessarily share intel NOW, but if we have evidence which contradicts Russia’s findings I’m sure we’ll take another opportunity to embarrass their government on the international stage.

I assume you’re referring to the Autobahn, which is semi-unrestricted on a few sections. But the limit (or lack therof) isn’t conditional on the brand of car you own.

You can already buy hyper-performance cars with little to no emissions equipment. You just have to drive them around a track. Public roads == public rules. Should we allow the owners of Lamborghinis and Bugattis to blast down public roads at 160mph, since their cars are engineered to handle well at those speeds?

That statistic is probably erroneous, unless you’re comparing 24 uphill hours on a 30-year-old snowmobile to thirty minutes per day in a Chevy Volt. Additionally, emission regulations were originally implemented to improve air quality in urban centers; anthropogenic climate change was a fresh and unproven theory in…

Vibrance adjustment layer, probably dialed to maximum.

Before I was into cars, one of my first BFs drove one of these in metallic gray. It's the first time I remember feeling car envy.

I gave a car-related assignment to my students here in Brooklyn, which turned out to be a mistake because only four of them even knew how to drive. But of those four, one knew how to drive stick, which gives me hope for future generations.

Syrians are generally well-educated; you must be confusing then with your racist ass.

Ho. Ly. Shiiiit. That song is going to be EVERYWHERE.

I don't think HIV works the way you think it works.

The difference is, GM didn’t put that defect in on purpose, and it took several crashes before they even knew there was a problem. Volkswagen actually designed their car specifically to evade federal and state law, which is legally much more serious than negligence.

He was taken in by reefer madness, I tells ya! Spinning his head on them jazz cigarettes!

THC doesn’t add anything to your brain to get you high, it just stimulates the release of naturally occurring chemicals that are already in your body. Once that reserve of chemicals is used up, THC can have no further effect until your body replenishes its stores, meaning it’s literally impossible to overdose.

The thing is, it’s impossible to OD on weed, so users just smoke less now than they would have 30 years ago. Scotch is roughly four times stronger than wine by volume, but you don't automatically get four times as fucked up if you have scotch instead of wine before dinner.