BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 6/23/2024 at 12:29 PM, That One Guy said: Making things political that should not be political is really stupid. Turning everything into a culture war item is really stupid. It's all some people have in their miserable lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 6/23/2024 at 12:31 PM, JohnRogers said: Drag queen root canal should be banned. Performing them or receiving them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 (edited) On 6/24/2024 at 2:02 PM, goose said: Reintroducing grizzlies to the Cascades. What could possibly go wrong? People unduly influenced by television and movies thinking the bears will kill all the elk and cows? Edited June 26 by BastillePark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 10 hours ago, That One Guy said: hooray, the south It's not the heat it's the humidity (I will not quote NEP here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Classic Top Gear Homebuilt ambulances! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 A brief tug on the electricity tonight. I thought, what, are we in California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 (edited) 42 minutes ago, JohnRogers said: A brief tug on the electricity tonight. I thought, what, are we in California? I feel like if California power blips/outages were a common, routine occurrence for the average California resident, I'd hear about it from the average California resident, and not from farmers in Iowa spending their welfare checks on a woke-free Modelo at Skeeter's Waterin' Hole Edited June 26 by That One Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, JohnRogers said: Classic Top Gear Homebuilt ambulances! I've still never watched a single Grand Tour episode. '02-'15 Top Gear had so many bangers. Bolivia special. North pole special. American south special. Vietnam special. Africa special. Patagonia special. Botswana special. We could've had many more years of greatness if Jeremy Clarkson could act his age. Edited June 26 by That One Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Mom's V6 Accord gets cooler with every passing year, since everything else has lost the V6 Even midsize Toyota trucks/SUVs have given it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 6/18/2024 at 10:22 AM, That One Guy said: But I think my personal darling Rivian is going to make it. VW announced they are going to invest $5 billion in Rivian so it looks like your darling is getting a boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 (edited) 12 minutes ago, BastillePark said: VW announced they are going to invest $5 billion in Rivian so it looks like your darling is getting a boost. I saw that. That probably cements the notion of Rivian surviving. You went back eight days to quote that? Good memory, lol Edited June 26 by That One Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 19 minutes ago, That One Guy said: I saw that. That probably cements the notion of Rivian surviving. You went back eight days to quote that? Good memory, lol My memory is very sporadic. I remember things from a long time ago but sometimes can't remember what day my dental appointment was last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 6/19/2024 at 6:23 PM, That One Guy said: Places that are walkable without an option to drive are a total extreme rarity in the US. Places that are car-dependent without realistic options for anything other than driving are absurdly typical. That's why we're focusing on the latter, it's much more common. By the way, at some point in most of our lives, losing the ability to drive is real. Much more real than losing the ability to take rideshares/trains/walk. When people say that we need to make it easier for the elderly to drive, they're missing the point. What's next, make it easier for children or the blind to drive? Better: make it easier to not be functionally forced into driving. In my experience with senior citizens, it's much easier to drive than walk. Not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 19 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said: In my experience with senior citizens, it's much easier to drive than walk. Not even close. In my experience with senior citizens, my great grandmother killed a 12 year old in a crosswalk driving in her late 80's. We should strive for a society where the elderly aren't required to drive themselves places. That doesn't have to mean walking, it can mean other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 5 minutes ago, That One Guy said: In my experience with senior citizens, my great grandmother killed a 12 year old in a crosswalk driving in her late 80's. We should strive for a society where the elderly aren't required to drive themselves places. That doesn't have to mean walking, it can mean other things. It really all depends on the senior. I would let Trump drive himself to the barbershop to get a buzz cut. I’d take the car keys away from Biden not letting him drive to the ice cream shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 13 minutes ago, JohnRogers said: It really all depends on the senior. I would let Trump drive himself to the barbershop to get a buzz cut. I’d take the car keys away from Biden not letting him drive to the ice cream shop. One difficulty of it is knowing when someone's driving has slipped enough with age where they should stop driving, especially if they're not willing to admit it themselves. Someone can be solid one year and imminently at risk of killing someone with their car the next year. Hard to say what the solution is. Yearly tests? That's a lot of frequency, it would annoy people and clog up a system. Unbridled freedom until you kill? That results in a lot of needless deaths. And I find it f***ed up when we give those near the end of their lives lots of freedom to take risks on the lives of those much, much younger than them. It reminds me of old people sending young people to war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Toyota almost got the new Land Cruiser right. But it's a victim of platform-sharing and many compromises related to that. Like the damned rear seats folding the wrong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 (edited) 5 minutes ago, That One Guy said: One difficulty of it is knowing when someone's driving has slipped enough with age where they should stop driving, especially if they're not willing to admit it themselves. Someone can be solid one year and imminently at risk of killing someone with their car the next year. Hard to say what the solution is. Yearly tests? That's a lot of frequency, it would annoy people and clog up a system. Unbridled freedom until you kill? That results in a lot of needless deaths. And I find it f***ed up when we give those near the end of their lives lots of freedom to take risks on the lives of those much, much younger than them. It reminds me of old people sending young people to war. Maybe a driving test every two years for people over 75 years old? Edited June 26 by JohnRogers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Just now, JohnRogers said: Maybe a biannual driving test for people over 75 years old? How about a biannual eye test once you're 75, and a biannual driving test once you're 83? How about more ways for seniors to get places other than driving? My dad's mom HATED driving, she would've loved ways to get around other than being terrified behind the wheel. Really solving the world's problems through great negotiation here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 20 minutes ago, That One Guy said: One difficulty of it is knowing when someone's driving has slipped enough with age where they should stop driving, especially if they're not willing to admit it themselves. Someone can be solid one year and imminently at risk of killing someone with their car the next year. Hard to say what the solution is. Yearly tests? That's a lot of frequency, it would annoy people and clog up a system. Unbridled freedom until you kill? That results in a lot of needless deaths. And I find it f***ed up when we give those near the end of their lives lots of freedom to take risks on the lives of those much, much younger than them. It reminds me of old people sending young people to war. Since were a freedom country we kind of have to let them do what they want until they can't or injure/kill someone or have the insight to know they should stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 (edited) 12 minutes ago, BastillePark said: Since were a freedom country we kind of have to let them do what they want until they can't or injure/kill someone or have the insight to know they should stop. The older I get, the less the American system of absolutely unbridled freedom makes sense. I say that as a guy who has gone triple digits a triple digit number of times on the motorway and owns a few firearms. In a way I'm complicit, even if I'm trying to help in some areas. In particular, Netherlands seemed like a country where everyone was generally happier than the US. They've just got their shit sorted, and have done a good job at addressing avoidable early deaths. Our low life expectancies aren't exactly an accident or unexplainable phenomenon here in the US. Even Raaj can't claim that it's just the homeless shanking everybody. Edited June 26 by That One Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Running out of work at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 It'll feel nice once I owe less than 3x my gross salary on the mortgage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Assuming my girlfriend and I get married in a year or so, do I have her buy in to the house? That seems to make the most sense. Saying "no this is mine, keep paying me rent" isn't compatible with my values. I was pretty offended when my ex girlfriend told me "just so you know, this house will never be part of the deal". Expecting someone to stay with you with zero chance of home ownership while you have yours is unrealistic IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 look out the woke is going to getcha it's right behind ya it's coming for ya ya f***in lunatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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