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- Comment on no way right 12 hours ago:
Dude crushing dissent is way too much work. Scaring people is far far more effective.
Did you learn nothing from the post-9/11 era
- Comment on no way right 12 hours ago:
Broke: murder for the money Woke: murder for the gay
- Comment on no way right 12 hours ago:
Yes. Not only that, but to pave the way for Trumps third, fourth, eight terms, and a sweeping presidential powers bill to coast through Congress that makes Patriot Act look like the Bill of Rights.
- Comment on 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events 6 days ago:
Doing something political for years and then NOT doing something political is not “politically neutral,” you’re actively decided to make a politically motivated decision instead of simply continue with existing behavior.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 1 week ago:
small annoyances like it shifting up when you know you need to slow down in a second to take a corner, and then it’s in the wrong gear and it has to shift down again when you need to accelerate out of the corner
I mean, no modern automatic acts like this. It shifts up when you’re accelerating, shifts down when you’re decelerating. I guess if you’re a lead foot, it would make more difference. Or if you’re driving a race car. Not your typical road driving.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 1 week ago:
automatic transmissions are still more expensive than manual ones
Is it still though? I dare say it is becoming increasingly common (in the US) that in order to get a manual transmission you have to make a special order.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 1 week ago:
Try this: stand up, walk to the other side of the room and back
I mean, I have spondylitic arthritis, but okay. (Luckily I got on the good meds again.)
which steak do you think will turn out the most delicious?
Ah but the question wasn’t quality, it was convenience.
Even if you argue that after a while the less convenient becomes familiar, that doesn’t really mean it was more convenient, it was just not inconvenient for you. But I have to say even if you’re a seasoned manual driver, not having to shift every 25mph is arguably more convenient than having to, even if you’ve gotten used to it.
People got used to climbing stairs, doesn’t mean we stopped using elevators.
- Comment on Anon wants this 1 week ago:
Dark Crystal vibes
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 2 weeks ago:
Regen has been on trains for a long time, fwiw.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 2 weeks ago:
It’s weird to me that y’all don’t appreciate the convenience of advancing technology.
It’s like going “only mentally disabled folks use microwaves, the rest of us light the wood stove and let it simmer for a half hour”
Especially when Europe is known for its electric kettles, which are only recently becoming common in the US, who have traditionally used range-heated kettles.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 2 weeks ago:
At some point in time it was argued that manual allowed finer control of engine efficiency to automatic which simply shifted at certain speeds or rpms that weren’t always ideal. So properly driving a manual meant you saved gas.
I dare say in the decades since that argument began, automatic transmissions have gotten way better and reasonably as efficient as the average manual driver.
Also, when manuals were more generally common, they were generally cheaper than automatics. I don’t know if that’s true anymore, but I think the average person will have a hard time finding a manual new (consumer grade) vehicle in any given dealership in the US these days – you’d have to get it ordered.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 2 weeks ago:
I will say when I rented a car in Wales in the mid 2010s they had like literally 2 automatics and they were double the rate. It wasn’t at all common there then.
- Comment on how do they come up with this seriously 2 weeks ago:
bro why did you leave your house
This almost kind of sounds like just punishment for a nosy karen
- Comment on Anon considers LASIK 2 weeks ago:
is that like chemo curls
- Comment on The solution to many problems 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t that what they call them? I’m not 20 anymore so I’m not as hip.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
I am VERY disappointed in you MELVIN
But I’m more a fan of the Lou Diamond Phillips scenes honestly
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
The Big Hit
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Now imagine that… but all over
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Wait, people think it is?
How do… YOU do?
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
It’s one of my most favorite movies to quote. And of course no one ever gets the references, which is even better somehow.
My cat is named Courtney and I’m fond of telling her “Stop it, Courtney, you’re embarrassing your country!”
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
It’s like… if you’re nice to them… they bring you things?
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
I can’t like that movie because it was so insulting for the culture at the time. Tacky and stupid. No self respecting 90s technology person respects that movie.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Well duh.
If I were the Supreme Being, I would have started with LASERS! Eight o’clock, DAY ONE!
David Warner is good in literally anything though.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Bob Saget was a very dirty comedian outside of his Full House and Home Videos image. It’s a real Betty White situation.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Jackass: Bad Grandpa is better than it deserves to be. They should actually do more like that.
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
People don’t like this? Come on, a classic
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Like many such movies, it’s damn awesome if you don’t take it seriously. Fuckin hilarious movie.
When YOU were still learning to SPELL YOUR NAME…
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Must Die
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 weeks ago:
Hudson Hawk. Criminally underrated.
- Comment on So close! 2 weeks ago:
I mean humans are like 80% water so