skyspydude1
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- Comment on Back in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do? 5 weeks ago:
It’s pretty uncommon though. Aviation uses far, far more leaded fuel than classic cars.
- Comment on Back in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do? 5 weeks ago:
Getting hardened seats isn’t really all that expensive either. I took the head off my MG and a shop only charged me about $300 for a full teardown and rebuild of the head, including all the machining and installation of hardened seats. It’s way cheaper in the long run than having to add a lead substitute every fill-up
- Comment on How do things get stuck in the anus? 5 weeks ago:
I mean, you can’t just not tell us some of the top-10
- Comment on How do you search for honest product recommendations? 5 weeks ago:
Also, check your local library, as they likely have a subscription you can use!
- Comment on Whoops 2 months ago:
He forgot to mention that after Home Depot, he stopped by Timmies on the way to his rec hockey game
- Comment on car insurance 2 months ago:
I totally get that, but what I don’t understand is why Progressive was so reasonable compared to literally everyone else for literally identical coverage. It’s like for whatever reason they were the only ones who didn’t care I was in that <25 age bracket.
- Comment on car insurance 2 months ago:
I’ve noticed that some insurers give insane “fuck you” quotes for no reason. I had Progressive under my parents since I started driving, and when I got my own insurance, it was around $500/6 months through them. I wanted to get other quotes from some other insurers and the rates were absolutely insane by comparison. Like, $500-800 PER MONTH. I have no idea why they were so much more. I know there are loyalty discounts and such, but I don’t think they’re going to be ~85%.
- Comment on Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can? 2 months ago:
I don’t think it’s necessarily bleak or selfish though, it might just be overly succinct. Sure, you can look at it as wanting power purely for selfish reasons, but I think they just boiled it down to the most basic aspect of “more responsibilities = more power = the ability to do more”. You can use it however you want, hopefully altruistically, but at the end of the day a pure altruist who is well connected person with unlimited financial resources can help a lot more people than if they were broke and destitute on the edge of starvation.
- Comment on This is a member of the Ku Klux Klan pontificating on education. 2 months ago:
Does this comic involve econ lessons?
- Comment on This is a member of the Ku Klux Klan pontificating on education. 2 months ago:
I hate this was my initial thought too. I feel like such a degenerate uwu
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Because it grabs attention and sounds scary, which really what media outlets care about. My other favorite is when they talk about someone having being caught with “hundreds of rounds of ammunition”, which clearly indicates that’s how many people they were planning on murdering, and isn’t just a pretty typical range day, or in the case of reallly common stuff like 9mm, 22LR, or even 223, can literally be a single box of ammo.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
But that really makes no sense. Unless you have them all set up in a row pointed exactly where you want, you’re probably not even saving half a second vs reloading. The old “switching is faster than reloading” thing doesn’t apply nearly as much when you’re at a static position and can have all your mags out in the open at arm’s reach.
- Comment on Wait until they get to pineapples... 5 months ago:
Aroooo
- Comment on How to keep a man 5 months ago:
8 hours? Look at Mr. Iron Gut over here.
- Comment on the Perks of ownership... 6 months ago:
Coming from out west, Menards was absolutely next level for doing house projects.
- Comment on the Perks of ownership... 6 months ago:
I’ve got a buddy whose father is a handyman/electrician in Germany, and comes over to the US fairly regularly. He was astonished at how helpful hardware store employees (specifically Menards) are here, and his jaw almost dropped when they actually went with us to try and find an item.
- Comment on the Perks of ownership... 6 months ago:
You know that you can use drills and saws more than once, and for more than one kind of thing, right? I’ve used the same drill for plumbing, electrical, woodworking, and probably 100 other projects at this point. A basic mechanics set and a basic combo kit of power tools from any hardware store will allow you to do 90% of projects around your house, and will take up about as much space as a medium moving box.
- Comment on The fashion industry is still pushing crazy thin body images 6 months ago:
It’s definitely become a thing within the past decade, especially with products/ads directed more towards women. Remember that obese is not “Jabba the Hutt” levels of fat, and someone who looks like this is far past obese at 5’4" (1.61m) and 200lbs (90kg). Then, you have companies like Dove ( with ads like their “Body Positive Trailer” showing characters that are well past Class III obesity. That’s an extreme example, but it’s become quite common overall to show severely overweight people as “normal”
Companies have realized that people are getting fatter and fatter globally, so like any good capitalists they’re going to take advantage of it. It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Dove is owned by Unilever, who is also the world’s largest producer of ice cream, and suddenly their push for “body positivity” makes a bit more sense.
Now, before people go and attack me, I think that there have been many positive changes in how people are being more realistically portrayed in media and appreciate the push for more realistic body standards. Shaming people for looking “different” is not okay, and that includes being overweight.
However, what’s not okay in my mind is how quickly it’s become “being severely overweight is totally okay if you #slay queen, yaaaas”. I’ve noticed a growing trend of these types of ads, generally portraying black/PoC women (who are already statistically far more likely to become obese) who are hundreds of pounds overweight as doing all kinds of “fitness” and/or “boss babe” kinds of activities, which seems like they are trying to convince the broader audience that it’s totally okay to be 200-300lbs overweight because this obese black girl was shown wearing athletic wear.
- Comment on The ultimate life hack the government doesn't want you to know 8 months ago:
They’re basically a black box and can do some really weird shit (I had mine drop by 80 points, which is a lot, all because I paid off my student loans), but their purpose and basic workings are pretty straightforward. You show that you can be trusted when you’re given a loan and can pay it back? Score go up. Do things that make the bank question if you can pay them back? Score go down.
Now, there’s a shitton of complexity to it I won’t go into, but it’s not always as bad as people make it out to be and really only matters when you’re trying to get a loan and sometimes when you’re renting somewhere.
- Comment on ‘Archer’s’ Final Mission: Sterling and His Frenemies Sign Off After 142 Episodes of Awful Behavior. We Will Miss Them. 8 months ago:
I’ve not seen a single other episode of Supernatural, but my wife had me watch the Scooby Doo episode, and that alone was worth whatever else that came before or after it.
- Comment on Elon Musk Allegedly Sent ‘Scorched-Earth Letter’ to Warner Bros. Demanding to Keep Amber Heard in ‘Aquaman 2’ 8 months ago:
Wowowowow… Wow