A few years after 9-11 for me. I grew up watching my classmates sing songs about indiscriminately bombing people in Afghanistan, and news reports of people being beaten or killed in the US for wearing any clothing that appeared Middle-Eastern. It made me sick to my stomach.
Yeah. I'm waiting on them to show ICE agents as helldivers or something. That IP could not be more clear about it's parody of the far right "freedom" quislings.
Eh, not really. For context, I switched from a hybrid manual to an EV last year. The EV, despite being more expensive, 8 years newer, and much more sporty (in terms of design and marketing) is not nearly as much fun IMHO. If you want a fun car, get a little coupe or hatchback with a manual, doesn't even need a lot of power. If you just want to go fast in a straight line, get an EV.
EVs are even better - you’re fully in control of the power
Nope. You put your foot on the pedal, and the computer decides how fast you want to go. Put your foot on the brake, and the computer decides how hard you want to brake. All your controls are filtered through the computer. If the computer and I disagree, the only thing I can do is push my brake to floor, which engages the physical brakes using a traditional brake boost system, and fight the power steering motor for control of the front wheels, since there is a physical connection there.
In a manual, your control of the engine is much more direct (although mine did have throttle by wire), as well as your control of the transmission and brakes (when compared to an EV).
Honestly, if my wife did not absolutely dog on my CRZ for years, I wouldn't have switched (yet). That being said I do like having a car she can drive and I can "fuel" it up just by plugging it into a standard wall outlet.
... Did they not realize that the UNSC is an authoritarian fascist organization, and the Spartan program was originally aimed at fighting "rebels" who wanted to have control over the planets they lived on?
Literally the MC was kidnapped and experimented on to become a killing machine for the military junta for the express purpose of murdering colonists. No pay, no benefits, no end of contract.
Yeah, I think we are pretty closely aligned on whether or not the analog clock face is necessary to daily life, and we just differ on if we should bother to teach it in school.
Also, I got a kick out of this...
Nobody would add an analog clock to a microwave
For the longest time, my grandparents microwave had an analog clock in it, and you literally turned dials to set a mechanical timer which ran the microwave.
...which by the way is just reading the number the freaking shadow points at...
And how do you read an analog clock? By looking at the number the arm points at. Learning how to read the clock is not just "what number is it on" but it's getting familiar with the clock face so you can read it quickly. It's like the difference between spelling and reading.
Eh, we don't teach them how to read a sundial or make a fire anymore either. I don't see a problem with removing old technology from school instruction.
Sounds about right. Real world numbers... I financed ~317,000 for my house last year at a really good rate for the time (6.51%) and my monthly payment for the house was about 2100 a month. Add in insurance, taxes and PMI (basically no one my age has 60k laying around) and I'm sitting at 2500 a month.
Sounds insane considering the "luxury apartment" I left was 1550 a month, but the rates apartment managers are charging go up ~300-400 bucks a month when your first year is up. So in a few years, this house will be much cheaper than that shitty apartment.
Extra reason why this is dumb... Not buying a coffee will save you 3800 bucks a year. My house went up in value ~10k this year. Not buying coffee for a year doesn't get you closer to the house. The real answer is we need a maximum wage cap, and anything above that cap is taxed at 100%. Companies need to be forced to pay workers appropriately for their work.
I worked retail for years. This is every retailer's company policy. Nothing in that store is worth dying for. The only event where you would go hands-on with someone in your store is when you get to the last option of the active shooter response. The best thing you can do is note what they theives take, and call the cops with a description after they have left the store
I was very nearly run over one time because there was a group stealing shit in my store, but I didn't know it at the time. They thew a half empty Gatorade bottle at my storefront and when I went out to pick it up, they ran their car up on the curb at me. I ducked back inside the store, locked the doors, and called the police. Reviewed the security cameras and notices they had lifted a few small items from my endcap displays. I also called the store down the street from me that they went to next.
So yeah, if someone was stealing shit from my store, I'd hold the door open for them.
Just to go full circle on their dumbfuckery, I'd bet that they'll start advocating for the school to pay to have him transition against his will so his outward appearance will match his birth cert.
Maybe? I don't recall them suggesting that it should be replaced every few decades.
Worth pointing out that there is a process in the constitution for changing the constitution, but there is no process for replacing the entire document. So I'd say there is pretty obvious intent for the document to change/evolve over time.
Hypothetically, we could amend the constitution to have a process for replacing the whole document though.
Too bad the Arbiter wasn't around to council on that one.