The problem with the S550 is that for the price you quoted you're only getting a V6
300HP is arguably more than enough for this use case; the S550 doesn't look as nice in my opinion, but is still the better car over the 197 (especially the 197s with the 4.0, which really is just a Miata with 4 seats and more room). I guess the Camaro counts too but the interior isn't as nice.
And then the Corvette, which is... also just a Miata in terms of practicality, but one on which the LS swap was done from the factory.
Not that both don't have the same kind of stigma, since the Ford has My Little Boomer on the front and the Corvette defines the archetype. That being said, though...
ThisIsSin
4hr ago
I like Miatas, but if you're only going to have one car and want something sporty, there are better options out there.
True; the only actual car Ford sells these days is just "better Miata" for a really good reason. Also (mostly) true for GM, for that matter.
Bonus points for being cheaper on the used market than the average NA or NB; why pay 15 grand for 150 HP when the S197/S550 Mustang or C5/C6 Corvette exists for the same price? Not like those are any more expensive to keep running...
ThisIsSin
16hr ago
Ways that deconstruct it are not natively compatible with [human] biology.
You are supposed to get laid or die trying, you are supposed to kill other men and take their wives if there are not enough of them for you.
It's not supposed to be tolerable; organisms that can tolerate it are either malfunctioning or engaging adaptive responses to hopeless situations, generally through a quasi-hibernation process, typically called "depression" when it misidentifies successful conditions as hopeless. This summarizes the self-replicating feature of the organic process called 'life'.
Fortunately for modern civilization, we've done a pretty good job of killing all reason to desire things and provided reasonable simulations, to the point that most people don't notice and as such conditions are generally stable.
That's what "instinct" means, yes. Is it perfectly adapted at all times, particularly in modern post-scarcity environments? Well...
Human societies normalize this all the time; it's just usually directed towards the tribe over the hill there. It's also not necessarily this way,
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