fmac
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fmac
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4d ago
Safety, safety, safety, safety
Driver assist features
Energy efficiency (in terms of input energy to distance/speed moved)
In this case, the fact it runs on electricity and not gas
Reliability
In this case especially, but in many cases, way better performance of the engine.
The fact it can Bluetooth to my phone to play music
The fact it can show a map of where you're driving
Significantly better AC/heat/creature comforts like fancy seats
Probably trunk space
Are you seriously trying to pretend 2020s cars don't absolutely fucking blow 1970s cars out of the water in every single possible metric? Because lmao
fmac
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4d ago
I have no idea.
They live in cities more? They can't afford cars?
I also think income/wealth inequality is a massive issue, so I'm very comfortable saying both "our society en masse is richer than ever" and "the distribution of this wealth is completely fucked"
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4d ago
Totally agree with you.
I just think saying "medicine has barely improved since the 1950s" is ludicrously wrong and anyone saying that should be pointed at laughed at for being profoundly incorrect.
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5d ago
Defensive is a hilarious word to use in this context given were rapidly approaching year 100 of this conflict (or 1000, depending on how far back you want to play the grievance game).
I don't think it would be very difficult to come up with an argument that the Palestinians are on the defensive due to $PREVIOUS_ATTROCITY.
Also quite funny to call it defensive when there's a 1000:1 military power ratio and one side has killed 6x the people of the other.
If the credible threat against you has been defeated in the field for almost two straight calendar years, are you really on the defensive?
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5d ago
It never stops making me laugh that anti-immigrant Americans fucking despise the immigrants but not the Americans who pay them illegally for their labor, which is why they're in America at all.
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5d ago
"no you don't understand, my based right wing fantasy world is SO MUCH COOLER than the soy poet fantasy world"
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5d ago
This is so unbelievably wrong I don't even know where to begin
The sheer amount of surgical techniques, mechanical/robot assistance, and drug development alone. Not to mention computerization and millions of other improvements neither of us know about too.
How can you be so blatantly and confidently wrong?
It is end of life care
The stats on this are eye watering though
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5d ago
So they need to work 38% more hours to get a car that is like, 500% better?
I think we're in the rich society
fmac
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5d ago
You think trailer trash is more judgemental about tattoos than thé PMC?
So many of my PMC friends have tattoos that I'm going to have to assume the answer is yes, although I don't really know anyone who is trailer trash so maybe they're super chill about it
The ship for "rahhhh tattoos bad" sailed probably a decade ago for downtown yuppies
fmac
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5d ago
I'm weird in that I would want to walk places
This isn't weird at all. Kind of hilarious the default locomotion option for the last 6 million years is seen as weird in America. No wonder you're all so unhealthy
fmac
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5d ago
Boys on the motte will clutch their pearls at the idea of defacing the beauty of the human form with art but if you try to get around using the limbs god made for you to walk around with will assume you're a DUI poor
fmac
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5d ago
flyover country being behind on the trends
Profoundly yes, any major downtown is full of lightly tattoo'd yuppies who work as lawyers, accountants and software engineers and don't get arrested for doing meth and killing people
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5d ago
I fucking love this meme so much
But also see any discussion on: abortion, pre-maritial sex, Christianity. The gang may not be actual boomers (also mid 40s is young Gen X) but they're spiritually boomer for sure
Speaking of the meme, I wrote this a while ago to make fun of Doug Ford
"Bike lanes could be here," he muttered, scanning the unfamiliar suburb. "I've never driven through this part of town. They could've painted bike lanes anywhere." The cool wind felt good against his bare chest. "I HATE bike lanes," he thought. Nickelback thumped through the truck's old stereo, making it pulsate even as the Canadian club circulated through his powerful thick veins and washed away his (merited) fear of urban planning committees. "With a truck, you can go anywhere you want" he said to himself, out loud.
fmac
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5d ago
it isn't centered around ragebait
Speak for yourself, buddy
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5d ago
The release of Halo Infinite made me realise I was old and out of touch
A halo game comes out, it's pretty good, some networking issues but as far as triple A shitshow releases go, it was pretty smooth. IT WAS ALSO FREE.
The entire Halo Reddit community was fucking losing their shit about the lack of cosmetics, challenges, and unlockables. They were barely discussing the game, the balance, the maps, the things that make the game fun.
No, they were just endlessly bitching about the lack of armor cosmetics. You can't even fucking see your armor when you're playing.
Fortnite broke the kids man, they've lost sight of what makes a game good
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6d ago
Your ability to attack strawman is unmatched, congratulations on your gold medal
I can do it too!
“Crime-free neighborhoods” = The only way you hit ‘zero crime’ is permanent curfew, door-to-door gun raids, and AI cameras tracking every cough.
“Public schools without enemy propaganda” = Public schools are union-run psy-ops that’ve been red-pilling kids for Marx since Dewey. Burn the system down, hand parents vouchers, and let the free market homeschool ’em.
“I just want to grill” = While you’re basting Costco rib-eyes, the CCP buys our farmland and the EPA writes a methane tax on your Weber. join the county militia— or enjoy your bug-burger future.
“I just want to live my small traditional peasant life and raise my family among the same.” = you fell for the WEF ‘15-minute serfdom’ pitch. They’ll fence your hamlet, meter your tractor diesel, and trade your barn for carbon credits while Davos elites keep their Gulfstreams. ‘Back to the land’ is code for ‘stay in your lane, prole.’
fmac
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8d ago
Given the quality of your questions, I'm really interested in the way you think about value
What is valuable to you?
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11d ago
I'm not at my computer this weekend but I'll add my mods when home
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13d ago
Range issues, power issues, and the fact reflective/ablative coating hasn't even been explored yet makes me bearish on lasers.
The USA's most recent DEM-SHORAD trial got sent back to the drawing board, if I remember correctly
Why did you suspect that?
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