Finally realized what this is: A villain’s car from a Neill Blomkamp film, played by a pale white William Fichtner.

The federales should have used the diesel crisis to make Audi leave the US entirely as part of a settlement with the DOJ. Not because of any diesel shenanigans, but because they make disposable cars solely to be leased by the first owner, after which they promptly become unfixable.

Seeing now past couple months people splurging on stuff, vintage action figures, vintage Lego sets, just money no object. World is close to ending, financially, militarily or both, so people are just not holding themselves back on unobtainium items on eBay from childhood. Makes sense tbh.

Mikoyan *and* Gourevitch??? In *this* economy?

I think another reason many Americans Feel Bad About the Economy: There is a constant barrage of information indicating to the casual observer that people who run scams and lie and refuse to play by the rules aren't just going unpunished, they're *making way more money than you are* as a result.

Going to be unpossible to let dogs outside soon because everything outdoors is just made out of ticks with Lyme disease. A round of applause for the military industrial complex.

Imagine training for years, getting a PhD, enduring centrifuges & survival trials in the desert, & finally going into space on the longest trip outside of Earth’s orbit, & your employer still makes you use Outlook on that trip. Like, what is even the point?

Trying to imagine telling someone in 2001 that 25 years in the future Tiger Woods, after yet another SUV rollover, would immediately call the president after his latest one, & that the president would be Donald Trump. But he would be too busy with WWIII to care.

We've reached a depressingly predictable new phase in the war where Drumpf, unable to talk to anyone in Tehran, will just lie about having reached some agmt with them to give himself cover to TACO.

Is this the first military action in history in which the timing & scale of operations can be ascertained by social media posts of lobster being served aboard US ships? Hashtag lobsterposting.

New England’s economy is basically just shady handymen, visiting nurses, and (more recently) pitbulls.

I'll be up my own ass for a while that every one of my pet peeves has been fully vindicated -Making people work in an office is bad -Business travel is fake and pointless -Giant cars are bad

My sons, Aryann and Grokulus, love to visit local establishments and shoot at the feet of service employees, causing them to "dance." Do you like this. Is this relatable

Have seen close to 400 ads for Grainger on youtube. Still don't know what the fuck they sell & to whomst, & who they think they advertise to.

::eight months pass:: “We are making progress in reopening both straits, everyone please stay home & off the roads, join a carpool if you don’t have whf please, & consider buying a 2002 diesel Jetta & homebrewing some diesel from french fry grease. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Everything that’s happening now is playing right into the hands of Swedes, who want us to forget that they don’t feed their houseguests. Well played, Sweden.

Loading Zoa torpedo bays 1 and 2. (I have enough Zoa for a two-day war, after that I have to reload at drydock at Costco).

Just realizing: Would Frodo be called Frodo-san or Frodo-kun in Japan?

Everything has already been said about the use of the Integra name on this sedan, which is actually very pleasant to drive & deserved a more focused rollout/nameplate. Not sure how receptive the auto market is to a 320-hp, FWD sedan atm, complete with an MT, for $50K+. That's a narrow audience.

Finding out very late that the Hyundai Santa Cruz is actually very nice to drive & of course it’s going away just as, ahem, longer-term fuel price instability looms.

Once upon a time you could get a plumber action figure & decide which one of these two categories, both now somewhat dated, he falls into.

“We couldn’t get the rights… but if we change his name just a little…”

I'm sure that the Islamic Republic of Iran will replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with someone rational and it will be the best choice for the people of Iran. This will never backfire for the United States or Israel. Let me take a huge sip of coffee and place my palm directly on a hot stove.

::sigh:: And here's when I knew for sure it's going to be an endless war.

Ngl, two days in, having taken that one elective pass/fail with Adjunct Professor Nero seems to be paying off for one side in this.

The interiors of next-gen Teslas, due in 2032, you’re gonna be able to hose down to clean, like in a correctional facility. They’re gonna do it themselves using gallons of rainwater that collect in the rear bumpers. Will be marketed as Self Cleaning, ofc. VWAG will immediately copy this feature.

Every modern "independent" DKC SNES game today is like: Level #2 is Animal Antics.

Microdosing monitoring this war, can't do it non-stop for hours.

somehow had not ever ridden in a Tesla until last night and wow what a hunka junk!! everything feels a little thin and flimsy. it's like a fake car. i needed to be told how to open the door when entering and exiting lol just a real symphony of industrial design and engineering

“… and that both sides are working together to bring about earliest possible cease….”

The Epic Fury I'd rather have

It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser. What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??

“We couldn’t get the rights, but we can change his name a little.”

“Yes, see you on Monday, which will be a totally normal day, business as usual.”

#RadRide at auction today! It certainly wasn't the plan to have all the classics this week, but there are SO MANY good ones! Take this 70 Nissan Gloria Super DX Wagon for example! It's all-original with a 2-digit plate so it's been 1 owner since pre 90s! Red interior! DM for interest or to bid! #JDM

35 years later this still slaps. I remember watching the original video on, ahem, a version of MTV. Feels very timely rn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlwq...

Anybody having a WWIII watch party this weekend? Non-zero chance of carrier loss.

Folx, if we try just a little harder the top of the hood can sit at double the diameter of the wheel & tire. We don't have all that much further to go! www.caranddriver.com/news/a704648...

I know this is de minimis in light of, uhh, impending WWIII & the Blizzard of 1978 reuniting for a comeback tour. But WTF is going on on CNN's front page these days? Is it still a news site?

Me: I just wanna listen to some Fleetwood Mac in the morning. Youtube: Ok. But you have to watch ten Grainger ads in a row & try to figure out WTF they even sell or do.

$73,495 for a version with some options, & at the end of the day you're still driving a disposable A6. Who is buying the A6 these days anyway? This isn't 2006. www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a702...

One of my few regrets about unwritten articles is not having done a truck listicle with actual trucks & then adding this thing in there & evaluating its attributes as if it were one.

You can tell insurance companies are making too much money by how much they advertise on TV & Youtube, which is seemingly like 80% of all ads on cable news. /CaptObvious

Looking at a vintage Nintendo SNES cartridge, & the delivery time is 6 weeks. But I'm like "Hmm, can I even be sure that the US of A will be around in six weeks at this rate?"

Aight, who's gonna stay up late to watch if they're gonna do Eye-ran after the markets close? There's too much momentum & too much hardware over there for them to pull back now.

::whispers to wife:: That’s the Director of National Intelligence.

::the most Bri’ish accent youve ever heard:: Dab o’ oppo!

One thing I still dont get about this is what was GM's longterm thinking: People would just accept insurance cos jacking up their rates via data gained thru OnStar on their driving & would just shrug & keep paying for OnStar? GM expected this to continue indefinitely? gmauthority.com/blog/2026/01...