I can try, but I’m pretty sure my depression will just laugh in my face if I try to reschedule.

He doesn’t . . .

not really rocket science people.

Well, now I really want to see the results of such a study. My hypothesis is that it actually has more to do with the activities each computer is used for rather than the actual OS. As in, gamers (Windows) are more likely to be tech literate than authors (Mac), or graphic artists (Mac) are more likely to be tech literate than office workers (Windows).

Wheels are pretty easy to pull off if the car goes caput, but yeah I hear ya. Hard to prioritize the shitbox when everything else exists.

I’m not convinced we have any hand whatsoever. The world economy might be thrown into a bit of chaos, but more and more countries are starting to tell the US to go fuck itself. It’s not inconceivable to think of the US being completely irrelevant and ignored economically within the next decade.

I haven’t seen a single May 4th meme from the correct franchise, lol

I say we give them their circle-jerk city, but they have to figure out 100% of their own goods and services with no help from anyone. We give them no labor to work, food to eat, material to build, or even attention beyond a hearty laugh at their embarrassing troubles. If all the nazi wannabes are in one hole, we can starve them in their own castle as we watch their narcissistic ineptitude crumble the house of cards to dust.

This is nothing more than a power trip saying “Look we can build a city, my dick isn’t microscopic, shut up”, and like a brat in the toy aisle, they will wither into oblivion if we just stop looking when they cry about it. Fight them, absolutely yes, but not in the way they want.

Don’t ever skimp out on the things that go between you and the pavement, aka. tires and brakes.

Without music, yes it does, but so does biking, public transit, and basically everything else. The only difference with driving is that you can’t legally put headphones on. The only option is a sound system.

Silently stare into the endless void of highway for hours on end like a psychopath vs. Going zoom-zoom through the canyons while blasting Initial D.

Going postal sitting in LA traffic during a heatwave vs. Raging heavy metal at the stoplight on the way to the grocery store.

Give the people their radios

We should be way more up-in-arms about this

In the 90s, barebones basic ass trucks were literally everywhere, complete with no features and endless possibilities. The only ‘new’ thing about the Slate is that it’s powered by electrons instead of thermodynamics.

Only one threat to public safety that I can see, and it sure as shit didn’t cross any borders

Why not both?

What if this hypothetical booby-trap happens to be a fire suppression system that dispenses BandAids after ejecting the fascist piglets back out the front door at 300psi?

Yeah, don’t pay more money to not have any of that.

Doesn’t that just mean the already rich assholes win?

You should pay for what your actually getting. If the vehicle has fewer features and less complexity, then it is necessarily cheaper and easier to produce (Both in mechanical and human labour.), and therefore the final product should also cost less for the consumer. Any dollar amount above that is used to improve the product in some way. Or, much more likely in this case, considering Bozo’s involvement, is used to line the bloated pockets of executive clowns with more imaginary money than any human being can ever possibly conceive of spending ethically.

Chevy S10, Ford Courier, Dodge Dakota, GMC S15 . . .

. . . wait, half those are Japanese.

Honestly, $20k for something this barebones is reaaallly pushing it. The more I think about it, the more it feels like an $80 remaster of a 35 year old game with half the dlc missing. Maybe for $12-15k and a basic am/fm, and I’d be less irked.

There is a very good reason we have tried to put basically every type of audio system in a car at least once. Driving in silence all the time fuckin sucks donkey balls, and bring-your-own phone/ speaker is a garbage solution, even for a truck that’s barely more than a harbor freight special.

Otherwise, this is a pretty sick idea, and it might help solve some of the other more important problems the automotive industry has been having.