The folks who have been held in Guantanamo bay might not have such a great opinion on the US and it's marvellous human rights record.
Hmm...so, what country are you in? Would you be willing to accept the package if we dropped off all these terrorist guys into your country? Would that solve things for you?
Why would I want a car that wears out my tires quickly?
Well, if you can afford a performance car that can do quality doughnuts, and burnouts...you could likely afford the tires too.
Price of admission for the ride and all......of course, none of this applies to the cars they've been discussing like a Scion or Civic..ugh...'family cars'.
I would say it's not even ignorance it's lack of common sense. There seems ( I have no facts to base this on.) to that common sense has flown out the window in the last 30 or so years. Even worse with kids now. But then again it may just be that I'm growing old.
I would say I have to agree with you largely on your comment.
And from a service point of view...man, has THAT ever gone downhill these days....people just don't seem to care anymore. Food (unless you're dining fairly high end) often seems slopped together.....forget about fast food.
I honestly wonder why people go to eat that crap...it isn't even appetizing anymore when presented to you, just looks like wadded up crap with out any color...
But customer service, for the most part...on all levels is just not what it used to be.
I get the very same feedback from many of my friends who have worked public facing jobs...or at least did back before they got a 'real job' as we used to term it.
I'm not stupid by any means, but I certainly have asked some stupid questions; with me believing the store assistant will probably think I'm stupid as he mentally adds our situation to his memory bank of other encounters. Sometimes people aren't stupid, they just don't know, or they over think the situation and end up looking like an ass.
No...not really even that. If you work public facing jobs long enough...you know the difference between someone intelligent asking a genuine question, that's no problem and part of the reason you're there.
It is the idiots that can't seem to even seem to speak coherently. You run into so many people that you seriously wonder how they're even able to process oxygen.
Just the same as a driver loses his/her license if she doesn't buckle a seatbelt or drinks alcohol while driving.
Hmm..never heard of anyone losing their license for not having a seat belt buckled...
I've been wondering...when exactly, did they change the laws to where they can now PULL you over for not having a seat belt buckled?!?!?
I remember when they first brought that law out, they said "It will only be a secondary offense, we can't pull you over for just not having a seatbelt buckled".
Now...they can pull you over for that as a primary offense...when did this happen, anyone know?
That's the reason I'm skeptical for ANY new law they do....it starts off reasonable, then, scope creep comes in...then, they just try to stretch it to catch other offenses that there's no law for...
Really? All the data I've seen indicate that average people keep getting smarter.
Obviously you've never worked a job where you were facing the general public.
If you had, well....you start to realize how stupid the general public is, and wonder how they managed to not drown looking up at a rainstorm with their mouths open.
I hate to say it...it really comes off as an elitist attitude, but man...if you're ever worked retail, or food service, you just see things that amaze you....and are not isolated incidents.
After years of working retail and food service decades ago when in school...I came to the frank conclusion that likely 80% of the general population is fucked in the head and stupid.
I sadly, think..it has likely gotten worse in the years since I had to face and deal with them....
The government should fund the most risky endevaours because they are most likely to fail, but provide benefits to society as a whole *if* they succeed.
Helping to fund basic research for new things, is one matter.....paying to prop up failing private businesses is quite another.
Don't worry, kid, by the time self-driving cars are for sale you'll have matured enough to have grown out of those childish ways... that is, if you live very long. Extreme driving is an invitation to the surgeon or the undertaker.
I kinda doubt it...I'm well in the "get off my lawn" years now already....been driving like a bat outta hell since I got a permit....and many decades since then have passed.
2. In a ped-friendly urban env, you won't be buying 2 weeks of groceries at a time - you'd make many 5-minute walks to nearby markets and shops to pick up smaller quantities (either from your home, or, gasp, while walking home from the metro station).
That isn't economical....if you buy in bulk and large sizes, you get savings.
Also, I like to cook...but I cannot shop and cook all week, just no time for it. I buy all my food, usually on Sat or Sun...and I spend a large bit of Sunday, cooking 2-4 different meals and sides....and I put these away to eat on all week...lunch, snacks and dinner. I rarely eat out, I don't do McBurger for lunch.
I eat better this way, and I have time to go to the gym before work, and come home and bicycle or do whatever I need after work.
Urban might be good for some...but it would be much more costly for me, and nowhere nearly as convenient.
At the minimum...I don't think I'd want to be lugging home by foot/backpack/bicycle for a BBQ day on Sat....a 14lb brisket, bag of potatoes for tater salad, cabbage for slaw...and all the beer,etc to go with it...much less the wood and charcoal for smoking (maybe ribs too if I have friends over).
And hell...I've talked to friends in the NE in the urban cities....and often their high rise apts won't let them have a grill of any sort...much less an offset smoker like I have for my BBQ.
I have a choice...I prefer more space, independence and freedom to enjoy my life.
I dearly want us to stop banning people from living close to the businesses that serve them, as is common in the US.
Ban? Care to elaborate on this? I know of no bans or even any regulation on where you can live?
My energy usage is high not because I want it to be, but because of poor zoning policies, crappy offerings from transportation businesses, and so on.
Well, we're pretty much stuck working with what we have. I mean, where are you planning to get the massive funding, to tear up the current cities and their infrastructure, to 're-do' it into a properly organized and planned and laid out way of life for us all to live 1 block from work, and have all our groceries delivered, etc? Not getting into the common things of people changing jobs every few years and not wanting to sell the house and move just to be closer to the new job (would we need to average the distance between couples that both work?)
Even if gas was back to a dollar a gallon as it was under Clinton, I don't _want_ to fucking drive everywhere. Who the hell does?
I do, that's why I drive sports cars...I've never owned any car with more that 2 seats in my life (ok, the Porsche turbo technically was a 4-seater, but you couldn't even really fit one kid back there for more than a couple blocks).
Who likes the fact they can't really go for a drink after work or, well, easily socialize anyway, because of the requirements and boundaries set by reliance on motor vehicles?
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Nothing stops me from having a drink after work and socializing...nor does it stop any of my friends. I mean, do you not see those bars on the way home with very large parking lots that are filled with cars? Those lots aren't filled up by employees of the establishment.
Does everyone actually like the fact their property and sales taxes are high despite the complete lack of the public services, solely because of the costs of maintaining many times the lengths of roads necessary because we've gone out of our way to partition off neighborhoods from businesses?
Err...those roads and all are paid for by fuel taxes...I don't know that any of my property or sales tax goes for my roads. Even if some of it did, no...it isn't that bad. I like having the independence to go where I want when I want, and not have to sit waiting for a fucking bus in the rain, heat, humidity...and take hours to get back and forth (which takes minutes in my own car)...and try to haul all my groceries on/off multiple busses while sitting next to a smelly bum...and then, figuring some way to carry the load of stuff home from the nearest bus stop which is about 1/2 a mile away easily. I frankly dunno how I could carry all my groceries on said public transport. Hell, I have to usually make 3-4 trips at least to carry them into the house from my car in the garage. Geez, what about families that have to feed 3-4 mouths? That would really be impossible, unless you are saying you want to force everyone to take time out of their day to shop daily....
What about the cost of food and other essentials? (Why is it about half the price in Britain than in the US, despite much higher taxes and much lower subsidies in the UK?)
I'm not sure where you get your stats. On my cooking lists, I'm often shocked how much my friends in the UK and other EU countries say their food is compared to ours here in the US.
What if.... they were made fun so you could enjoy a car ride that you had to go for anyway?
Well, while anything is possible, I can't really imagine it.
I mean, part of it is being in control of a machine, that is very powerful and capable of extreme driving. I kinda doubt that an automatically driving car, is going to have a nicely tuned exhaust note, that growls, as you (when conditions are safe) allow you to stomp on the gas, and power into a sharp turn at 50 mph, and listen to the turbo kick in...and let you feel the G forces as you swing around the turn....or on a straightaway....stomp on the gas, and accelerate from 10 to 80mph in seconds...or on a long stretch of hwy....kick it up to over 120+mpn when no one is looking.....
If you want to drive for fun, take your damned muscle car to the racetrack and risk your own damned life. I don't need you risking mine by your driving like a moron. Cars are for transportation, not fun... unless you're at the races.
If they weren't meant for fun...they'd not sell cars that were fun to drive.
You don't generally buy a street legal car...to just drive it on the track.
Like I said on another post...it is sad that one things a car is just a utilitarian object to get from place to place.
With fun cars, like I've always owned....even the daily drive to work is an adventure!!!
Life it too short not to enjoy every minute of it you can...even on a drive to the grocery store.
What happened to car culture in this country...people used to like their cars, work on them..drive them...want to have performance vehicles.
Sad to see that go...a car shouldn't just be a utilitarian object to get you from place A to place B. Life is too short for that....drive a fun car, and every trip you take is an adventure.
It would certainly take all the fun out of driving, that's for sure.
Why would anyone ever buy a Porsche, or Vette or even a high powered Camero again..if you couldn't take it out on the streets and drive it like you would today?
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Hmm...so, what country are you in? Would you be willing to accept the package if we dropped off all these terrorist guys into your country? Would that solve things for you?
Ok...trying to figure out what a NO Pizza place is....?
Did you mean a New Orleans Pizza Place?
Well, if you can afford a performance car that can do quality doughnuts, and burnouts...you could likely afford the tires too.
Price of admission for the ride and all......of course, none of this applies to the cars they've been discussing like a Scion or Civic..ugh...'family cars'.
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Hey...give the poor guy a break...out of all that, he has to pay union dues too you know...
Not me....
I only stop for the "whacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man" displays !!!
I would say I have to agree with you largely on your comment.
And from a service point of view...man, has THAT ever gone downhill these days....people just don't seem to care anymore. Food (unless you're dining fairly high end) often seems slopped together.....forget about fast food.
I honestly wonder why people go to eat that crap...it isn't even appetizing anymore when presented to you, just looks like wadded up crap with out any color...
But customer service, for the most part...on all levels is just not what it used to be.
It isn't just me.
I get the very same feedback from many of my friends who have worked public facing jobs...or at least did back before they got a 'real job' as we used to term it.
No...not really even that. If you work public facing jobs long enough...you know the difference between someone intelligent asking a genuine question, that's no problem and part of the reason you're there.
It is the idiots that can't seem to even seem to speak coherently. You run into so many people that you seriously wonder how they're even able to process oxygen.
Any business out there is is NOT incorporated in some fashion..is stupid.
At the very least...you should be incorporated to protect yourself from liability in this grand litigious society we find ourselves in.
Also...tax breaks...do it to try to save as much of your own money as you can.
Hmm..never heard of anyone losing their license for not having a seat belt buckled...
I've been wondering...when exactly, did they change the laws to where they can now PULL you over for not having a seat belt buckled?!?!?
I remember when they first brought that law out, they said "It will only be a secondary offense, we can't pull you over for just not having a seatbelt buckled".
Now...they can pull you over for that as a primary offense...when did this happen, anyone know?
That's the reason I'm skeptical for ANY new law they do....it starts off reasonable, then, scope creep comes in...then, they just try to stretch it to catch other offenses that there's no law for...
Obviously you've never worked a job where you were facing the general public.
If you had, well....you start to realize how stupid the general public is, and wonder how they managed to not drown looking up at a rainstorm with their mouths open.
I hate to say it...it really comes off as an elitist attitude, but man...if you're ever worked retail, or food service, you just see things that amaze you....and are not isolated incidents.
After years of working retail and food service decades ago when in school...I came to the frank conclusion that likely 80% of the general population is fucked in the head and stupid.
I sadly, think..it has likely gotten worse in the years since I had to face and deal with them....
Helping to fund basic research for new things, is one matter.....paying to prop up failing private businesses is quite another.
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Well, they can't be any worse than the system we have now??
Heck, I think they'd be better..they are a large part of Israel's protective measures, and their track record is pretty good.
And why no 100% uptime? I mean, you cycle dogs in and out on shifts just like you do the humans...and no system has 100% detection.
Oh wait...that would make sense...and not cost the taxpayers an arm and a leg....
You're wanting to do away with the way our legal systems works....just to plow climate change through?
Wow...really....wow.....
I kinda doubt it...I'm well in the "get off my lawn" years now already....been driving like a bat outta hell since I got a permit....and many decades since then have passed.
That isn't economical....if you buy in bulk and large sizes, you get savings.
Also, I like to cook...but I cannot shop and cook all week, just no time for it. I buy all my food, usually on Sat or Sun...and I spend a large bit of Sunday, cooking 2-4 different meals and sides....and I put these away to eat on all week...lunch, snacks and dinner. I rarely eat out, I don't do McBurger for lunch.
I eat better this way, and I have time to go to the gym before work, and come home and bicycle or do whatever I need after work.
Urban might be good for some...but it would be much more costly for me, and nowhere nearly as convenient.
At the minimum...I don't think I'd want to be lugging home by foot/backpack/bicycle for a BBQ day on Sat....a 14lb brisket, bag of potatoes for tater salad, cabbage for slaw...and all the beer ,etc to go with it...much less the wood and charcoal for smoking (maybe ribs too if I have friends over).
And hell...I've talked to friends in the NE in the urban cities....and often their high rise apts won't let them have a grill of any sort...much less an offset smoker like I have for my BBQ.
I have a choice...I prefer more space, independence and freedom to enjoy my life.
Ban? Care to elaborate on this? I know of no bans or even any regulation on where you can live?
Well, we're pretty much stuck working with what we have. I mean, where are you planning to get the massive funding, to tear up the current cities and their infrastructure, to 're-do' it into a properly organized and planned and laid out way of life for us all to live 1 block from work, and have all our groceries delivered, etc? Not getting into the common things of people changing jobs every few years and not wanting to sell the house and move just to be closer to the new job (would we need to average the distance between couples that both work?)
I do, that's why I drive sports cars...I've never owned any car with more that 2 seats in my life (ok, the Porsche turbo technically was a 4-seater, but you couldn't even really fit one kid back there for more than a couple blocks).
???
Nothing stops me from having a drink after work and socializing...nor does it stop any of my friends. I mean, do you not see those bars on the way home with very large parking lots that are filled with cars? Those lots aren't filled up by employees of the establishment.
Err...those roads and all are paid for by fuel taxes...I don't know that any of my property or sales tax goes for my roads. Even if some of it did, no...it isn't that bad. I like having the independence to go where I want when I want, and not have to sit waiting for a fucking bus in the rain, heat, humidity...and take hours to get back and forth (which takes minutes in my own car)...and try to haul all my groceries on/off multiple busses while sitting next to a smelly bum...and then, figuring some way to carry the load of stuff home from the nearest bus stop which is about 1/2 a mile away easily. I frankly dunno how I could carry all my groceries on said public transport. Hell, I have to usually make 3-4 trips at least to carry them into the house from my car in the garage. Geez, what about families that have to feed 3-4 mouths? That would really be impossible, unless you are saying you want to force everyone to take time out of their day to shop daily....
I'm not sure where you get your stats. On my cooking lists, I'm often shocked how much my friends in the UK and other EU countries say their food is compared to ours here in the US.
Well, while anything is possible, I can't really imagine it.
I mean, part of it is being in control of a machine, that is very powerful and capable of extreme driving. I kinda doubt that an automatically driving car, is going to have a nicely tuned exhaust note, that growls, as you (when conditions are safe) allow you to stomp on the gas, and power into a sharp turn at 50 mph, and listen to the turbo kick in...and let you feel the G forces as you swing around the turn....or on a straightaway....stomp on the gas, and accelerate from 10 to 80mph in seconds...or on a long stretch of hwy....kick it up to over 120+mpn when no one is looking.....
If they weren't meant for fun...they'd not sell cars that were fun to drive.
You don't generally buy a street legal car...to just drive it on the track.
Like I said on another post...it is sad that one things a car is just a utilitarian object to get from place to place.
With fun cars, like I've always owned....even the daily drive to work is an adventure!!!
Life it too short not to enjoy every minute of it you can...even on a drive to the grocery store.
Is that a world you'd actually want?!?!
What happened to car culture in this country...people used to like their cars, work on them..drive them...want to have performance vehicles.
Sad to see that go...a car shouldn't just be a utilitarian object to get you from place A to place B. Life is too short for that....drive a fun car, and every trip you take is an adventure.
We can't afford the crumbling infrastructure we currently have, much less tear everything down, and start from scratch...
Sure, if you want to sit next to smelly bums/street people....
Why would anyone ever buy a Porsche, or Vette or even a high powered Camero again..if you couldn't take it out on the streets and drive it like you would today?