Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t part of the problem that the auto industry wants to chase the higher profit margins on larger vehicles? As long as the perverse incentive is present it’s going to be an uphill battle to get them to produce more compact, cost effective cars.

It really is a tale as old as time.

Thanks for including the explanation. Well, that gives a small ray of hope I suppose? Things haven’t ALREADY collapsed.

So, to an extent sure, I don’t think it’s some horrible thing for simply moralistic reasons, everyone has to discover their sexuality one way or another. However, I do think maybe having an entire digital library of smut dumped in your lap the moment you have access to a smartphone and some private time is probably not good for your sexual development. Ideally we’d just have parents/guardians use some common sense and take advantage of parental controls to limit access. But, we both know that many are neglectful or simply busy with trying to make ends meet to constantly monitor these things. Is the right answer government intervention? I’m personally more than a little skeptical, but I can see why some people see it as a valid concern.

It’s a classic tactic, use a somewhat legitimate concern (Minors having access to pornography). And blow it far out of proportion, and use it as an excuse to crackdown on what you’re really after. You will see people defending these bans because the “reasoning” they’re being presented SEEMS rational, but unwittingly they’re supporting a mass crackdown on their own rights.

Yeah I had a huge laugh, this is just gonna suck for the people who get suckered into it.

I think they will “obey” but it will cost Trump an enormous amount of political capital. Any trouble at all in a war like that, any serious insurgency or international blowback, will have an outsized effect on public perception. Americans DO NOT like foreign wars, it’s weirdly part of what got trump elected, frustration with neo-liberal interventionism is an often overlooked element of his bases sense of grievance.

Realistically, do we believe he’ll make a serious attempt at taking control over these by force? Or is this just bluster? I’m starting to believe he may be legitimately intending to make a move for this territory, and frankly, I don’t think there are forces that would have the interest, or capability to oppose him. Too much of the global community has been browbeat into aligning with US interests. That for them to make a clean break, or even directly oppose the US is not a realistic expectation. I could easily see them folding to these sorts of demands, and that worries me.

Why would he call it a religion? Is it just bitterness over getting disagreed with?

Genuinely? I’ve reported multiple thefts over the years, never had any of it returned. Had to get a bike that was stolen from me (with my full name engraved) back by literally stealing it back from the person I knew stole it in the first place.

Extremely gross that they’re putting this much effort into protecting only the rich, But completely unsurprising. I don’t understand why SO MANY Americans are just completely accepting of this obvious favoritism.

They’re not gonna stop until well past the point where it stops making sense. That’s the nature of this, the higher ups are always slow to react, but determined to chase what they perceive as a trend. Throw money at things in the hope of striking rich like fortnite, (honestly it’s little better than gambling) they have no understanding, or will to understand, the reasons why some games take off and others fail. So they mindlessly push thinking that’s it purely a matter of luck or timing.

I hope we can do a little more at some point, but at least it’s something. I hope it doesn’t get treated as “enough”.

It’s just so trash, the quality is just unbelievably bad, and I cringe whenever I see someone wearing something that looks so flimsy and poorly made.