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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except its a LOT easier to get people to not go to the gym than it is to stop them watching TV and movies.

I think this is why Netflix keeps canceling shows. People stay subscribed for new things, but since their catalog is shit they aren't streaming much else.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Yeah well, one can be anti-oppression and anti-apartheid as well as anti-terror, anti-killing-civilians, anti-bombing-hospitals, anti-using-civilians-as-shields, anti-hostage-taking and anti-warcrimes.

Sure, and if you are those things its going to be hard to get enthusiastic about voting for Biden.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The light truck category is incredibly broad (everything from zero to 14,000 lbs. My point is that the current crop of light trucks are verging closer to the top of that category than they historically had been even within that category apart from its increasing presence in the mix of consumer cars.

https://www.badgertruck.com/heavy-truck-information/truck-classification/

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Especially since they aren't even light any more. Compare a Ford Ranger from the 1990s or early 2000s to the current generation and it looks like a toy. The current generation of light trucks and SUVs are bigger than full sized trucks and SUVs from 20 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Plus its honestly getting kind of hard to NOT buy an SUV or a large car. The smallest car at an American Honda dealership is an SUV (HRV) now and its fucking massive compared to their smallest car from just a few years ago (Honda Fit). If you wanted an actual compact car you aren't getting one there. That is the same story at a lot of dealers. EVERYTHING is big. Hell, even historic compacts like the Civic and Corolla are massive next to their previous generations. I have a 2000 civic that looks like a toy next to a 2023 civic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks like something RIGHT out of Robocop, which is funny because the stupid fucking cars was actually a point of satire in that movie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Older ones do this too, its just this weird range of years where people tried to get clever with their turn signals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not even sure its legal in the US. The mixed brake lights are one thing, but even in the US they cannot be the ONLY form of brake light. And the idea of a "center light" being the normal tail light turning OFF and being replaced with a smaller light doesn't seem like it would meet even the relatively lax US DOT requirements.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know! Lets make the "brake lights" just be the normal tail lights turning off. It'll look way cooler that way!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Homer Simpson at least had the intent of making a car that would meet the needs of his imagined consumer. I don't know who the hell this truck was designed for.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is insane. The "brake lights" are effectively just the regular tail lights turning OFF and being replaced with smaller less bright lights. That is stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In this case, they managed to delay the bill long enough that they now have a bunch of programs in place to actually profit from third-party repairs of their devices. This gives them an advantage over their competitors, so they are now in support of this bill.

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