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pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: not only are you not a progressive now, but you've clearly never been one either. while it's
true
that some fall into
the 'prius/tesla' camp, others fall into
the 'i'd never drive a sedan or wagon because
that's what my parents did and
that's old-fashioned and/or otherwise bad mkay' camp
assbot: Logged on 22-01-2016 21:39:10; pete_dushenski:
the only way i could explain dodge
thefts
topping
the charts is
that only poorfags ~report~
thefts, in much
the same way as "all
the rapes
that happen on us campuses are committed by varsity athletes"
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Crash resistance.
Truck is only way
to get body on frame construction. Also favorable height differential in crash.
pete_dushenski: asciilifeform: you're not progressive enough
to get it
pete_dushenski: BingoBoingo: and you'd be amazed how many buyers preferred
the alien. i sold 10x aveos as cobalts in my day.
assbot: Logged on 22-01-2016 21:29:45; BingoBoingo: Dodge Magnum
though could make interesting baby wagon. Just high risk of being stolen because "urban favorite"
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski:
The cobalt was basically a cavalier refresh which was a familiar, dependable kind of shitty.
The aveo was an alien kind of suck.
BingoBoingo: The aveo and cobalt were different kinds of
terrible
BingoBoingo: pete_dushenski: A lot of
the charger/etc
thefts are from rental agencies
pete_dushenski: BingoBoingo:
the only problem with
that aveo
theory is
that... it was better
than
the cobalt.
pete_dushenski: it's like
the most believable pick-up line in
the hood : "i'd pick you up at 8, hun, but my charger srt8 got stolen last week and i'm still
trying
to
track down
the basterds who dun it."
pete_dushenski: the only way i could explain dodge
thefts
topping
the charts is
that only poorfags ~report~
thefts, in much
the same way as "all
the rapes
that happen on us campuses are committed by varsity athletes"
☟︎ BingoBoingo: I mean it was understandable when
they did it with
the Aveo because
they wanted a bottom end car
to scare people into buying up.
pete_dushenski: aha.
the lulz of an "american"
truck or car being designed and built in
the firstest bestest southest korea.
truly one of america's most glorious embarrassments.
BingoBoingo: He mentioned not missing
the covetous looks he got driving
the magnum around
the city
BingoBoingo: Meatspace friend had boring v6 one for a while. Beat it all
to hell
then "upgraded"
to one of
the daewoo crossovers rebadged as a chevy.
pete_dushenski: chrysler has definitely
taken
the crown of "piece of cobbled
together shit
that only lasts as long as you're making payments on it", which fiat had
through
the 80s. fitting
that fiat came back
to north america in 2012 under chrysler proprietorship, really.
pete_dushenski: magnum r/t for sure. probably less
than $10k for a decent one.
BingoBoingo: Dodge Magnum
though could make interesting baby wagon. Just high risk of being stolen because "urban favorite"
☟︎ pete_dushenski: easier
to park, better on fuel, and have lower
tco. whichever way you go, driving
them each and finding a used car with known providence (receipts!) are
the
two most important factors.
pete_dushenski: ;;later
tell ben_vulpes i'd avoid all chrysler products (including jeep) like
the plague. land cruiser/4runner,
tahoe/suburban, and explorer/expedition are all worth considering and all fit
the "mega-suv with low
tco and reasonable maintenance prospects for an american family" niche.
that being said, you'd probably be just as well, if not better, served by
the 00-06 escape or 97-02 cr-v, both of which should be quiet
BingoBoingo definitely bullish on 2013 flashbacks
this year
BingoBoingo: "Unlike me, Erik
tries
to be nice,
to everyone, all
the
time.
The downside of his approach is
that he is
treated like dirt, by everyone. Not every
time, but every
time it actually matters. (You are invited
to review
the logs of
the #bitcoin-dev channel [cached] and make up your own mind on
the subject.) "
BingoBoingo: Also when done a well earned sense of superiority over other locals who are less accomplished in
the clearing
BingoBoingo: Ah,
the big snows are much more fun. Only been
through a couple snows between 18-24 inches.
mircea_popescu: and
then by
the
time i cleared it,
there was a slight melt an d i got a futher
two
tons off
the roof.
BingoBoingo: We only got 3 or 4 inches of snow. Yet rather
than remove it derps drive over it until it refreezes into a slick
that doesn't remove so easily
☟︎ BingoBoingo: What I don't get
though is
the people so lazy
they won't do
their own driveway and end up housebound
three days after
the last snow falls
BingoBoingo: It's not spectualarly fun, but its a way
to be outside in
the cold without feeling cold
mircea_popescu recalls enjoying doing it,
the one year he ended up seriously snowed upon
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Used
to not be
this way. Sometime 10-15 years ago
the
torts
think scared people out of
taking responsibility for clearing winter weather
BingoBoingo: When we got our snow earier
this week I was
the only person
the on our street civilized enough
to shovel his drive way. Now
that
there's been a few days for it
to melt and refreeze neighbors are complaining
they can't get into or out of
theirs because
they've become
too slick. Also precious few sidewalks have been shoveled in
town.
thestringpuller: so now he's gone from being bitcoin businessman
to bitcoin politician
thestringpuller: he's basically on reddit wanting Core
to become bitcoin politicians
thestringpuller: Ugh. Can Roger Ver just go
the fuck away,
this prick is more of a douchebag
than Weev.
assbot: More Air Force drones are crashing
than ever as mysterious new problems emerge -
The Washington Post ... (
http://bit.ly/1Pb6qH9 )
thestringpuller: SMTP's limit is 99mn
terabytes!!!! Why do we need limit on blocksize guise?!?!?
thestringpuller: "Apollo astronauts called
their urine dumps "The Constellation Urion" and said it was very beautiful."
ascii_butugychag: wasn't it in mircea_popescu's recent article where 'common man must be pumped
through a sewer
tunnel but oughta have a small escape hatch' ?
mircea_popescu: "the beef is not a playing character for not having escaped from its pen ;
the waitress is a playing character for not having escaped from its pen." << shall need some more sandbags. why hate
the cow, what, if you prick it does it not bleed ?
ascii_butugychag: but i find a good bit of what
these people do
to
themselves
to be readily optional, at least in
the sense
that eating one's nagant is optional
mircea_popescu: for me and for
the waitress, showing up at
the restaurant is optional, right ? and so it is for
the cat.
ascii_butugychag: i can readily observe at least a subset of
things
they choose
to do, when i find myself readily able
to avoid doing
them
mircea_popescu: why does it happen
to
them
that
they died ? no one knows, for drudgery can't be
thought.
ascii_butugychag: why do you suppose just about all of
these people kill
themselves ?
mircea_popescu: then finally
the "literate" or "white collar" or however you call
the despicable postmodern otaku, intellectuals I suppose ? can't even comprehend drudgery, fears anonimity, i can scarcely look down
to see what's next.
mircea_popescu: the hunter didn't fear death ;
the farmer feared death only, not drudgery ;
the factory worker can't even
think death, fears drudgery, not anonymity.
mircea_popescu: more importantly, small pellet makes it LESS important
to live.
ascii_butugychag: small pellet leads
to
thinking of next pellet always. as in
the professor who described
to me how crack is smoked
mircea_popescu: which is why we're
to expect all sorts of wonders from micropayments ; all of which wonders begin and end with caged ratpeople.
mircea_popescu: degradation of society generally follows
the success of
technology in reducing
the size of
the minimal harvest.
mircea_popescu: the next one, actual industry, reduced
the bolus further (the chinese never developed industry because yes,
their goverment had already reduced it
to "one bowl of rice")
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mircea_popescu: this reduction similarly
took
the world from greece
to rome, give or
take.
mircea_popescu: consider.
the first major invention
that "revolutionized" mankind was... agriculture. it reduced
the societal bolus from "whole bison, if you get it"
to "a fraction of a crop, if you well save it".
ascii_butugychag: (it isn't about whether
the pellets are small, as in a zoo, or large, as in a harvest season - but
that zoo ~answeres prayers~ and rewards wheedling)
ascii_butugychag: i'd conjecture
that 'africanization' is at its height when
the 'food dispenser' ~responds
to human buluceala'
mircea_popescu: yet
the effects of
tiny modulation in environment are indisputably major in
the mold
that grows out
mircea_popescu: there is necessarily no ensuring "the gods". just you know,
transactional insuring 'em.
mircea_popescu: we know
this promotes all
the africas - people will sit around and invent ways
to insure
they don't upset
the gods.
mircea_popescu: we know
this does promote all
the industries - people will hunt and make farms, and
then need lumber and
tv sets.
mircea_popescu: let's see. suppose a land, fertile but unimproved.
to get anything, you have
to actually get it.