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Jay-Z is not teaching my no-talent ass how to get rich, so I’ll take that $500k and go see a financial advisor instead because I’d love to be able to retire someday. Read more

There is definitely to camps in the typical NP/ND replies that is very well illustrated with this one. One camp votes based on whether they would buy it at the listed price and the other camp votes based on what the market will bear. This example is absolutely priced for the market so it is an objective NP. Those Read more

Don’t get me wrong, we love our Tatas. It’s just that Donkervoort sounds like a fun Dutch swear word. Like they could come out with a new model, the “Donkervoort Kankerhoer” and we’d be all “HAHAHA yep!” Read more

Safeway/Vons “Signature Cafe” soups are fucking fire. Not sure this qualifies but, screw it, I haven’t purchased a can of soup since trying these the first time years ago.

Oh great. Somehow this will be fodder for the “IT’S JUST THE FLU” idiots. Read more

Also, is there a auto brand out there with a name that is more fun to say than “Donkervoort?”  Read more

We bought my wife’s old Town & Country during Cash for Clunkers. There were very few cars in inventory at that point. The dealer we went to had two minivans, the “loaded” one we bought, and another one that was more rental spec. With the powered sliding doors, tons of electronic gizmos to inevitably break, we opted Read more

Surprised to see Hawaii under the line. I would’ve guessed used cars would selling for above average prices there. Read more

Mexican drivers use their emergency flashers A LOT as a communication device to other drivers - it’s the driver equivalent to yelling out “AGUAS!” (Watch out!). They use them when traffic is breaking hard in front of them, if there is an accident ahead, etc.  Read more

This is not true at all. Mexican city drivers are hella creative. The amount of traffic they can get thru without the benefit of commuter expressways, etc is pretty remarkable. Source: I’ve lived in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. Also they have FAR better lane discipline on the highways/toll roads than Read more

Neutral: A little better. Last Thursday marked my first day of freedom after being locked down for two weeks with covid. I’m still not feeling 100%, the brain fog is still there and I’m always fried at the end of the day. I can’t imagine how much worse this might have been if I hadn’t been vaccinated. Read more

I remember McDonaldland commercials from the 1970s. The whole flippin’ deal was clearly memorializing someone’s acid trip Read more