Jollyllama

Died for his right to dump raw sewage in a trench

Legacy car brands have massive investments in ICE vehicles. They have the manufacturing and logistics figured out and running as smoothly as ever. Now we are asking them to pivot? Do you know what that will do to their short term finances? Decimated. The shareholders will not like that one bit. The tax credits helped soften the blow a bit but instead of making a platform built for EV they had to go and make trucks and SUVs. They could make a small EV, Chevy Bolt was a fine small and efficient EV...nobody bought it. Why? Because it was built like a subcompact economy car with a mid range price tag. Who is that for? Those that can afford it just finance an extra few grand and get a model 3. Those that can't afford it get a 2005 Camry.

The $7500 tax credit was a gift for those that could afford a $40k car.

It's like the legislation was written by the legacy automakers (and oil lobby) themselves to slow EV adoption.

Saying it's just ignorance and zealotry is a cop out. The Zionist state wouldn't exist without massive investments from the west. They secular politicians use God to rally the Orthodox but their goals are ultimately colonial and capitalistic. There is an ungodly level of media and sentiment manipulation going on to paint either side the way you just did. If we all believe that either side is full of ignorant zealots then there's nothing we can do to fix it. Let them kill each other for eternity, flatten Gaza and kill all the Jews. There is nothing we can do about it so why do anything?

Must be the flat feet

Conflating religious Jews with the nationalist Zionist governmenr is what probably caused this attack. Jew ≠ Zionist.

It's a fun show and even more fun if you've ever worked in education.

Well said.

There will always be slop advertisements. I avoid traditional advertising by pirating or paying for an ad free version. I do still watch ads in the form of product reviews and such. There are great products that I found through advertising that I otherwise wouldn't.

There is a lot of awful advertising and I'm numb to it, my brain doesn't even register it.

The problem is bad advertising works. My job is related to the text messaging industry. We have clients that spent six figures on sending marketing messages, for every dollar they are spending on text marketing they are making 5x more in profit.

I like to think that there will be a shift in advertising towards more thoughtful placement as consumers learn to ignore but honestly I think that's my own bias. Most people are susceptible to slop advertisements and so the slop will continue.

Abbot Elementary apple sticker ads are clever, minimally invasive and I argue that this is what advertising should be.

This is a creative, tongue in cheek ad for a comedy about school teachers. Teachers stereotypically are given apples so its related.

You cannot compare this to the Pluribus fridge ads or car infotainment ads which make no sense other than "get more eyes on it".

Where are the Libertarians now?

Is this rage bait? Feels like rage bait.

"it's the owners fault"

There are just as many awful labradoodle owners yet labradoodles are not out here killing people. It is the breed, it's always been the breed.

A nice console is what? 500? Last year I could have bought all new parts and likely meet the same performance or very close to a console. At $600 I think I easily exceed the performance.

Its a lot harder in 2025-26 because of RAM prices but I am confident you're wrong on the cost thing.

You win on not having to build it and ease of use.

The idea of paying a subscription for something I already own to have a basic functionality is 100% unworkable for me. The last Xbox I owned was the OG box and I still have a PSX.