KindnessIsPunk

All I know from here is that tankies hate it when you tell people they should vote.

Jarome Iginla was always my hero.

Whenever people use religion and mental gymnastics to justify horrible things (it gets a lot of playtime) listening to Dethrone by Bad Omens helps me. Screaming warning. Link

When she's fresh out of the shower

Often when going into the doctor's office I have to go with my wife because if I don't they often dismiss her, I will just succinctly restate what she's been saying and then and only then will she get help It's incredibly frustrating.

Oh man, I read the archived link, my bad, I didn't see the date

TL;DR: Chinese automakers saw their marketshare in Europe decline in October. After surpassing South Korean brands for the first time in September, their collective share of the hybrid and electric vehicle categories fell by ~three percentage points. This was primarily driven by a sales drop in the United Kingdom, although their marketshare has continued to grow elsewhere in Europe.

Despite this, Chinese manufacturers like BYD, Chery, and Leapmotor plan to continue investing in European market expansion. They plan to achieve growth by offering budget models and leveraging partnerships, such as the Leapmotor-Stellantis venture, to compete directly in markets like Germany.

Yup I'm voting NDP next time, need to rename themselves to the Neoliberal party.

The word of the day is obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Parasocial connection.

It sucks too because the old trucks with a low bed were so much better for actualy doing work if you care about your back at all.

Vehicles are getting way too big on average, I mean the F150 is North America's best selling vehicle (*edit: I have since learned as of 2024 that spot actually belongs to the RAV4) since forever. It's a problem of misaligned incentives.

There's an exception carved out for large vehicles in the EPA guidelines that hold them to less stringent emissions standards which incentivizes building larger vehicles 1

Large cars are also incentivized by our crash safety rating system which only takes into account the mortality rate of those inside the car as apposed to average related fatalities. This means it will prioritize safety of those in the vehicle, which has led to our average fatalities increasing. 2

As an unintended side effect this also damages roads much faster because vehicle weight per axle determines the magnitude of the damage a vehicle does to the road. 3 anecdotally this makes me concerned for the additional weight that electric cars add.

Also as vehicles increase in weight the amount of microplastics put into the air as a by product of tire wear increase. 4

As cars increase in size (and therefore weight) the downsides are exponential.