brianary

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[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good punch-up. I'm in!

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even with that, the scariest part of the Borg originally was that they were just this undifferentiated swarm.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Criticism still needs to be based on something real in order for it to be valid.

And yet, in the end, yours only amounts to what you consider "likely".

[–] brianary@startrek.website 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's hold up on the self-congratulations a second.

There's a very long way between a multinational corporation's published policy and the practice at street-level, even if yesterday is the only report (so far). Is this a franchise? What authority does the store have contractually, or in practice? Is the policy enforced? Is there a history of enforcement? Was this a rogue employee, maybe a recent hire, with a political motivation?

Did you check the original thread https://x.com/AmmahStarr/status/1804608613916328334 for the context of the discussion? Did you check the account for a history of "rage-bait" before dismissing this woman's experience?

Skepticism is important, but caping for corps is seldom necessary. They pay people for that.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hear you, too many are SUVs or "crossovers" (still "light trucks" for the purposes of scamming gov't regulations) as well.

But I'm pretty happy with my Leaf. 🤷

[–] brianary@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Somebody is really pushing an anti-EV narrative.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

SNW is so good I'd sooner toss TOS if forced to choose (which I'm not). The musical episode is vastly better than Turnabout: Intruder.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Right out of Carmageddon

[–] brianary@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago

When I want smaller than my ⚡🚗🍃 Leaf, I ride my ⚡🏍️ Metacycle or my ⚡🛵 niu N-GT.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Leaf is a reasonable size, the Ioniq 6 as well I think.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Intentional or not, it's an exaggeration. Only a sith deals in absolutes!

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

While the "without any advantage over them" is an exaggeration, the point is that SUVs are using a disproportionate amount of resources. A fraction of SUV drivers routinely use them for the unique situation you describe, or for any jobs that a car couldn't do. I don't begrudge anyone using the right tool for a job, though rental often would work for infrequent exceptional needs. But the OP is an important point about wastefulness, and focusing on minor semantics or individual use cases is a distraction.

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