wkearney99

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Comment · 5 months ago
This, way too many people think they know the law and build up a wall of thinking based on their erroneous understanding of it. They're often afraid to incur the perceived expense of consulting an actual expert.

The same kind of broken thinking exists across MANY other aspects of life. Turn up the radio in your car to avoid hearing the problem that would be 'easy' to fix now and instead ignore it until it turns into a considerably more expensive repair.

I find it's often the same people that make these kinds of misguided decisions that crow the loudest about "kill all the lawyers". Perhaps because of their fear of being called out for their ignorance.

Comment · 1 year ago
Atkins-ish diet caused the same thing for me with a car accident back in the 90's. Sudden uptake of carbs with the alcohol resulted in lost memory of over 13 hours, a '68 De Ville convertible that got totaled and 2 months spent with a wired jaw.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thunderbird. It's fast, provides native UI elements, and allows for an information dense presentation of a lot of information. Works great for handling multiple email accounts viaimap.
Comment · 2 years ago
Given shenanigans like "thee stallion" as part of a name... sure it could.
Comment · 2 years ago
One could argue that they're selling to a likewise clueless demographic.
Comment · 2 years ago
But they are right though. And casting them as 'not nice' is in itself not nice.
Comment · 2 years ago
And sensibility to recognize when having (let alone voicing) an opinion isn't necessary.
Comment · 2 years ago
While the sentiment on that is laudable, it's that kind of assuming that leads all kinds of idiots to jump to entirely ridiculous conclusions.
Comment · 2 years ago
Some EVs also tie in the same detection devices used for adaptive cruise control to adjust regenerative braking. It can be configured to 'coast' in a manner similar to old-school automatic transmissions, but will apply regen braking when other vehicles are detected ahead. This lets me drive it sort of like a regular automatic when on the highway but get the added return of wattage when traffic gets heavier.

There's also one-pedal operation, akin to driving a golf cart. Where you feather the accelerator pedal to slow, and it will engage much more aggressive regen braking if you let off the accelerator pedal. Some folks like this. I do not. I still drive other ICE vehicles and find the transition between them too jarring for my liking.

Comment · 2 years ago
Question I want answered is what makes your scalp twitch for a while after you've been driving with the top down
Comment · 3 years ago
Manbaby censors people telling just a wee bit too much of the truth about his antics.

So surprising.

Comment · 3 years ago
A 1% chance, from a self-reported study in the UK of basically just white women.

Can't wait to see how that gets twisted around.

Comment · 3 years ago
And thus the reason "people don't want to work any more" gets heard.

People do want to work, for decent wages, not exploitation and begging via 'tips'.

Comment · 3 years ago
The 'President' is a temporary elected office, during which there is plenty of necessary access to all manner of secure materials. When no longer in that elected position there is zero need for continued access to those materials.

Likewise, those secure materials have some very specific handling protocols for access. ALL of which were completely ignored by Trump.

The notion of the 'deep state' is a boogeyman used to scare weak minds.

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