Please cut out the political chatter

[redneck]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Did you know humans are more closely related to dolphins than chimpanzees?

Let’s see what Flipper has to say about that.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

For me it was political and technical.
Still don't care for the political aspects attached to EVs.

As long as it doesn't become mandatory to go all-electric, or ICEs get so heavily taxed to the point of becoming unsuitable at all, I could really care less about the politics. But all the concerns surrounding range-anxiety won't go away so soon...

So far the worst and really the only technical problem still with the leaf is no actively cooled battery. The resistance based heating works pretty good but it murders range, but that was changed to heatpump in 2013.

I'm not so familiar with heat pumps. When it comes to heating, IIRC some electric cars in the '90s relied on a gasoline-fueled (or Diesel-fueled) heater instead.

[Daox]

Hey guys. This is another reminder to please cut out the political talk. Its divisive and thats really not something we want on the forum. We've had to lock a couple threads now, and thats really not what we like to do either.

[freebeard]

Can't step outside the mainstream?

I'm here because teh big social media are compromised. I understand you'll get pressured. Is it the advertisers, or more directly from the shadows?

Can we talk about General Flynn? Happy Law Day everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Day_(United_States)

[redpoint5]

^See permalink #3 and #4^

The request to cease political chatter not only went unheeded, but further descended into personal attack.

I don't like thread locks and post deletions because I enjoy discussion, but even worse was the fact that people couldn't get a grip on their emotions. Name calling and assuming the intent of others doesn't fall within the category of discussion.

[freebeard]

The request to cease political chatter not only went unheeded, but further descended into personal attack.

In the larger ecosystem, such activity is classified as bot-like trolling. Since we have posters with a known history I'd go with [off the lithium]/[meme infection]

I'm listening to Kayleigh McEnany's first press conference. I think she's doing really well. Her predecessor had zero?

[redpoint5]

I joined Locals.com and subscribed to rubinreport.com since Dave was offering the first month free. Got to talk to him twice via Zoom, which wasn't too shabby for a free trial.

It's a $5 monthly subscription, which I generally tend to avoid, but it does tend to encourage positive interaction since hardly anyone is willing to pay five bucks to be mean to strangers.

I don't know if I'll stick around yet, but interesting concept he's got there, and so far the community has been positive.

Scott Adams has Dave on this morning promoting "Don't Burn This Book".

As a complete aside, I think my time in prison helped develop my ability to not allow others to steal my sunshine. One of my first encounters (maybe first) with one of the guards, he walked up to me and asked if I had "good time", meaning eligibility for 20% sentence reduction for good behavior. "yeah", I said. "I'm going to make sure you lose all of it", he said. That set the stage for bullying and harassment. A couple others were likewise needlessly cruel.

By explicitly stating his intent, it made it easy for me to frame things correctly. He created a game where the only way for me to lose is to give up the only thing others have no way to forcefully take.

Officer Parnell didn't get a day of my good time, and for all I know, he's still in prison and I've long since left.

[freebeard]

Cheaper than Mug Club? Per month vs per year.

When Scott Adams promoted Blight Authority, I signed up there.

www.scottadamssays.com: Episode 91: Bill Pulte, Founder of Blight Authority, Solutions for Urban Decay/Crime

It was over run by spammers. Now it 404s.


I want to talk to Elon Musk. He'e the only one I know of that believes in the Geodesic Domes.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Can't step outside the mainstream?

I'm pretty sure ecomodding is outside the mainstream. Here's an idea: let's talk about ecomodding!

[freebeard]

Outside The Lounge, I'm amiably going on about VWs