neat, til. I’ve always heard the same comment as mine until now

edit: just noticed this is not an NA instance. still not used to having to check that when posts slip into my feed

that’s such a good photo

volunteer firefighters are paid, btw

at least around here. it’s just not their primary occupation.

fuck, my buddy makes good money from it, pretty sure

edit: where am I, how did I get here

the last few multi-hour highway drives I’ve had to make in bad weather (snow, ice) all had pickup trucks, and only pickup trucks, in the ditch lol

the other thing that people seem to forget about getting a second set of tires is that aside from the rims, there is no additional cost (assuming you change them yourself and have room to store them, which is a reasonable assumption for a large number of vehicle owners). I bought two new sets of tires five years ago and I’m still using both of them (I wfh and generally try to not drive much, though), hell my winters almost look brand new still because I drive so few km on bare pavement with them.

but they’re from 1995, not 2075

good, the more people in that database, the better

oh, I do know.

a friend had a minivan for a while, we used to pile five guys and gear for whatever trip into that thing all the time after he took out some of the kid stuff. just some of it, didn’t even need it fully cleaned out.

I’d considered buying one for myself, but I am partial to wagons and the price was never right for me for my application.

I still struggle to fit all the shit I want to into my car sometimes, though. difficult when the back seat is taken up by two dogs. a minivan would fit it no problem, meanwhile my car is packed to the ceiling and I’ve got the passenger seat full too. does the job well enough outside of those few situations, though. people ask me why I don’t get an SUV (crossover) instead - wouldn’t help, there isn’t that much more space, just a bit of height and you can typically only stack stuff so high. and if you get into the actual SUVs, well jfc those things are huge I don’t want or need that, also --> back to van

there are applications where a suburban or escalade makes sense, but it’s not often

not much funnier at the end of a ski day than seeing an AWD 4000lb brick sliding into a curb while a shitbox Golf that doesn’t even come up to the SUV’s windows climbs up the hill just fine

yeah my bad I did a quick search and thought this was a government organization, not a private one

I’ll revert to my previous stance of liking Minnesotans

doors, internal layout, and shape of the cabin are far more functional on the minivan

there are minivans with AWD

since you brought up that topic… AWD isn’t nearly as much of a benefit as the average person thinks it is. winter tires and being a competent driver are far more effective and safer than something that helps you accelerate faster.

give it another read, you have your order of events backwards

my ex told her brother “congrats on the creampie” when they announced their pregnancy. pretty sure it was in public with a dozen people in attendance

fake. this implies that the poster took the time to figure out that the licenses belonged to missing women. everybody knows that AITA posters can’t do an ounce of work by themselves

butt plugs with LED headlights, no less

nothing makes a tired annoyed version of me happier before dawn than going extra slow just to piss off the asshole riding my ass with LED headlights lighting up my whole cabin

*to clarify, the situation I am talking about is where I’ll be doing my usual up-to-20% over the speed limit minding my own business on my way to wherever in the morning, and some jackass with LED headlights at the same height as my face comes up behind me and rides my ass for several kilometers despite multiple passing opportunities. when that shit happens, my dreary morning just got interesting and I have something to keep me entertained

the white house encouraging witch hunts is a good one

there was a case where a consumer was promised something by an AI chatbot and the company tried to renege on it

sorry I don’t really remember any details about it, although I am pretty sure that it was ruled the company had to uphold the chatbot response. Oh I think part of their defense was that the chatbot was an external company or something

edit: found it, looks like the same story the other user referenced

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know

personally I hope they just drop out of existence from the perspective of the rest of us

no need to give them ammo - when she started moving forward, she was still in the process of turning to the right, and he was in front of the vehicle.

Yes he immediately moved out of the way before firing at her, but there was a short window where the car was moving towards him (keep in mind that vehicles move forward as they move to the side)