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Queen-Of-Hearts
Mar 17, 2009

"I want to break your heart💔 and give you mine🫀"




dee eight posted:

Some decades ago, Popular Mechanics magazine did an article on a cabunder. Like the thing literally fit under a semi trailer and the hitch was almost right over the driver.

edit: GIS and yup there they are

This is some of the raddest poo poo ever.
(Radenfruede, if you will)



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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Six-Of-Hearts posted:

This is some of the raddest poo poo ever.
(Radenfruede, if you will)





We need to redevelop these immediately.

belt
May 12, 2001

by Nyc_Tattoo

Aerdan posted:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1008013111058526209

(Elon, we call that model 'capitalism'. Hope that helps!)

Yeah, "most productive" like giving egotistical billionaires government grants instead of the "least productive" like providing health care for poor people. True socialism, y'know?

Teddybear
May 16, 2009

Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!


Not Operator posted:

I mean you're right, but holy poo poo some of those clips. That silver car on the freeway that keeps fast and furiousing in front of the dash cam to slam on his breaks made me sweat just watching it

And I don't know why a motorcyclist would ever brake check anyone, ever.

e: straight up, I have no idea why so many of these cars seem to be veering across several lanes to come to a complete stop in front of very large trucks.

Insurance fraud. You highly insure the vehicle, then deliberately try to get rear-ended to cash in.

ante
Apr 9, 2005

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS
Getting real mad about something Elon Musk does is weird to me



I mean, like, there are 540 billionaires in the US, and how many of them do you think do something with their money other than to reinvest it in lovely rich-person hedge funds and lobby politicians to get even more rich?
This guy I'll never meet makes rockets that provide me half an hour of entertainment every couple months and makes cars that look kinda cool, that's good enough for me

MageMage
Feb 11, 2007

I SUCK AND LOVE TO YELL PERFORMATIVE HOT TAKES AND NONSENSE LIES WHEN I GET WORKED UP. SOMETIMES AUTOBANNED IS BETTER. MAYBE ONE DAY WHEN I STORM OFF I'LL ACTUALLY STOP SHITTING UP THE SITE FOR REAL

90% Duck excrement

belt
May 12, 2001

by Nyc_Tattoo

ante posted:

Getting real mad about something Elon Musk does is weird to me

Pointing out that him and his idiot bootlickers are morons isn't "getting real mad" for one.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Also Elon has more bootlickers than normal because he's painted himself as a friend of the common man, with quirky tweets and a desire to fix up public transportation. The only problem is none of his public transport ideas are really feasible and all of them are so tremendously expensive that he'd bankrupt himself funding any working version of them, and all of his own workers are terribly abused with an inability to form unions, people passing out on the production floor from exhaustion, and removing any caution stripes and repainting equipment because he personally hates the color yellow.

But because he talks up his Gilded Age factories as the dawn of a new era of humankind, dumbasses who think they're smart flock to him.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.
I don't hate Musk any more than I hate any other billionaire, but I can't stand the cult of personality that the internet nerds built around him being a Superhero/Supervillain that's going to save/doom everyone with his future tech

Not Operator
Jan 1, 2009

Not A doctor, THE Doctor!
Cult of personality, huh.

https://twitter.com/kels_r/status/1006661574671532032
https://twitter.com/CarsonGallo/status/1006979777285238785
https://twitter.com/seekevinrun/status/1006605750804680705

Thank you sir, I hope my redundancy helps the company, sir.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Wonder how many of those are plants.

Fantastic Flyer
Aug 9, 2017
Thank you, Mister Musk. I loved working for Tesla so much I don't even want you to release my children from captivity!

Skippy McPants
Mar 19, 2009

iospace posted:

Wonder how many of those are plants.

Probably fewer than you'd hope.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Fantastic Flyer posted:

Thank you, Mister Trump. I loved working for the White House so much I don't even want you to release my children from captivity!

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008
Crosspost from AUG thread:

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
No, the hate for Elon is weird because it doesn't matter where he's mentioned or for what reason, the same brigade always shows up to go "ACTUALLY ELON IS A poo poo AND IF YOU DON'T THINK HE IS, YOU ARE TOO".
It's like the loving weirdos who still have turgid hate-boners for 50 Foot Ant and will stampede through the forums to poo poo talk him wherever his name is mentioned.

vv :rolleyes:

Malachite_Dragon has a new favorite as of 01:28 on Jun 17, 2018

belt
May 12, 2001

by Nyc_Tattoo
Which one of those tweets was yours?

Transmogrifier
Dec 10, 2004


Systems at max!

Lipstick Apathy
In following the current topic:
https://twitter.com/joe___nelson/status/1007771850443771911

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Crosspost from AUG thread:

This is one hell of a proclick, the first one already sold me but I lost my poo poo at the third's complete silence followed by a guttural hellscream

Also, speedrunning a racing game? That's just playing it normally.

JohnLovely
Aug 15, 2017

by Athanatos
Grimey Drawer

suck me off before you die human being

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Moon Slayer
Jun 19, 2007

JohnLovely posted:

suck me off before you die human being

Yikes

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
Sorry, I don't own a microscope, you'll have to manage on your own.

rocket_Magnet
Apr 5, 2005

:unsmith:

JohnLovely posted:

suck me off before you die human being

Sir, please this is a McDonald's drive-thru

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

JohnLovely posted:

suck me off before you die human being

So which toxic motherfucker's re-reg are you?

HelloIAmYourHeart
Dec 29, 2008
Fallen Rib

KingSlime posted:

Though the parents are pretty trashy. Mom's first thought was "who is yelling at my kid??'

I see you are unfamiliar with Overland Park, KS. It's full of people like that, they used to live on the Missouri side for the actual city experience but when they have kids they move to Kansas so their kids don't have to go to public schools with kids who are poor and/or of color.

Like, there are a lot of ok people in OP too, but man are there some doozies. Unfortunately for me I work in OP so I get to encounter them on the regular.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/aJnXfU9.mp4

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos

I'm not jealous

inkblot
Feb 22, 2003

by Nyc_Tattoo

Malachite_Dragon posted:

No, the hate for Elon is weird because it doesn't matter where he's mentioned or for what reason, the same brigade always shows up to go "ACTUALLY ELON IS A poo poo AND IF YOU DON'T THINK HE IS, YOU ARE TOO".
It's like the loving weirdos who still have turgid hate-boners for 50 Foot Ant and will stampede through the forums to poo poo talk him wherever his name is mentioned.

vv :rolleyes:

The Orokin aren't the good guys, duder.

VVV: Ah, fair enough.

inkblot has a new favorite as of 04:28 on Jun 17, 2018

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

inkblot posted:

The Orokin aren't the good guys, duder.

I know? I've been saying that the entire time? :v: and yes I'm aware of the irony considering my own turgid hate-boner for Steve. The difference is I only scream about him in that one single thread, I don't chase down every mention of him across the site to rant about it.

gbut
Mar 28, 2008

😤I put the UN🇺🇳 in 🎊FUN🎉


This thread posted:

Elon Musk

No ring. 1/5

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos

Malachite_Dragon posted:

No, the hate for Elon is weird because it doesn't matter where he's mentioned or for what reason, the same brigade always shows up to go "ACTUALLY ELON IS A poo poo AND IF YOU DON'T THINK HE IS, YOU ARE TOO".
It's like the loving weirdos who still have turgid hate-boners for 50 Foot Ant and will stampede through the forums to poo poo talk him wherever his name is mentioned.

vv :rolleyes:

Difference is Elon Musk is worse than literally any goon that has ever posted here. The only exception would be if turns out Rahm Emanuel is actually a goon.

SneezeOfTheDecade
Feb 6, 2011

gettin' covid all
over your posts

Okay, I'm genuinely curious: what was the best-case scenario here?

Araenna
Dec 27, 2012




Lipstick Apathy

Solice Kirsk posted:

That's a beautiful street fight because it looks like he chokes the guy out and then starts pounding his unconscious face.

So weird to see the shirtless guy win.

Azhais posted:

If someone tapping their brakes causes you to go spinning off the road and flipping your car, you were too goddamn close

Am I the only person who lets a ton of space get between me and people driving erratically, at least until I can pass them? Some of those drivers weren't even trying to get farther away from the obvious impending accidents. Also, I just can't imagine getting so angry at someone's driving that I feel the need to attempt to frame them for my own murder by slamming on my brakes in front of their tractor trailer while going 70 down hill.

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus

Submarine Sandpaper posted:

People in America kill themselves with semis all the time dude.

It's not their fault. Guns just have that effect on them.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Fallom posted:

Wait is that guy talking about leaving merging space when stopped at a red light? Don’t do that.

Always leave enough space so that you can see the rear tyres of the car in front of you when you stop. If that doesn't work for trucks, get the loving things out of my streets.

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind


nutsfahrzeuge is what the bad with money thread gets when he promises to sell his bitcoins

Esplanade
Jan 6, 2005

You got nutsfahrzeuge in my schadenfreude!

SomeJazzyRat
Nov 2, 2012

Hmmm...

Besesoth posted:

Okay, I'm genuinely curious: what was the best-case scenario here?

Well that they would run at a fast enough lateral speed that they would make contact at the tree at the apex of the jump. By the time they reached the apex, they would have rotated by about 90 degrees through a 360 flip, so their feet would have made contact with the tree. From that position they would use the momentum they accrue to simultaneously push off the tree and continue to propel themselves through their rotation. The end result is that they would have done a sweet flip off the tree and landed in a sweet ninja pose.

The issue is that in high school they did a little too much partying and socializing, rather than studying the blade.

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wayfinder
Jul 7, 2003

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Yeah but see if we make bigger windows this won't happen :downs:

???

?


The main point of getting rid of unnecessary dead angles is not to save the truck drivers from the trauma of having been made to kill a cyclist because there was just no other alternative, the point is to save that cyclist! We need to put responsibility on those with more power, that's literally what civilization is about.

The problem of inattentive or panicky drivers endangering themselves is not something you can eradicate with better visibility, you are correct in that. It would certainly help avoid some crashes but maybe not others, not all. I'm not sure why that makes it bad for you, that's like folding with a full house cause it's not a flush

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