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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > January 2018 Chat thread - FUCK OFF 2017 and good goddamn riddance

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

It's a new year. Thank gently caress for that because the last one goddamn sucked.

You know what to do and what to avoid. Falcons, sheds, chat, beer, no politics blah blah blah. That's the low effort OP because I'm goddamn exahusted from the poo poo 2017 threw at me and a whol lot of you too.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2017 14:24

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 21:19

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Enourmo posted:

in 2017 my car exploded, i had a mental breakdown, and utterly failed my desire to overcome depression

Oh hey yeah that's pretty much me. Tried to beat the anxiety with going nuts and buying lots of loving Subarus.... which actually to be fair tended to be a bright point in a poo poo fest of a year. A car with a loving CVT was the goddamn highlight of the year (okay, it's actually a bloody good car) until 3 weeks ago and really had a left turn in life - Which has made me look forward to 2018 big time.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2018 02:41

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Ferremit posted:

One good thing bout having a full blown breakdown- certainly helps you work out which of your �friends� are Total and utter selfish cunts...

I hear you on THAT one. But also the friends that come through tho.... they are the good ones.

... what the hell am I listening to outside? God damnit I seriously hope it's not domestic abuse.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2018 11:30

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Thank gently caress tipping isnt a thing here

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 10:21

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Trust me, I wish I lived somewhere that tipping wasn't a part of culture. I'd be much happier if I didn't have to figure out how much of a tip I would be expected to leave, then modify it depending on service - just give me a price. I'd also be much happier if I just had a flat hourly rate (maybe throw in a little if I have to drive more than usual), instead of this "you get $4 per delivery, you get 'as the bird flies' mileage, plus whatever the customer tips" stuff.

Amazon initially started out with $18 + tips for Prime Now and Restaurant deliveries. Now it's "At least $18/hr", but they won't tell us what the hourly pay is, nor will they tell us what the tips are. We just get a lump sum for the day. No breakdown, no statements. If you get fired, you can no longer view daily sums; you have to fall back on the weekly deposit emails.

My (main) job is the $4/ea + distance + tip bit, but it winds up being on par with Amazon (overall) most weeks, with less driving (so it winds up being more in that I spend less on gas, but I'm going to spend more on taxes). And I don't have to worry about getting fired over a restaurant taking 30 seconds too long on an order, or marking an order delivered 0.5 seconds too late (yes, that's a thing with Amazon - even half a second late counts against the driver, no matter what the reason - even their own internal operations people say it's outsourced overseas and stupidly heavy handed). And I can actually get 40-50 hours a week without breaking a sweat... just have to wake up a lot earlier than usual on Fridays to set up my schedule for the following week (instead of basically masturbating the refresh button in Amazon's app for hours a day to get maybe 4 hours of work.. or locked out for 1-3 weeks, if I touch it in a way it doesn't like)

Wait a sec, loving rewind a bit here.

Are you seriously telling me Amazon keeps the loving tips and doles out whatever???????

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 11:02

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Domino's here pays $4/hr to drivers when they're on delivery, state minimum wage ($7.25 here) when they're in the store. In some states, they pay server wage ($2.13/hr) to drivers.

Same for Papa John's and most Pizza Huts (the Pizza Hut I was at paid $5.25/hr, but that was an exception - most of the franchisees pay $2.13-4.25/hr).

There's a few parts of the US that have outlawed "tip credit wages". A friend of mine in Seattle makes $15/hr, plus tips, as a waitress.

The company I do most of my work for doesn't have an hourly wage, unless it's a slow day. They'll pay whatever the difference is to bring me up to $9/hr for the day. Which really isn't poo poo, but if I'm just sitting in the car, parked, for a few hours, it beats sitting at home jerking off. And there's only been one day since I got rehired with them that the minimum kicked in. When I originally worked for them (a few years back), the minimum would kick in once or twice a month. I'm really happy I'm back with them; it's still a crap contractor (1099) job, but at least I have access to local management and dispatch easily, and I write my own schedule weekly. None of this "oh you want to go out of town? put in a request 2 weeks ahead of time, and we'll tell you that you didn't get time off after you made travel arrangements" bullshit that most lower level jobs pull.

Yup. The best part is, they didn't tell anybody ahead of time... we just noticed our paychecks dropped by a couple of hundred a week. A bunch of people on the various Facebook/Reddit groups emailed asking WTF, and we got a reply about "variable base pay". I'll paste a screenshot here in a few, need to find the one they sent me (but it's just a form letter anyway).

edit: here ya go

e: anytime you email them about pay issues, you get the exact same email, right down to the name.
e2: for example, the default tip is $5 or 10% (whichever is greater) for tipped deliveries (same day deliveries [Prime Now] and Fresh). I took 10 deliveries the other day. I received $14 on top of the $18/hr base rate (4 hour shift, $72 + $14 = $86). A year ago, that would have been at least $40 extra. (MOAR EDIT just went back and looked at my pay for last week)
e3: I use Amazon for spending money now, instead of a reliable source of income. If they send me what they called "reserves", I might take some of them. Maybe. Of the 5 they sent me for this week, I originally accepted 3, but dropped 2, so I now only have 1. And I'm only keeping that one (for today) because I know I'll get paid for it on Friday. I pay rent this Thursday, so that little bit of money will be helpful to get me through to my next regular paycheck (the following Thursday) from my main job. I don't try to look for shifts from them anymore, I just look at what they offer me once or twice a week.

Annd here's more evidence just how ridiculously hosed up the USA is - You could not get away with that poo poo anywhere else in the West. gently caress me.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2018 12:02

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

45.6C road temperature when I finished on the bike at 10:30am. Air temp close to 38C. Yuuuuuuuup this is gonna be a blast furnace day.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2018 01:10

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

slothrop posted:

It’s stinking hot even up the hill. I can’t imagine what Penrith would be like today. Even more hell on earth than usual

I was going to remove the head unit from the girlfriends car tonight to see how bad the PO fuckery is but I’m thinking it can wait…

Im in Penrith right now annnd... hell on earth is accurate.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2018 02:53

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Sorry, but I don't see how a reasonable adult needs to earn the respect of a 13 year old that thinks he's a preacher.

My point was his parents need to teach him when to shut it and let something go.

I had a huge rant but on reading it again, it came down to...

"Who cares?"

Be an adult and let it slide. At worst, give them a filthy look and move on. If thats the worst the little poo poo says then whatever.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 09:09

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Applebees Appetizer posted:

No poo poo you let it slide as the recipient, but as a parent you absolutely cannot let that kind of poo poo go, because it's up to you to teach your child not to be a douchebag. That was my point that was missed yet again.

I didnt miss your point.

I just dont give a gently caress about it. As long as the parents arent bringing up a axe murder I dont give a flying gently caress how the kid is being dragged up and neither should you. Move on like a real adult

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 19:47

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Applebees Appetizer posted:

It's called having a loving discussion? If you don't give a gently caress why did you even post about it?

Because for once in my life my so called opinion was the adult way to handle it. It's just a bratty kid, who cares?

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 20:13

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

CommieGIR posted:

At this rate (and which Australia's use of Brown Coal), they just need to wait and that'll happen on its own.

Brown coal is not the major coal at all - Hazelwood is gone and You Yangs 1 and 2 are probably not going to last beyond 10 years with the way things are going (only VIC used brown coal and only three stations remain that use it). NSW/QLD Black is the major coal and it is a HELL of a lot better and energy dense (still complete poo poo of course). And even those are being lined up for either conversion or shutdown, wether or not AGW's like it or not. Wether the current govt likes it or not as well too, coal is on the way out as a power source, esp with SA proving battery backups work and VIC / NSW now looking to get battery arrays of their own, let alone the new solar thermal plants and solar arrays going up all over the place. There are no new coal plants being seriously considered (hell, the banks wont finance them so no one can build one) and not one will be replaced with coal as they reach their expected lifetime due to the fact every other power source is now cheaper. South Australia has NO coal fired stations at all.

The big problem is the exports to SE Asia. Again, that's mostly black coal, rather than brown.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2018 09:41

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

slidebite posted:

I'm in and I just recently received a letter from Subaru saying they are extending the warranty on the CVT and related systems for 10 years but also made it clear there was no recalls or anything.... but obviously something must have happened to make them see a need to up the warranty on them.

*insert CVT rant here*

In all seriousness, there has always been a question mark about CVT lifespan and they are loving HUGELY expensive to replace out of warranty. There's enough believeable horror stories about the cost of CVT replacement that I extended my warranty only due to the CVT.

I hate to think how many CVT equipped cars are going to be junked straight out well before they should be just simply due to CVT failure (And not just Subaru)..... let alone the "benefits" of a CVT re: fuel consumption are pretty much bullshit. Almost all improvements in Subarus are down to the DI engines NOT transmissions.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2018 21:43

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Geoj posted:

Still laughing at a friend who read an article in Popular Science way back in 2003 or 2004 who proclaimed at the time "in 10 years you won't even be able to buy a car with anything besides a CVT because they're so awesome."

Then his in-laws got a Ford Freestyle in 2005 and he couldn't believe how terrible the transmission was - even when it was new.

To be fair, CVT's have improved greatly since then, the current high performance CVT's Subaru have are.... well... passable. Mitsubitshi ones are still hosed in the head tho.

Still, CVT's have power and weight limits, they dont like towing or hot weather, they can wear out frighteningly fast, not a single "benefit" cant be matched or exceeded by a traditional gearbox, heavy, more complex than what they appear on paper etc and DEF not faster when you want to hustle.

OTOH... they work really well with automated car systems, stop / start traffic and cruising long distances.

EDIT : I rather like hustling the Levorg in fake gear mode, paddles are fuuuuuuuun. But you can do that on a normal auto so.......

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# ¿ Jan 11, 2018 23:05

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

slidebite posted:

Any of you guys ever break a rib? I took a good kick at taekwondo Thursday night - totally stupid move on my part. We enforce light contact but I moved closer to the guy throwing the kick to try to cut him off completely, misjudged and all I did was get myself closer so the "light" contact became "full" contact and took pretty much a full turning kick to the ribs. Whoops.

Anyhow, when i took it I had to take a short time out walk it off for a sec before I could continue sparring but I did finish the night alright (with only another couple other disasters unrelated to that ). Came home and was a little sore, but nothing terrible. After I took a shower and went to bed, the my ribs became pretty drat sore and tender to a push. Could hardly sleep because of it and can pretty much only take shallow breaths. A deep breath smarts and if I have to sneeze it really smarts. Getting up from laying down, to be blunt, loving sucks and gives me a pretty sharp pain.

I just chalked it up to a really deep bruise on my rib cage yesterday because I wasn't in instant searing pain when I took it, which I would have thought if I fractured a bone I would be. But then I was thinking maybe since I was all warmed up and stretched out during class, it just didn't bother me as much until my muscles started to tense back up a bit. Sound possible? Speaking of, the bruise has not shown up yet so from looking at my chest/ribs it "looks" OK at this point, but I've taken good hits in the past that take 2-3 days for the bruise to start coming to the surface.

I'm still leaning towards a deep bruise, but man I have to admit it smarts pretty good... more than I would have thought.

So I guess I'm asking if anyone has broken a rib before, was it an instantaneous "oh poo poo" and you knew it was broken right there or was it sort of like my symptoms? I'd feel like an idiot getting xrays for what will end up being a good bruise.

Thats not a deep bruise - I broke ribs pretty much the same way, the same "Yeah no problem" to "Oh poo poo this huuuurts" later. Unnnnnfortuantly given its ribs, as long as they arent piecing anything there's not a lot that can be done in this case - rest, painkillers, no hard physical activity for a while. Get them X-Rayed anyway, it's better to know and deal with what they find.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2018 03:44

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

cakesmith handyman posted:

At one of my friend's wedding they couldn't decide and because they only invited people special to them we were all part of the wedding party. I was a bridesman

I did Man-of-honour(or whatever you would call it) role at a wedding yeaaaars ago. Mostly due to the bride was very estranged from her father so I also escorted her down the asile.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2018 10:39

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

gimpsuitjones posted:

I wonder if that will make YouTube advertising more exclusive and valuable

Given a lot of legit Youtubers saw the writing on the wall with the large drops in ad revenue sent their way and got their poo poo funded via Patreon or mech sales etc....... probably not.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 10:45

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

I just saw a real RHD Ferrari F40....! (RHD? WTF?). Even at 30 years old, it simply smashes the poo poo out of any new supercar for pure jaw dropping gorgeous looks.

I've never wanted to go buy a lottery ticket so bad in my life and hope.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2018 10:38

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

HA. 59,999.6 kms clocked up on Strava. Given October/Nov/December were a disaster due to personal and health reasons, getting right stuck into it this year has been fan-loving-tastic for the mental health.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2018 10:01

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Rhyno posted:

Why the gently caress are people posting about BubbRub on facebook and acting like it's a new thing?

What the gently caress is Bubbrub and why should I care....?

# ¿ Jan 26, 2018 08:16

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

The Aussie Flu or whatever it's been called absoluty can kick the poo poo out of you. I had it in November last year and fuuuuucking hell it's a bad one. And yeah the flu shot did nothing against it.

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Tamiflu is bullshit and literally kills more people per year than it saves (through complications from constipation and/or diarrhea, depending on the person, usually in elderly people) and I've literally seen old people die from it after transporting them to the hospital for acute constipation after entire nursing homes were given tamiflu per protocol because a preset percentage of the rest of the population were diagnosed with influenza.

However, for regular adults, it is merely a timewaster with minimal affect on mortality. It may reduce the days affected by the virus by up to one.

No I'm not bitter.

Oh come on, no way this is bullshit......

*Goes do research*

Hooooly poo poo what the gently caress? It's true??????

Apologies for doubting you for one second. Christ almighty

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0072642/

# ¿ Jan 27, 2018 12:34

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

First time over 400kms in 7 days in.... two years? Tired as poo poo.... presently taking a breather at an underpass..... but feeling pretty good about myself also for the first time in a loooooong while. Even if I dont really have a place outside of a small bedroom no cats and broke. Could be doing a lot worse.... could be back where I was this time six months ago.

Yeah mentally Im finally doing okay. I forgot what that felt like

# ¿ Jan 30, 2018 07:42

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

If you want coilovers, spend the money for MCA or GTFO

# ¿ Feb 1, 2018 00:14

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Anyone give a gently caress about a new thread for February or we just gonna keep going in this one?

# ¿ Feb 1, 2018 03:26

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 21:19

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

THREAD THUNDERDOME TIME

See ya January!

# ¿ Feb 1, 2018 03:50

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