They say that we can handle discovering alien life, what we’re not ready for is discovering human life on another planet. I think the thing we’re really not ready for is when that UFO door opens, the alien representative comes out, and then squints into the crowd and goes “D-Dave? When did you get here?!” And some dude approaches the alien and they dab each other up like old friends.

I will use this as an opportunity to once again state that Jared Leto’s Joker does not deserve the hate he gets (Jared Leto himself notwithstanding). He’s a gangster with a touch of camp (his purple Lamborghini has custom Gotham plates reading “HAHAHA,” c’mon!) and gives off the sort of vibes that makes you WANT to see Batman punch him. Joker should not be “cool” or “compelling.” He’s a crazy dude in clown make-up. IRL you meet a guy with a Joker poster on the wall, you know that you should probably leave. Same should be the case in Batman’s universe.

I love tarantulas. My first-ever job was at a pet store and I used to let a large rose-hair chill with me at the register, crawling on my shoulder or head or whatever. Watching people coming in to buy dog food and shakily throwing their money in my direction was a bonus.

For this reason I still get uneasy feelings whenever I watch Home Alone and Kevin grabs the tarantula. There’s a scene after it’s on Joe Pesci where you can tell it got injured during the shoot because it’s limping.

Yeah. I was merely noting that there’s a precedent for “normal-car-but-with-EV-stuff-instead.” It’s a shame that the Soul EV was given such a limited distribution. It’s easily my favorite car I’ve ever owned.

They do. Or least they sometimes do. I drive a Kia Soul EV. It’s… a Kia Soul with an electric motor and battery instead of all the internal combustion stuff.

I grew up Southern Baptist. A friend of mine got married to a marginally Catholic dude and the seating arrangement was that the Baptist-affiliated people were on one side of the room and the non-Baptist types on the other. There was a bar(wine and beer) and for those who don’t know, Southern Baptists have a pretty strong anti-alcohol stance.

My friend, the bride, sat me and my then-girlfriend with THE church lady. I grew up with this woman and she was the type to moralize and talk shit about everyone. So I’m like “I need a drink” and get up and cross the room to grab a beer for me and my girlfriend. I’m like the only person from the Baptist side to do this.

I sit back down and proceed to squeeze a lime into my Corona beer. Church lady pulls a full Sheila Broflowski “what what WHAT?!?” on me. “What is that?!” she asks with eyes super wide.

“This,” I say without looking at her as I squeeze my lime, “is a Corona with lime.”

Her draw is fully agape.

“Calm down, Debbie,” one of the cool-aunt types from my old church says, “he’s 21 and a beer is no big deal.”

At the risk of opening a can of worms: this is a paradox well-known to Christianity. Jesus teaches us to include the marginalized, to love our “neighbor” without limits. But then Jesus also gives instructions about when to remove people from the community and, of course, expected people to stop being assholes if they truly want to follow Him (Jesus called this “repentance” and “sinning no more”). The assholes made use of the the inclusiveness bit and managed to overrun the Church while also pushing the marginalized out.

Still popular. Still especially popular with Japanese couples. There’s a whole thing out here where they do a kind of wedding reenactment just for the photos (either on the beach or in churches—I knew of churches that made over a $1m a year just from these photo shoots). Since the one-two punch of Covid and Trump a lot of this has diminished. But OP’s post is something that has likely happened more than once out here.

Physics do not apply to cats. I swear I’ve seen my cat jump in the air, pause for a split second in midair, then change directions.

I’ve been told that a butter knife placed in just the right part of the speaker slot unveils the hidden permanent mute button

I have been an EV owner since 2018 and I have never had a “level 2” charger installed. I’ve been fine with just plugging into the wall. Now, granted, my cars have been 80-125 mile range vehicles. But it’s been fine.

I’m assuming you meant “cat” and not “car” but it’s funny as-is. Like you’re Michael Knight and KITT just decided to get into some mischief

I know this is a Canada thread, but surely one of these stores is City e-Bike in the small Colorado town of South Park America

Reminds me of this story: Hemingway was a regular at Sloppy Joe’s in Key West. One day, the owner comes in and tells everyone that his landlord has raised the rent and that Sloppy Joe’s was now moving across the street. “Everyone grab a chair or table and let’s go!” he says. Hemingway goes into the bathroom and retrieves the urinal (a copper trough) and takes it to his house. When asked why he does this, he answers that he figures he’s put more money in it than anyone else so it’s his.

The urinal is serves as a planter. You can still see it today if you visit his house.

Oh I have a few!

Office Space

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Beach

These three are probably my top favorite films of all time. I also have a soft spot for Tron Legacy

Get to spend more time with cute cashier. Win!

C’mon, they ain’t hurtin’ n’body. A couple ‘a archaic characters that distinguish this user in their post is a call back to the Internet of old. Yer pappy’s internet. It’s nice to see in these days of, hell, “super intelligence” an’ bean memes. Let the [insert gender here] have a lil’ fun with language. Might even do ya some good to encounter them thorns from time to time. Yeah I reckon it’ll make ya read them posts with intention.

How long until Google and Apple start doing the same? Or will they look at all the money it would cost to reprint all the boxes and labels that use “AI” and say nah?

The Prius’ storage is surprisingly well-designed! We borrowed one several years back and I was really impressed with what all it could hold

I’ve had a 1999 and a 2007 Nissan Frontier. Both “King cab” (meaning only jump seats in the back, not full back seats). The 1999 was perfect. The new Frontiers are like the size of the old Titans, it’s ridiculous.

I’m an EV convert. I really like the Rivian pick-up for a lot of things, but the size is just too much (that and the cost). I currently drive a 2017 Kia Soul EV (and I had a Nissan Leaf before that) and it’s just great. There are a few times where I wish I still had a truck though. When the Soul winds up becoming my son’s car in a few years, I’m hoping that maybe I can swing getting a Slate. I also live in Hawai’i and kei trucks/vans are very popular here. Smaller vehicles with well-thought-out design are the best.