What's the stupidest thing you're lusting after right now?

[Arbitrage]

Think of it this way- you've learned a bunch of skills trying to go as fast as you can on your hardtail that those guys will never even get the chance to learn.  Sure, the bike is doing a lot, but if you hadn't spent all that time honing those skills- you'd never be able to take advantage of it.   

Bask in your well earned skills!

This is exactly what DH said. He didn't upgrade to full suspension until he was nearly 50 and his knee started acting up on looooong mountain bike rides. Instead of, y'know, going out for less than 6-8 frickin' hours at a time, I found him a nice used full suspension bike.

He says he's really happy he did those decades on hardtail, because he feels like he would have been WAY to cocky and overconfident had be started out with full suspension. So when he hits nasty terrain or something goes sideways, he feels he can really lean on his skills to keep him safer.

Might seem like a weird simile, but bear with me.  When I was in college, internet gaming was just starting to really become a "thing," and I got pretty damn good at a FPS game called Quake.  However, when I had to swap network cards, the new one I was given wasn't kept static-free, and it completely fried the sound card in my PC (remember those?).  I was forced to go without sound for months, and I went from handily beating my buddies and most people I played with regularly to struggling to keep up with the top players.  A funny thing happened, though - eventually I worked my way back to the top, at least at a reasonable rate.  Then I got a new sound card, and hot damn I was whipping everyone after that point. 

Of course, now I'm old and can't come anywhere near that proficiency, but there were some glory days.

You've got the skills the others weren't forced to learn.  No need to go back to plugging your ears.  From what I hear, many people who have full-suspension bikes do enjoy a hardtail ride from time to time to mix it up, but don't feel like you're cheating once you're on a level playing field. 

[ChpBstrd]

Think of it this way- you've learned a bunch of skills trying to go as fast as you can on your hardtail that those guys will never even get the chance to learn.  Sure, the bike is doing a lot, but if you hadn't spent all that time honing those skills- you'd never be able to take advantage of it.   

Bask in your well earned skills!

This is exactly what DH said. He didn't upgrade to full suspension until he was nearly 50 and his knee started acting up on looooong mountain bike rides. Instead of, y'know, going out for less than 6-8 frickin' hours at a time, I found him a nice used full suspension bike.

He says he's really happy he did those decades on hardtail, because he feels like he would have been WAY to cocky and overconfident had be started out with full suspension. So when he hits nasty terrain or something goes sideways, he feels he can really lean on his skills to keep him safer.

Might seem like a weird simile, but bear with me.  When I was in college, internet gaming was just starting to really become a "thing," and I got pretty damn good at a FPS game called Quake.  However, when I had to swap network cards, the new one I was given wasn't kept static-free, and it completely fried the sound card in my PC (remember those?).  I was forced to go without sound for months, and I went from handily beating my buddies and most people I played with regularly to struggling to keep up with the top players.  A funny thing happened, though - eventually I worked my way back to the top, at least at a reasonable rate.  Then I got a new sound card, and hot damn I was whipping everyone after that point. 

Of course, now I'm old and can't come anywhere near that proficiency, but there were some glory days.

You've got the skills the others weren't forced to learn.  No need to go back to plugging your ears.  From what I hear, many people who have full-suspension bikes do enjoy a hardtail ride from time to time to mix it up, but don't feel like you're cheating once you're on a level playing field.

I agree tougher conditions can build skills. However, it is also possible to learn bad habits due to one's equipment.

For example, a person who buys cheap shoes might learn to run a certain less-efficient way to offset the lack of support in the shoes. A person who learns piano on a cheap keyboard might have to adapt to the heavier feel of the keys on a quality piano. After a couple of decades riding entry-level MTBs, I have a hard time letting myself get off the ground to clear double jumps because I fear the lack of control that comes with learning to ride on the tech of yesteryear. E.g. I still think I have half the suspension travel I do, small 26" wheels, and a steep head tube angle so I want to roll over everything slowly.

[cleverscreenname]

Might seem like a weird simile, but bear with me.  When I was in college, internet gaming was just starting to really become a "thing," and I got pretty damn good at a FPS game called Quake.  However, when I had to swap network cards, the new one I was given wasn't kept static-free, and it completely fried the sound card in my PC (remember those?).  I was forced to go without sound for months, and I went from handily beating my buddies and most people I played with regularly to struggling to keep up with the top players.  A funny thing happened, though - eventually I worked my way back to the top, at least at a reasonable rate.  Then I got a new sound card, and hot damn I was whipping everyone after that point. 

I liked Quake, especially the unique weapons, but I spent more time on Doom. Did you enable the PC Speaker beep sounds for Quake weapons? :)
Maybe it was too modern to support it. Doom, and Wolf3d before it, and a ton of other DOS games from Apogee/3D Realms supported the PC Speaker. I have the collection, if you'd like some nostalgia. Loads in DosBox emulator.

Don't mind me, I'm just slowly getting my post count up to 100 so I can post in Off-Topic where all the good threads are lazily posted, even when they're on topic. Not about politics, politics suck and are mainly worthless distractions with the sole purpose of dividing and conquering the citizens of nations.

[Valley of Plenty]

Was looking at buying some freeze-dried food, and cursing over how gosh darn expensive it is. Out of curiosity I decided to look up "how to freeze dry your own food" and see if it was something I could DIY.

Turns out you can indeed freeze dry food at home! It's super easy, requiring only a $2500 piece of equipment.

I won't be buying one, but now I get to be mad about how expensive home freeze dryers are, instead of just being mad about how expensive the food that comes out of them is. Hooray!

[GuitarStv]

Was looking at buying some freeze-dried food, and cursing over how gosh darn expensive it is. Out of curiosity I decided to look up "how to freeze dry your own food" and see if it was something I could DIY.

Turns out you can indeed freeze dry food at home! It's super easy, requiring only a $2500 piece of equipment.

I won't be buying one, but now I get to be mad about how expensive home freeze dryers are, instead of just being mad about how expensive the food that comes out of them is. Hooray!

It's possible to freeze dry stuff in a regular freezer isn't it?  No fancy equipment is necessary.

[cleverscreenname]

Was looking at buying some freeze-dried food, and cursing over how gosh darn expensive it is. Out of curiosity I decided to look up "how to freeze dry your own food" and see if it was something I could DIY.

Turns out you can indeed freeze dry food at home! It's super easy, requiring only a $2500 piece of equipment.

I won't be buying one, but now I get to be mad about how expensive home freeze dryers are, instead of just being mad about how expensive the food that comes out of them is. Hooray!

I'm curious, please detail further. Is that the price for new equipment? Wonder how cheap used can be had for.

[JLee]

After having three flights cancelled over three days and then renting a car to drive ~750 miles home from a work trip, now I want a corporate jet and the corresponding pilots' license.

[Exflyboy]

After having three flights cancelled over three days and then renting a car to drive ~750 miles home from a work trip, now I want a corporate jet and the corresponding pilots' license.

Should be no problem.. Just get Private Pilots license, instrument rating, ratings for multi engined, high performance, complex aircraft, Airline transport and a type rating for that particular aircraft and your good to go...

One fly in the ointment is most corporate jets are not certified for single pilot certification so you need a second pilot. Makes the 100 gallons per hour fuel bill seem quite small in comparison..:)

I know we're in fantasy land here but having flown a lot of hours in clouds as a single pilot (light aircraft in my case) its incredibly stressful and a lot of work. The thought of being exhausted at the end of a long work day and then flying home in marginal weather, having to deal with just the paperwork of studying the weather and actually filing the flight plan.. Oh and then making a stressful flight?

No. Just NO!...:)

[JLee]

After having three flights cancelled over three days and then renting a car to drive ~750 miles home from a work trip, now I want a corporate jet and the corresponding pilots' license.

Should be no problem.. Just get Private Pilots license, instrument rating, ratings for multi engined, high performance, complex aircraft, Airline transport and a type rating for that particular aircraft and your good to go...

One fly in the ointment is most corporate jets are not certified for single pilot certification so you need a second pilot. Makes the 100 gallons per hour fuel bill seem quite small in comparison..:)

I know we're in fantasy land here but having flown a lot of hours in clouds as a single pilot (light aircraft in my case) its incredibly stressful and a lot of work. The thought of being exhausted at the end of a long work day and then flying home in marginal weather, having to deal with just the paperwork of studying the weather and actually filing the flight plan.. Oh and then making a stressful flight?

No. Just NO!...:)

My dad has a commercial multi-engine & I have some instruction time (albeit from decades ago in glider & single engine) so I'm not entirely unfamiliar -- but this is the stupidest thing thread! ;)

[Arbitrage]

Might seem like a weird simile, but bear with me.  When I was in college, internet gaming was just starting to really become a "thing," and I got pretty damn good at a FPS game called Quake.  However, when I had to swap network cards, the new one I was given wasn't kept static-free, and it completely fried the sound card in my PC (remember those?).  I was forced to go without sound for months, and I went from handily beating my buddies and most people I played with regularly to struggling to keep up with the top players.  A funny thing happened, though - eventually I worked my way back to the top, at least at a reasonable rate.  Then I got a new sound card, and hot damn I was whipping everyone after that point. 

I liked Quake, especially the unique weapons, but I spent more time on Doom. Did you enable the PC Speaker beep sounds for Quake weapons? :)
Maybe it was too modern to support it. Doom, and Wolf3d before it, and a ton of other DOS games from Apogee/3D Realms supported the PC Speaker. I have the collection, if you'd like some nostalgia. Loads in DosBox emulator.

Don't mind me, I'm just slowly getting my post count up to 100 so I can post in Off-Topic where all the good threads are lazily posted, even when they're on topic. Not about politics, politics suck and are mainly worthless distractions with the sole purpose of dividing and conquering the citizens of nations.

Didn't have any sound, but don't recall if PC bleeps and bloops were an option.  I do remember playing Wing Commander, Dune 2, and Star Control 2 with those sounds way back when.

[Arbitrage]

Back to the lusting part - I've taken an interest in acquiring a beginner-friendly surfski.  I kayak frequently, in an expedition sea kayak, and it's perfectly nice.  Never taken it out on an actual expedition or kayak camping trip, though.  Still have eventual aspirations in that direction, but also think it would sure be nice to have one of those newfangled fast boats. 

Right now, I'm eyeing an Epic V8 as the sweet spot.  On the stable side for a surfski, and wide enough to qualify for the 'recreational' side of the local race I participated in this year.  Definitely not lusting enough to even consider purchasing new, but keeping an eye on used listings (which have been nonexistent thus far).

[curious_george]

A 1TB flash drive.

I've been lusting after this for a few months now, so figured it is time to add it to this thread.

If I spend a few more months lusting after it I might buy one on black Friday.

[RWD]

A 1TB flash drive.

I've been lusting after this for a few months now, so figured it is time to add it to this thread.

If I spend a few more months lusting after it I might buy one on black Friday.

Make sure you get one that actually has decent read/write speed. There are some really slow cheap flash drives on the market that makes all the storage space functionally useless.

[Dave1442397]

Well, not this, but Chase thinks I need a Maserati...

[Luke Warm]

Well, not this, but Chase thinks I need a Maserati...

It must work. I see a Maserati nearly every day around here.

[rothwem]

Well, not this, but Chase thinks I need a Maserati...

It must work. I see a Maserati nearly every day around here.

Dang.  I'm a (former? recovering? still slightly addicted?) car guy and I just have zero desire for a Maserati.

[GuitarStv]

Well, not this, but Chase thinks I need a Maserati...

It must work. I see a Maserati nearly every day around here.

Dang.  I'm a (former? recovering? still slightly addicted?) car guy and I just have zero desire for a Maserati.

They go 185.  But it's hard when you lose your license and can't drive.

[Hadilly]

A friend has invited me to Taylor Swift, but it would cost $1200. I said no, but am feeling mighty tempted.

[Dollar Slice]

A friend has invited me to Taylor Swift, but it would cost $1200. I said no, but am feeling mighty tempted.

I've been to ~2000 concerts in my life (including meeting/hanging out with some of my favorite artists, traveling to major festivals in different countries, road tripping with friends to follow an awesome tour, etc.) and no single show is worth that kind of money. It just isn't. And I like concerts more than pretty much anyone.

[Sugaree]

If that were tickets plus merch plus hotel/food for a weekend them *maybe* I could see it.  There are a few bands that I'd consider it for.  I've been to one concert this summer and have tickets to two more in September and I think I'll probably be close to $1200 for all three shows after everything is said and done.  We're thinking next summer that it might be more cost effective to pick a festival instead of doing separate shows. 

[GuitarStv]

No way.  I love music, but there's no show in existence that's worth 1200$.  You would be way better off spending that money to see a couple dozen lesser known bands.

[rothwem]

A friend has invited me to Taylor Swift, but it would cost $1200. I said no, but am feeling mighty tempted.

Ugh Taylor Swift.  Her songs are bangers but man, she is just too old to be singing about the topics she sings about, she's 34 years old and still most of her songs are "OMG BOYS R SO MEAN".  Bruh.  It feels like she's just pandering to high school girls, I guess she did come from the Nashville Music machine.  Step 1: Figure out who's listening to music.  Step 2: Relentlessly target your music at them.  Its how we ended up with this:

[Dancin'Dog]

A friend has invited me to Taylor Swift, but it would cost $1200. I said no, but am feeling mighty tempted.

Ugh Taylor Swift.  Her songs are bangers but man, she is just too old to be singing about the topics she sings about, she's 34 years old and still most of her songs are "OMG BOYS R SO MEAN".  Bruh.  It feels like she's just pandering to high school girls, I guess she did come from the Nashville Music machine.  Step 1: Figure out who's listening to music.  Step 2: Relentlessly target your music at them.  Its how we ended up with this:






As long as she can keep selling $1200 seats she shouldn't change a thing. 


Is there a payment plan for them?  Geeze! 

[Dollar Slice]

As long as she can keep selling $1200 seats she shouldn't change a thing. 

She's not selling $1200 seats. Those are the scalper prices. Her tickets started at $50 and maxed out at $499 for the high end seats (which is still a ton but obviously not nearly as much as she could have charged). $1200 is probably for mediocre seats that were originally $150 or something and the rest goes into the pocket of a scalper. Just a guess.

[GuitarStv]

As long as she can keep selling $1200 seats she shouldn't change a thing. 

She's not selling $1200 seats. Those are the scalper prices. Her tickets started at $50 and maxed out at $499 for the high end seats (which is still a ton but obviously not nearly as much as she could have charged). $1200 is probably for mediocre seats that were originally $150 or something and the rest goes into the pocket of a scalper. Just a guess.

Ticketmaster gets a cut of most (if not all) scalper sales.  They directly sell tickets to scalpers through a separate website that regular users can't access and then pretend to be against the practice.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649666928/ticketmaster-has-its-own-secret-scalping-program-canadian-journalists-report

[Dollar Slice]

Ticketmaster gets a cut of most (if not all) scalper sales.  They directly sell tickets to scalpers through a separate website that regular users can't access and then pretend to be against the practice.

TicketMaster got into the resale market (officially) years ago, and does all kinds of scummy stuff under the table unofficially, but AFAIK Taylor Swift is not in on it and isn't taking that scalper money. There was a Congressional inquiry and lawsuits about it after Ticketmaster fucked up her ticket sales.

[shuffler]

They directly sell tickets to scalpers through a separate website that regular users can't access...

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649666928/ticketmaster-has-its-own-secret-scalping-program-canadian-journalists-report

FWIW, that's not actually alleged in the article(s).  I read it (and the original, and TM's response) b/c I thought there would have been even more of an uproar if what you said was true.
The separate website enables scalpers to sell their tickets, not to buy them in the first place.
TM does, though, have a problem with allowing bots & multiple-accounts & such as means of evading ticket limits.  And it does make extra money when those tickets are re-sold, so they're financially incented to look the other way.  They are scummy, as Slicey says.
But that's not "directly selling tickets to scalpers".

[Hadilly]

Thought I would give an update. My friend spent 2k on their ticket. and an extra $650 in fees.

[Askel]

Dang.  I'm a (former? recovering? still slightly addicted?) car guy and I just have zero desire for a Maserati.

A few years ago, I finally learned why Maseratis continue to exist somehow.

So if you're just some regular schmoe who wants to buy a new Ferrari, you can't just walk into a Ferrari dealership with a wad of cash and drive away in a new Ferrari.  You must first become a "Ferrari Customer". 

Easiest way to do this is be famous somehow. 

Second easiest way is just to buy a Maserati or two to move yourself up the waitlist.   

End result, tons of Maseratis dumped on the used market for cheap because somebody bought them just to try and get a Ferrari.   

Same reason anybody bought a porsche 918 at all. Nobody really cared about the car, but buying one got you first dibs on anything porsche sold for like a year, so you could finally buy the GT3RS you actually wanted.   

[rebel_quietude]

Ugh Taylor Swift.  Her songs are bangers but man, she is just too old to be singing about the topics she sings about, she's 34 years old and still most of her songs are "OMG BOYS R SO MEAN".  Bruh.  It feels like she's just pandering to high school girls, I guess she did come from the Nashville Music machine.  Step 1: Figure out who's listening to music.  Step 2: Relentlessly target your music at them.  Its how we ended up with this:

Um . . . I wouldn't consider myself a swiftie, but two things.

1) This is the most "tell me you haven't listened to her music without telling me you haven't listened to her music," sentence I've seen in months. (Also, negging things other people enjoy doesn't make you cooler.)

2) I think that comparison is . . . a bit not good. The answer to "how we ended up with this," is, "racism and hate crime, and people who think that's okay."

@Hadilly, I'm with you. My nieces went (on their mama's dime), and had a great time. I did not go with them; I'm happy for them, and happy for my wallet!

[rothwem]

Ugh Taylor Swift.  Her songs are bangers but man, she is just too old to be singing about the topics she sings about, she's 34 years old and still most of her songs are "OMG BOYS R SO MEAN".  Bruh.  It feels like she's just pandering to high school girls, I guess she did come from the Nashville Music machine.  Step 1: Figure out who's listening to music.  Step 2: Relentlessly target your music at them.  Its how we ended up with this:

Um . . . I wouldn't consider myself a swiftie, but two things.

1) This is the most "tell me you haven't listened to her music without telling me you haven't listened to her music," sentence I've seen in months. (Also, negging things other people enjoy doesn't make you cooler.)

2) I think that comparison is . . . a bit not good. The answer to "how we ended up with this," is, "racism and hate crime, and people who think that's okay."

@Hadilly, I'm with you. My nieces went (on their mama's dime), and had a great time. I did not go with them; I'm happy for them, and happy for my wallet!

Hah, oh I've definitely listened to some Swift.  Not denying that.  She's just been a bit too consistent over the years, and its weird to hear someone that's very successful and in their mid-30s sing about angsty high school girl problems. 

As for point #2--That's exactly what I'm talking about, blindly pandering to the people that consume their music.  Rednecks LOVE country music, lets make more stuff that rednecks like!  What do rednecks like? Trucks? Check. Guns? Check. Police (for some reason?) Check.  Lynching?  Check.  LETS MAKE A SONG ABOUT IT!!! (oh wait, we forgot Jack Daniels and Cold Beer?  DAMMIT, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT ON THE NEXT ONE!)

So anyways, Taylor Swift just does the same.  What do high school girls like?  Boys? Check.  Being strong and independent and fuck the haters? Check. Crying? Check.  Lets just head over to Chat GPT and make a song that some high school girls will love!


(Verse 1)
In the quiet of the night, I still feel your touch,
The memories we made, they haunt me so much,
Through the tears that fall like rain,
I replay it all, the joy, the pain.

(Pre-Chorus)
But in this lonely space, I find my strength,
I'll rise from the ashes, love's at arm's length,
I'll turn the page, though it's hard to do,
This broken heart will find its way through.

(Chorus)
Lost in the echoes of a love once true,
Wandering the streets we used to stroll through,
But I'll hold on to hope, and I'll rise above,
With each teardrop, I'll heal this lost love.

(Verse 2)
The photographs we took, they whisper tales,
Of laughter, promises, and fairy tales,
But life's not always like a storybook,
And sometimes love's the hardest book to close.

(Pre-Chorus)
But in this lonely space, I find my strength,
I'll rise from the ashes, love's at arm's length,
I'll turn the page, though it's hard to do,
This broken heart will find its way through.

(Chorus)
Lost in the echoes of a love once true,
Wandering the streets we used to stroll through,
But I'll hold on to hope, and I'll rise above,
With each teardrop, I'll heal this lost love.

(Bridge)
Through the sleepless nights, I'll find my peace,
In the pain, I'll learn, and I'll release,
Though it feels like I'm a starless night,
I'll find the strength to shine so bright.

(Chorus)
Lost in the echoes of a love once true,
Wandering the streets we used to stroll through,
But I'll hold on to hope, and I'll rise above,
With each teardrop, I'll heal this lost love.

(Outro)
And in the end, I'll look back and see,
The lessons learned, and the growth in me,
Love may be lost, but I'll find my way,
To a brighter dawn, a brand-new day.

[Metalcat]

Haven't people been writing songs about love for as long as songs have existed??

Half of Metallica's best known songs are about love and pining.
These could easily be Swift lyrics:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words, I don't just say
And nothing else matters

[rothwem]

Haven't people been writing songs about love for as long as songs have existed??

Half of Metallica's best known songs are about love and pining.
These could easily be Swift lyrics:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words, I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Now that would be interesting to hear.  Taylor Swift singing metallica? 

C'mon Tay.  do it do it do it!!

[Metalcat]

Haven't people been writing songs about love for as long as songs have existed??

Half of Metallica's best known songs are about love and pining.
These could easily be Swift lyrics:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words, I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Now that would be interesting to hear.  Taylor Swift singing metallica? 

C'mon Tay.  do it do it do it!!

Stranger things have happened. I've seen Crash Test Dummies do a hard rock cover of Britney Spears and it was fantastic.

The lyrics of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" sound a lot less "highschool" when sung with a gravel voice and paired with wailing guitar.

I've also said many, many times that a lot of Swift's songs sound like ripoffs of Van Halen. The first time I heard "Shake it Off" I thought it sounded like a pop version of "Jump."

I just heard "Why Can't This be Love?" the other day and again was hit with how much it sounds like it could be a Swift song.

Granted, nothing screams "highschool" to me quite like Van Halen, so I might just be making the point instead of refuting it.

[rebel_quietude]

Stranger things have happened. I've seen Crash Test Dummies do a hard rock cover of Britney Spears and it was fantastic.

The lyrics of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" sound a lot less "highschool" when sung with a gravel voice and paired with wailing guitar.

For your listening entertainment:

"Toxic" cover by 2WEI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7IRngzIdk

[Sandi_k]

"Sound of Silence" cover, by Disturbed

https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

I think it's MUCH better than the original, and I grew up with the original!

[nereo]

and its weird to hear someone that's very successful and in their mid-30s sing about angsty high school girl problems. 

This brings up a similar issue: It's a bit strange for me to hear wildly popular bands like Bon Jovi* writing songs about being down to their last dollar and struggling to find work when they have been selling out shows for years.

* I just looked up Jon Bon Jovi's net work: $410MM, give or take.

[Metalcat]

and its weird to hear someone that's very successful and in their mid-30s sing about angsty high school girl problems. 

This brings up a similar issue: It's a bit strange for me to hear wildly popular bands like Bon Jovi* writing songs about being down to their last dollar and struggling to find work when they have been selling out shows for years.

* I just looked up Jon Bon Jovi's net work: $410MM, give or take.

Like dudes who have never lived in a small town writing songs about small towns?

[Turtle]

and its weird to hear someone that's very successful and in their mid-30s sing about angsty high school girl problems. 

This brings up a similar issue: It's a bit strange for me to hear wildly popular bands like Bon Jovi* writing songs about being down to their last dollar and struggling to find work when they have been selling out shows for years.

* I just looked up Jon Bon Jovi's net work: $410MM, give or take.

He at least started out with blue collar roots, public New Jersey high school, spending summers with grandparents because both parents were working, first job was delivering newspapers, etc.

[getsorted]

Like dudes who have never lived in a small town writing songs about small towns?

Four different high school friends have shared this in the last week. (This is a significant percentage because I only graduated with 89 people). 

https://www.tiktok.com/@traecrowder/video/7259448356261383466.

Partly because my hometown pals tend toward the Y'allternative, but more specifically because our hometown also used to have a blinker (it was the only traffic signal in town) that had to be removed after being shot out repeatedly.

[Metalcat]

Like dudes who have never lived in a small town writing songs about small towns?

Four different high school friends have shared this in the last week. (This is a significant percentage because I only graduated with 89 people). 

https://www.tiktok.com/@traecrowder/video/7259448356261383466.

Partly because my hometown pals tend toward the Y'allternative, but more specifically because our hometown also used to have a blinker (it was the only traffic signal in town) that had to be removed after being shot out repeatedly.

LOL! I'm also from a very small town and got a good laugh out of that, although no one would dare shoot the blinker light, this is Canada.

[Sugaree]

I Prevail did a cover of "Blank Space" and it was pretty damn good. 

[RWD]

Same reason anybody bought a porsche 918 at all. Nobody really cared about the car [...]

I think you might be mixing up Porsche models. The 918 cost $845k ($1.09M in today's dollars) and they only made 918 of them so no one was buying one just to get on a list for the significantly cheaper and more common GT3 RS.

[nereo]

Same reason anybody bought a porsche 918 at all. Nobody really cared about the car [...]

I think you might be mixing up Porsche models. The 918 cost $845k ($1.09M in today's dollars) and they only made 918 of them so no one was buying one just to get on a list for the significantly cheaper and more common GT3 RS.

Whaaaah.. like, seriously? Other than exclusivity, what makes a 918 so great? I just can’t even comprehend what you even get for 8x a fully load3d corvette or 3x more than most Lamborghini models. 

… clearly I’m not a gear head.

[Askel]

Whaaaah.. like, seriously? Other than exclusivity, what makes a 918 so great? I just can’t even comprehend what you even get for 8x a fully load3d corvette or 3x more than most Lamborghini models. 

… clearly I’m not a gear head.

Well, they are pretty goddam fast. But they're nothing like an Enzo.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHHkw7Ec8Q

[rothwem]

Same reason anybody bought a porsche 918 at all. Nobody really cared about the car [...]

I think you might be mixing up Porsche models. The 918 cost $845k ($1.09M in today's dollars) and they only made 918 of them so no one was buying one just to get on a list for the significantly cheaper and more common GT3 RS.

Whaaaah.. like, seriously? Other than exclusivity, what makes a 918 so great? I just can’t even comprehend what you even get for 8x a fully load3d corvette or 3x more than most Lamborghini models. 

… clearly I’m not a gear head.

The 918 was Porsche's first real attempt to do a "performance hybrid".  Definitely a unique car, used a naturally aspirated v8 along with an electric motor for low-end torque.  It was one of the fastest cars 0-60 when it was introduced because of that.  They were pretty low production though, and very exclusive.  Ferrari-like! 

And FWIW, I think you're thinking of the 718, which is the Boxster, and still a damn good car but it comes with a flat 4 instead of a flat 6 so it sounds like a Subaru instead of a Porsche so the purists hate it.  Its got a variable geometry turbine stage on the turbocharger though, which I think is a neat bit of tech.  The vanes are literally made from Space Shuttle materials! 

I, um, (probably) would not buy either though. 

[Dancin'Dog]

I find it amusing that there is a market for $1M cars.  Whenever I browse the listings for used ones they all have hilariously low mileages.  The people who buy them either can't afford to drive them, or they're not really fun to drive for any amount of time.  90% of these cars just sit in storage.  Upon realizing this, I stopped lusting over them, or really even thinking much about them. 

[Metalcat]

I find it amusing that there is a market for $1M cars.  Whenever I browse the listings for used ones they all have hilariously low mileages.  The people who buy them either can't afford to drive them, or they're not really fun to drive for any amount of time.  90% of these cars just sit in storage.  Upon realizing this, I stopped lusting over them, or really even thinking much about them.

Same way giant houses are filled with rooms that are mostly unused.

[Frugal Lizard]

I find it amusing that there is a market for $1M cars.  Whenever I browse the listings for used ones they all have hilariously low mileages.  The people who buy them either can't afford to drive them, or they're not really fun to drive for any amount of time.  90% of these cars just sit in storage.  Upon realizing this, I stopped lusting over them, or really even thinking much about them.

Same way giant houses are filled with rooms that are mostly unused.

And toilets that would still need cleaning to remove the line where the evaporated water level lowers.

[Louise]

I want a new sewing machine. I have a perfectly good Pfaff sewing machine that I purchased years ago. It's a fabulous machine and works great. I just want a newer model for no reason, except that it looks new.