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ShepherdPie ,

I think we’ll first have to convince the Democratic leadership since they’re about as equally interested in changing things. Both parties want to maintain the status quo because it keeps them both in power.

ShepherdPie ,

And lemmings and redditors will blame progressives for it.

ShepherdPie ,

Potato potato.

ShepherdPie ,

Same. I used to make fun of them as they’re ‘too big’ for mobile stuff but too small for computer stuff, but after getting a killer deal on a Tab S7+, it’s super useful for casual games, watching youtube/plex, drawing, and web browsing. It’s also great to use in the kitchen while cooking or doing other stuff

ShepherdPie ,

I’ve seen this at Disneyland. People walking around using a fucking tablet to record videos like people do with selfie sticks.

ShepherdPie ,

They are pieces of shit but for the price it’s actually pretty decent. $30 is the price of a couple McDonalds meals. We used to buy them for the kid to use since it didn’t really matter if it got destroyed. I also bought a new one to use as a smart home touch interface but I haven’t quite finished that due to ADHD and too many projects.

ShepherdPie ,

I had this one and the upgraded one since we were too poor to buy a real PC. It worked decent for web browsing at the time and I spent a lot of time in IRC chat rooms. I think (may have been later on a real PC) I even started doing Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire pages on this and learning basic HTML.

ShepherdPie ,

You say you’re not tuned in to any of this yet you’re here talking about it and have presumably read through the comments to know the context. This is like peak redditor energy.

ShepherdPie ,

Probably the worst thing would be if they both walked to the middle of the stage and started 69ing each other before announcing that they’re partnering up and running together for the 2024 ticket as co-presidents.

ShepherdPie ,

God I’ve been watching through Bleach and it’s like this. Each 22 minute episode is really only about 12 minutes long with the rest being a 5 minute recap of the previous episode, the intro, credits, and post credit filler.

Edit: a tangent of this would be watching a sitcom with the laugh track removed. Imagine seeing the actors awkwardly standing there in silence in the middle of their dialog where the laugh track would normally be inserted.

A funny second tangent is the musicless music videos on YouTube. Definitely worth checking out for a laugh.

ShepherdPie ,

Imagine trying that as a visitor from the US where we drive on the other side of the road.

ShepherdPie ,

This opinion is ridiculous as “the big 3” doesn’t even exist anymore and hasn’t for over a decade. Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep is owned by a Scandanavian company.

Also this isn’t written to protect the few remaining American companies, it’s to protect the entire auto industry in the US including Kia/Hyundai, VW, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, BMW, Subaru, etc.

China selling vehicles with massive subsidies that allow them to undercut everyone else in the market isn’t good for anybody but China because as soon as they put their competitors out of business, they will jack the price of their cars up as high as they want.

This is the same reason why when Walmart comes to a new town, all the similar local businesses shut down because it’s impossible to compete with their deep pockets, but now you’re advocating for it on a national scale which will potentially cost hundreds of thousands of domestic manufacturing jobs.

ShepherdPie ,

Everyone buying cheap new cars isn’t going to be the thing that saves us.

ShepherdPie ,

Are you arguing there’s no competition in the US or are you arguing that China should have to compete without the subsisides?

ShepherdPie ,

How does buying a cheap new car even if you don’t need it going to save humanity or prevent the earth from burning?

ShepherdPie ,

There are numerous small vehicles for sale in the US already but nobody buys them because they want a vehicle that’s good at more than one thing (being small) when forking over tens of thousands of dollars for it. Nobody is legislating to ban small or efficient vehicles they want to ban a foreign country from manipulating our markets by selling vehicles at artificially low prices due to billions in subsidies for their national brands.

This idea that if we simply threw out all 200+ million vehicles in the US and replaced them with new, more efficient ones, global warming would suddenly end is ridiculous. This is just consumer mentality and treating cars like disposable iPhones with the mindset that you’re “being green.” If you want to help curb emissions, go buy a used Prius or EV instead of demanding that a factory build you a new car and do so at an artificially low price. Go buy a bicycle or electric scooter. You’re not reducing emissions by destroying a product that has already been built and is in good condition just to replace it with a newer version.

I didn’t bother reading the rest of your comment since it devolved into unhinged rambling.

ShepherdPie ,

Arguing for everyone to go out and scrap their current car just to buy a new one isn’t going to do anything for emissions. You realize building a new car creates more pollution than just buying or using one that already exists right?

The commenter above is claiming that we’re all going to die if we can’t all go buy a new Chinese EV for $10k, which is absurd and counterproductive to reducing emissions.

ShepherdPie , (edited )

There are dozens of models out there already and the used market is growing day by day. Why does everyone need a brand new car and how does building a brand new car for everyone while scrapping every existing car reduce emissions?

At what point in history have brand new cars ever been obtainable for the masses?

ShepherdPie ,

You were talking about Americans who can’t afford to buy the new EVs currently on the market here in the US. Again, I’ll ask when were new cars ever obtainable for most people and why can’t a used car fill that need like it always has in the past? Seems preferable to decimating the entire industry and all those union jobs just so that China can dump a bunch of their inventory here at artificially low prices.

A Leaf is $29k before the $7500 in federal credits, which puts it pretty close to that $21k price point you mentioned and the Bolt EV was going for $26k before the $7500 credit. Seems like there are options available in this range but the people buying these cars are going for more expensive options based on sales numbers.

ShepherdPie ,

It won’t matter how fair things were if we are all dead.

What other conclusion can you get from a comment like this? “We’re all dead unless we can all get our hands on these cheap Chinese EVs.” We can’t drive two cars at once meaning we must get rid of our current vehicles, no?

Who’s going to be able to purchase these cars if hundreds of thousands/millions of union workers lose their job due to these Chinese subsidies undercutting everyone else? That has a cascading effect on the rest of the economy if you weren’t familiar with similar scenarios happening in the past like when the housing market was manipulated by banks handing out ARM loans to everyone in 2007. If you think this is all about American protectionism, why is Europe imposing the same tariffs on China for the very same reason? They’re much more accepting of climate change policy and taking steps toward a greener future. Perhaps they also see something that you’re not here.

ShepherdPie ,

I really can’t comprehend why people think this is protectionism for US automakers as there are very few of them, GM, Ford, and Tesla. There are over a dozen more that aren’t US companies that still manufacture here that such a tariff would also protect, which is why people are talking about protecting the market not a couple of US companies.

How does nationalizing the auto industry fix anything and what companies are you even talking about here?

You talk about the modern era and what people want but this is in stark contrast to what these same people actually buy. You act like people are forced to buy the vehicles that sell the best when in reality it’s a voluntary decision and they sell the best because that’s what people want.

What you’re arguing for here is exactly the same thing that companies like Walmart do to small towns when they move in. Suddenly every local competitor is out of business, their employees wind up working for Walmart and spending their Walmart pay on items from Walmart. The town suffers while the owners prosper. This is like the textbook definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face all so you can selfishly and ignorantly buy a new car at a discount price.

This isn’t “out-competing the US market,” it’s the Chinese government decimating the US market and then controlling it. Your solution seems to be raising taxes or cutting services in order to funnel taxpayer money toward automotive companies. Sounds like something Trump would come up with. Why don’t you stop beating around the bush and just say you think we should bust up the unions and slash worker pay so that we can have cheaper cars and win this race to the bottom?

ShepherdPie ,

Again, I don’t know why you’re so fixated on the few American companies on the market when this is about the entire industry in the US, of which American cars make up maybe 25%. This protects that 25% plus the other 75% of non-American companies.

You’ll have to point out where I made the argument that there are equivalent new American EVs selling for the same price as these highly subsidized Chinese EVs. I don’t recall ever saying that since this is the whole crux of the argument. If everyone were able to sell their cars as cheap as these highly subsidized vehicles, the US and EU wouldn’t even need to impose tariffs nor would China need to subsidize their offerings. This is a complete strawman.

If you care about the environment and want a cheap EV go buy a used Nissan Leaf for $7k. It has already been built and won’t generate new emissions in order for you to purchase it.

ShepherdPie ,

How dare they disparage president Joseph Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Biden in such a way!

ShepherdPie ,

Same thought. This person gives me the creeps, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find out she stabbed someone who tried to break up with her.

ShepherdPie ,

Considering the person she accused of being a squatter is an attorney and the person making the accusations is currently sitting in jail, I’m going to assume her story is b/s. The article stated that the attorney’s lease was up but that doesn’t mean she has to move out. I lived in places for years after my lease expired as a “month to month” tenant.

ShepherdPie ,

I’m saying this woman is crazy and has zero credibility so there’s no reason to believe anything she says. The woman she attacked is an attorney so I’m assuming she wouldn’t be illegally squatting in someone’s home and jeopardizing her whole career.

ShepherdPie ,

What kind of speakers? I recently got some Klipsch home audio that have removable grilles. The look with the grille off definitely looks better if you don’t have kids and stuff IMO. I’ve also recently bought some Pioneer for my truck and they too came with optional grilles though I didn’t need them since they went behind the door panels.

ShepherdPie ,

It’s just an average. Same reason why $111k won’t get you a house in San Fran, LA, or San Diego even though that’s the average middle class salary for CA. There are lots of rural areas that bring that average down.

ShepherdPie ,

Transmissions are all electronically controlled now.

ShepherdPie ,

Louisiana doesn’t use capital punishment?

Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man's death (apnews.com)

Julian Lewis didn’t pull over for the Georgia State Patrol cruiser flashing its blue lights behind him on a rural highway. He still didn’t stop after pointing a hand out the window and turning onto a darkened dirt road as the trooper sounded his siren....

ShepherdPie ,

A good example of the brainwashing that comes out of these seminars was the cop who heard an acorn drop on his car and then immediately fell to the ground claiming he was shot before unloading his entire pistol into the back of his squad car where a suspect was sitting handcuffed.

ShepherdPie ,

Which is why we have two right wing parties and no left wing parties left in the US. Moves like this are how we got stuck with Trump in 2016 and almost again in 2020 and now once again in 2024.

ShepherdPie ,

Literally anything we do is harmful.

ShepherdPie ,

Much like my witnessing PETA protestors screaming in the face of little children with a bullhorn because they happened to be waiting in line for the circus. I can support removing elephants from a life of circus performing, but I absolutely cannot stand PETA (for this and other reasons like euthanizing people’s pets).

ShepherdPie ,

Yeah this is totally selfish and just brings attention to them while harming their supposed cause.

ShepherdPie ,

I don’t know if the euthanasia stories are true, but I witnessed the screaming into bullhorns personally as I was also waiting in the line with my kid.

ShepherdPie ,

$1000-$2000 cars are the $500 beaters from 10+ years ago. I wouldn’t say most people are looking in this price range and they’re usually on their last leg and the cheapest option for a car. There are cellphones that cost more than this now.

ShepherdPie ,

Those “more affordable foreign cars” are only priced that low because the Chinese government is subsidizing them so much, which is only temporary and lasts just as long as it takes to put their competitors out of business.

This is a race to the bottom just like states giving trillion dollar corporations billions in tax breaks as an incentive to move to their state. At the end of the day, it just harms everyone and should be avoided, which is why the US and EU are putting tariffs on Chinese EVs. They’re still free to sell them at the real cost and actually compete with everyone else.

ShepherdPie ,

You’re literally describing every new car now, whether EV or ICE.

ShepherdPie ,

There’s the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt/Spark, Mini Cooper EV, Hyundai Kona/Ioniq 6, Fiat 500e and more. These qualify for subsidies if purchased new plus all the gas savings make them decently affordable or you can always buy them used as most people do.

Most people are going for the midrange models like the Model Y, Model 3, Ioniq 5, etc though since it’s not really ideal to buy the ‘worst’ version of something when making a large purchase. People want more range, space, and features. Even with ICE cars, the subcompacts sell/sold pretty poorly.

ShepherdPie ,

If you go to canyouseeme.org and test your Plex port does it show as open?

Your new ISP might have CG-NAT meaning you don’t get your own IPv4 address and can’t be connected to directly.

Also stream a movie from your phone while connected to cellular data and then check that stream on the Plex admin screen to see what it says. IIRC the Plex Relay is fixed at 1mbps

ShepherdPie ,

She wants to fuck with him but is to cowardly to do it to his face.

ShepherdPie ,

Not fuck him but fuck with him. Although with Boebert giving a hand job to some Democratic aide at a theater performance with children in attendance, maybe she does want to fuck him.

ShepherdPie ,

“Best we can do is approve another merger to allow them to grow bigger”

ShepherdPie ,

Replaced by the ruling capitalistic class decades ago? When exactly have we ever not been ruled over by these people?

ShepherdPie ,

Well back in the 1990s, Tommy Lee Jones and the LAFD used jersey barriers, fire trucks, and knocked a building over to stop a lava flow from demolishing the west side of Los Angeles, so I’d say we’re pretty impressive too.

ShepherdPie ,

I recently began rewatching Parks & Rec and this guy is totally Marshall Langman

ShepherdPie ,

Black Friday is definitely a good option. I’ll also point out that WD and Seagate are working on 20TB-30TB drives that should be coming out in the next couple of years which should, in theory, drive the prices down further for smaller capacity drives.

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