ArumiOrnaught

I usually avoid stuff labeled “for men” because it’s usually a lower quality product but that allows it to be also labeled “rugged”

I think it’s fine, as in I don’t understand the doom and gloom of your post.

Popular just means lowest common denominator. It’s just a standard joke. It sets up expectations of “just another bumper sticker” and then it surprises you with it doing the absurd thing it promised that you didn’t think was going to happen. Then it also references ‘Men In Black’, which is also going to make other people enjoy it for the reference.

Comedy used to be slap stick and minstrel shows. A horror movie was a train going forward. This too shall pass.

I don’t think I’ve stopped in the middle of something without planning on coming back. If something is difficult I’m more likely to do better the next day.

But something that I know I would not have fun with is platinum any Yakuza game. And honestly, I’m glad this game taught me to not worry about not completing things I don’t care about.

Lol yeah, I’ve worked in a dealership. I was fine with it till my foreman got fired because he took all the blame from customers instead of staff.

Anyways when they were interviewing his replacement I started looking for a new job. I got into it with him because he wouldn’t even listen to anyone talk about pay raises.

I have Ford hybrid manuals. It won’t do you much good on the cost of the tools to work on them. Best advice on hybrids is to learn how to disconnect your battery before servicing your vehicle.

If you can afford the 3k tool then it is only 1k per year :D

As a former member of the Yakuza you race to win in pocket circuit racing against someone who is currently in the Yakuza.

My spouse really enjoys when I go through the Yakuza games.

Lancer is great. It is complicated, not as complicated as battletech though. Which to me is great for getting new players in.

The best way I’ve found to teach people in that system is to create a new character in their character sheet/compendium website, comp/con. And then have a GM to run the game and help with concepts. License Level 0 (starting level) is very restrained. The next level (LL1) opens up interesting opportunities. And then LL 2 is where your options become a bit opportunity heavy.

The official discord is active and there are several other side discords that are active. I’m currently both playing and GMing. There is a reprint of their physical book coming out next year.

As for the lore, there are 4 manufacturers. The post office, anime, luxury cars, and cthulhu mechs.

With the online tools it’s free for players, GM pays for background information and npc stats. There are foundry and roll 20 that can run this for online play.

Combat is fundamentally an easy concept. D20 to see if you hit and D6’s for damage. Although if you have 5 players you can easily spend a session on just one combat, which from what you said is a downside.

You? Lmao, nope. Gotta pay big bucks if you want new cars repaired. Pay a couple thousand upfront and then another couple thousand every year for new vehicle information. You can thank John Deere for that shift. I know, your car currently runs. For Americans, there is a certain point in buying a newer one is cheaper than repairing it. There will be a point where everyone is forced to have a shittier car because they are either all like that or you pay the big bucks. What are Americans going to do? Not buy cars, they don’t have the freedom to not have one.

It’s not one giant battery, but arrays of smaller batteries. At least that has been my experience with them. Battery goes bad and you replace that array. Not 20k but closer to 2k.

aS A meCHAnIC, all vehicles are doomed. You want green, advocate for trollies.

Heavier vehicles also eat up tires quicker and put more micro plastics into the environment.

I heard one of the byproducts of desalinization is hydrogen. If that’s what’s powering the cars, and we’re going to run out of drinking water that seems like a win win in my book.

While cars are real, the price of the dollar is what we believe it should be. Willpower alone can change what the dollar is worth. I cannot eat the dollar, the dollar has no function other than a representation of worth. And worth is also something that is subjective.

Secular evidence based science is closest to reality only if you accept secular as not attached to religion and not the Soviet “religion is active brain rot”.

A square will exist without us, your gods will not.

If you assume religion is true and work backwards you will get non replicatable answers.

My partner has been doing low carb for around 5 years now. I’m assuming it takes longer? I usually try everything they make. From ice cream to syrups to cakes.

Real talk though, I love xanthan gum. I know it’s garbage.

I can taste all of the artificial sweeteners. My spouse uses them constantly and they taste sideways to me. My partner doesn’t taste much of a difference so If we ever get drinks mixed up I’m the poison tester.

The only way to get them to taste fine enough is by using a mixture of a few different ones. I’m sure my experience is similar to people who have the cilantro soap thing.