Vent thread

@MagpulPony
 
The same can be said of a gas-powered one, that loses significant fuel mileage when fully burdened.

When an iceberg twice the size of the city I live in breaks off during the hottest January on record, mere weeks after the most devastating brush-fire in history wiped several species off the map, my already dim view of fossil fuels grows ever dimmer.

@Zincy  
Yeah but you take a 4 minute stop at the station and keep going. In an electric car, better hope you’re in range of charging station and are prepared to sit there for 30 mins to an hour. God forbid you run out power completely in the middle of nowhere.

@MagpulPony
 
We as of yet do not know how long it takes to charge, or what its full operational range is. And electric charging stations are becoming more and more common.
 
The innovations are there, and the technology is rapidly catching up.
 
Also, running out of gas in the middle of nowhere is literally just as bad. Even if you carry spare tanks, that’ll only get you so far if you didn’t plan properly.

@MagpulPony  
It’s their loss then. I mean, if they’re not going to produce what we want, why should we be their customers?

@Lord Goku
 
If people demanded lead pipes and asbestos insulation would a company be right to provide it?
 
And clearly, very few people want them, which is why the Hummer brand died for like a decade. Supply and Demand does not yield to minorities.

@Zincy  
No but we can give some pretty good guesses based on similar EVs. They’re all similar in terms of the technology. At least the higher end ones.
 
And sure you can still run out of gas that way. But I’d much rather have an emegency supply of fuel on an off road excursion than something that has no ability to gain a range extension unless you have access to a portable charging station. Which don’t exist. Even with solar tech.

@Lord Goku  
It’s marketed at a different group of people. Will likely be a mall crawler.

@MagpulPony
 
Portable fuel can still run out with mismanagement. People have been getting stuck out on roads for literally as long as cars have existed.
 
An electric car is no different, out of fuel is out of fuel. By the logic of back-ups, you could theoretically have small reserve battery units. And since electric engines are significantly lighter and smaller, you could have several more back-up battery units.
 
And before you hit me with “AAA can bring fuel”, battery trucks already exist.
 
But, now we’re debating hypothetical.

@Zincy  
Still, if they don’t have what I want or need, they ain’t getting my money.
 
Same if they pull the “this product or service isn’t for you, you cis-gendered white male piece of shit,” thing on me.

@Lord Goku
 
No one said you had to spend your money?
 
They can market it as they please.

@Zincy  
Well, extra fuel isn’t hypothetical, but extra external batteries for EVs are since they also don’t exist.

@Lord Goku  
It’s not like EVs are even that good for the environment. The cars may be clean, but the factories that build them aren’t, the vehicles that deliver the parts aren’t, many of the facilities that produce the electricity they run on aren’t, and the places that produce and dispose of the lithium batteries that power them definitely aren’t.

@MagpulPony  
Not to mention mining the lithium and other raw materials.

And speaking of critical and commercial failures…
 
I’m getting quite sick and tired of cast and creators blaming box office flops on racism and sexism. Recent examples include the recent Charlie’s Angels reboot, Terminator: Dark Fate, A Wrinkle in Time, and the infamous Ghostbusters 2016.
 
Here’s an idea: learn to take responsibility for your shit.

@Lord Goku  
But that would entail admitting fault and in the narcissistic world of Hollywood that’s not allowed.

@Lord Goku  
Very true. And I didn’t even think Dark Fate was that bad after watching it.

Monkey see monkey do.

My boyfriend?
 
Okay, fuck the internet.

@Lord Goku  
Don’t forget Birds of Prey. Hell, WB changed the name to try to save face.

I’ve been wearing a “modified” plague mask through the whole day for this very day only in order to protect myself from a very contagious one-time airborne disease far worse than the novel coronavirus known as love.

@Egil  
That, too.

@Lord Goku  
They were state cops and there would have been no contest, not with Michigan’s laws.

I swear I felt dizzy at first.
 

Can’t the IRS just leave us all alone?
 
I don’t even know if I have “virtual currency”. I have those collector cards on steam that I think I can redeem for a small amount off the price of a game, does that count? How can I even prove how much I have? I didn’t even sign up for it, it’s just something Steam gives you. And what about points like Speedy rewards at Speedway? Do points like that count?
 
Man, screw this government, this beauocracy is out of control!