I wonder if the first few military personnel killed even had a clue why they got killed. Trump launched his war pretty abruptly and Iran retaliated immediately. The military compartmentalizes information pretty harshly. They could have just going about their day knowing something big was going to happen and next thing they’ve got some rockets falling on the base.

Who knows. This “war”, like everything trump touches, is another dumpster fire.

That’s the one.

The OG one.

Jesus christ.

I think I win.

Not many cars are worth that.

Ugh. Cheaper to start with one half-fixed up than deal with that.

Aw, poor car. Probably cost too much to rebuild.

‘72 Bronco. Wish I still had it. They go for stupid money these days.

All true. Having unscripted time in a new city is incredibly valuable.

That’s the point. This is three on the tree. Not an automatic column shifter.

I’m old enough to have owned a car with one of these:

This is definitely true. Get an American on a packaged trip where they don’t spend any appreciable time in one place, spend it at some all-inclusive, and their transportation is provided as part of the deal and they will basically be fed a caricature of wherever they visited that required little effort on their part. Cruise Ships are definitely guilty of that; but I’ll offer that it depends on the individual and very much the destination as well.

Going to a new place and having to figure it out on your own is very valuable. Though I’m sure plenty of Americans are just like the comic despite the exposure to other ways of doing things.

It’s kinda metal, every bit as metal as it is unusual.

What moral high ground? Did he have any at all to start?

That’s not how it works unless oil production gets nationalized. Oil produced locally is sold on the global market, literally the very reason it could hit the hypothetical $200 a barrel. The oil production would have to be nationalized in order to restrict the supply to the local market, then you’d pay prices based on whatever the local market would pay.

Lol, yeah. That’s the point of the movies s/he cited, the opposite of what s/he was trying to accomplish.

What did you expect?

I’m in my basement, with collected 80’s Robotech and Transformers toys, a 3D printer, a self-built watercooled gaming PC, a linux PC, boxes of decades of tech junk, a printed Darth Vader helmet I’m trying to finish so maybe I can go to a ‘con suited up, a backup of all of my favorite movies like Better off Dead and Princess Bride…. And I’m on Lemmy.

Yeah. Total jock.

But go ahead and make up whatever suits you.

I’m gen X. I’ve seen them all. FWIW, the nerds usually emerge victorious.

Pardon me for assuming you were here on social media for a conversation. At least you didn’t LMGTFY me.

There’s no centuries-long systemic oppression and denigration of “nerds”, blackface is a terrible word choice.