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  1. 4 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

    Maybe because I just read a two-part profile on Einstein (from The New Yorker; 2014) and his popularity and what it meant to the world (it's a study in sociology how he become kitchen-table famous for things that housewives can't comprehended) that I find this statement above to be an extreme emotional overreach and hyperbolic. 


    Did the article talk about the thoughts on the space time continuum and how that might have enabled him tot o,e travel to be alive in the 65 year time frame you bolded in the post you quoted?

  2. 29 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    I don’t think you have much of a point. You’re suggesting I should inconvenience myself for the convenience of someone else.  - Yes

     

    I should slow down and get out of the way for faster moving traffic. - Yes

     

    Let me ask you something. Have you ever slowed down and moved over only to have that fucker slow down and sit next to you (or in your blind spot) so now you’re stuck in the right lane going slower than you want?  I have. I’ll bet you have too. Fuck that. - Yes I have.  There are inconsiderate people for sure.  

     

    I can’t control what others do, I can only control what I do. - Correct.  You can choose to be considerate, or a jerk, or dangerous or whatever.

     

    As long as I’m following the rules of the road, I’m fine. Technically I’m already breaking the law if I’m going 5 mph over the speed limit. - It's interesting that you acknowledge breaking the law but also that you are following the rules of the road.

     

    Nobody gets to dictate to anyone else what is the proper amount over the speed limit they should drive. - Yet you seem to be ok with you driving 5 mph over but opposed to those driving faster.  I am pretty sure I can find some that think driving the speed limit is fine, and they are passing slower moving traffic that people driving anything over the speed limit are the wrong ones.  I 

     

    If I only drive the speed limit and always stay in the right lane unless I’m passing then nobody gets to complain. That’s all I’m obligated to do. 

     

    We all, well most of of, do things over and above what we're obligated to do.  There is no law about waiting in line to get in a movie theater or sporting event, yet nearly all of us respect that.  When leaving a crowded parking lot, we are not obligated to let one person from each converging lane but almost all of us do.  

     

    There are plenty of examples like this where we observe fair play, but when we get on the road, many of us leave those back.  We determine what the appropriate speed is to pass or how to get someone to get over.  

     

    Not every situation is the same, but if someone is trying to go faster than you, the best course of action just might be for YOU to slow down, get over and then pass.  

  3. 1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Tailgating is asshole behavior, even if the other person is “wrong” you’re doing something dangerous and escalating the situation. Flash the lights a few times and if the message doesn’t compute, work on your own blood pressure and not the other driver. It’s the flip side to assholes who appoint themselves traffic cop and squat in the passing lane at the speed limit. 
     

    Getting in the car, the only priority is to get to the destination safely and without damaging your ride. Once that light goes off, it’s transformative to your commute. It makes you not just a safer driver, you miraculously encounter fewer assholes (because you’re being courteous and avoiding conflict). The ones you do encounter, you get over quicker because it doesn’t make a shit to you if they drive like a dick as long as you get some distance from them. Some people never have that light go off. 

     

    Don't disagree and am not advocating for, or dismissing tailgating as a a valid thing to do.  I think avoiding it can be best though.  

    If I'm driving 70 and passing someone doing 65 and I see an emergency vehicle (cop/ambulance) coming behind fast, I'm either speeding up to complete the pass quickly to get out of the way, or slowing to 65 and moving over then.  I certainly wouldn't wait until I'm ready to get over, and would be breaking the law if I did so. All I'm saying is that in many circumstances, I can apply the same logic even if I think the guy is a jerk and driving too fast.  

     

     

  4. 26 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    Better for whom? Why should I slow down for them? Let them slow down for me. If I’m driving 70 in a 65 mph zone and passing slower traffic on the right, I’m not slowing down and getting over for someone who comes racing up behind me at 90 just to let them pass. And what makes you think there’s going to be room to get over without cutting off someone else? How would that be “better?”

    I’ll get over when I’ve passed the slower traffic. They don’t get to dictate to me how I should drive. If it adds 60 seconds to their drive time then that’s just too tucking bad. I’m on cruise control, I’m following the rules, I’ll get over when proper procedure dictates, then they can be on their merry way. That would be best. 

     

     

    I think you're kinda proving my point.  You said what YOU'RE going to do seven times in that short response, because you feel you're right.  Experience tells me everyone thinks they're right when it comes to driving.  

     

    To @956 Worldwide point, getting you and your vehicle to the destination safely should be your priority.  Sometimes letting a faster, perhaps unsafe driver go ahead is the safest bet for you, opposed to enforcing your what you think a safe speed is on the other guy.

     

    Better for everyone imo.  In your example, you say you're going 5mph over the speed limit, but later sat you're "following the rules".  Well technically you're not, you are speeding, just not as fast as the other guy.

    Just using your example an numbers, it is entirely possible for you to slow down slightly to 65, merging over, letting the 80 mph guy go through, and then move back over.  

  5. 1 hour ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

    He said he’d move over, just not do it at a breakneck speed to match the tailgater. 

    Breakneck speed is a relative term imo. 

    Speaking a little in general.  Without seeing what the rest of the traffic pattern is, how many cars, average speed, etc. it's almost impossible for me to say one or the other is at fault or who should slow down.  For some 70 in a 65 is breakneck and for others it's higher.

  6. On 12/23/2022 at 4:08 PM, Fudbelty said:

    It’s been brought up about tree fiddy times, but fuck you if you think you own the road and left lane specifically. If I’m driving and clearly passing the cars on the right of me there’s no need to get so close you can touch my asshole. I 10000% percent agree if you aren’t passing get over. However, use your brain for half a second and give me time to get out of your way at my pace. Not yours.

     

    I remember my sister in law telling me when she had to take a driving course to drive in Germany that they taught people to think of everyone as ~"driving partners" oppose to other drivers.  Everyone is driving somewhere different at different speeds with different priorities.  No need to dictate how fast anyone else should drive or have to drive but if you can be aware of what others are trying to do and everyone tries to help facilitate that, everyone is better off.

    Hard to replicate the situation you're referring to, but clearly were driving slower than the other guy.  If you took a second to slow down, move over let him pass and then resume your passing, maybe that would have been better?  Too many variables to account for in a message board past and it's very possible/probable that the other guys was totally in the wrong but there is a possibility you contributed as well.

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  7. On 12/11/2022 at 11:00 AM, MalibuSheriff said:

    Man so I miss HEB.  Best ice cream IMO.  My consolation is having Braum’s locations within a golf shot in almost every direction.

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    Agree Braum's is still top notch imo for store bought egg nog.  A couple more to review:

     

    Sprouts - seemed to be not a crazy amount, I think ~$4.99.  Good flavor  but incredibly thick pouring out.  It almost globbed out of the bottle but weidly didn't taste that thick.  Flavor was good, but maybe a little on the spicy instead of sweet side.  

     

    Promised Land - $3.49 for 28 oz.  and a solid competitor to Braum's, thick but smooth.  Good flavor, certainly with a trip to Target(not sure where else it's being carried.  Haven't seen it at Kroger.

  8. OK, taking a little different direction but staying on topic.   A few days in and I've tried three different (store bought) brands. 

    Got two at Kroger, their Private Selection and Volleman's (fancy glass bottle you have to return).

     

    Private Selection - it's not worth the money if it is any more than other types.  It's very thin, under spiced and sweet.  It's not bad, simply nothing there to recommend.  I make mrs. pied's coffee with egg nog during the season and this is what it's good for.

     

    Volleman's - was excited to try this one.  I think this dairy is out of Tyler and they do a good job with the packaging.  Not sure exactly how to return the bottles, but won't be buying this one again.  Good thickness, but it's just sweet~ egg nog milk.  Better than the Private Selection, but nothing to make you want and get more.  

     

    Braum's - turned on to this last year and had low expectations, but think this is a very above average egg nog.  Good thickness and spice.  This will be my go to for a long time.

  9. 7 hours ago, C-Man said:

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    We watched it. We were way behind and binged it and watched the finale tonight.

    It had some good moments but I was more than ready for it to end. It doesn't help that it's back-to-back, two-hour episodes every week. That's too much, man. Also, I think Jesse gets some perverse enjoyment out of the emotional carnage that happens in Paradise.

     

     

    Yeah, a couple weeks too long.    Like most seasons I'm half paying attention and may have missed something but seems like Victoria may hold the title for biggest 180 to villain ever on the show.  She seemed pretty normal from what I can recall and then shows up with a new dude and tattoo and just went to get a drink in Rome.  I hadn't heard anything about it and it was wild.

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