Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Thomas Shey]

I had a Dodge Dakota from 2000 to 2008. I mounted a folding contractor's ramp on it within a week, so I could roll a motorcycle up into it more safely. By the end it was rusted and dented, had gone through an exhaust manifold, radiator core, and three sets of all-season tires (the factory ones were garbage, wouldn't hold air, and cracked at the bead within the first 2 years). I do miss the freedom of being able to dare Audi drivers, "Do you REALLY want to try forcing me out of my lane?"

When I was young and dumb, I owned an already somewhat aged Ford Maverick. I remember more than one yahoo in sports cars who found out the hard way that thing had a V8 and could cling to the road like a tick.

 

[Thomas Shey]

The brutalist car was mastered in the 70s, and it was called the Lada. The Tesla is a pale imitation of the bricklike original.

Just looked it up, and looks a lot like a lot of early econoboxes, honestly.

 

[trappedslider]

This definitely has, "In Mother Russia..." vibes.

In America you like the Brutalist style, In Soviet Russa, Brutalist style likes you!

 

[Richards]

Speaking of blocky vehicles, when I was a kid, I thought the Volkswagen Thing was the coolest car ever....

Johnathan

 

[MoonSong]

Sure, my favorite part of the Pumpkin Spice RPG contest is reading everyone's entries. But my second-favorite part is watching everyone pick their prizes after the voting is closed! Thanks everyone for putting up with my spammy pumpkin-spiced posts for the last month. I hope everyone had fun, and I hope more people participate next year.

I'd would have loved to participate, but I have no idea what could have I done. Part of it is that I have no idea what pumkin spice tastes like. Probably for the better as it would be more expensive to have any hypothetical prize to me than what it would actually cost. Importing stuff is a nightmare.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sometimes people will go with a perceived "expert," even to the point of discarding what they lik

Not to intentionally flatter you, but… Sometimes, it’s about the attractiveness of the salesperson. “Car show girls” exist for a reason.

In my own life, my paternal grandfather- peeved by my preferentially casual wardrobe- once took me shopping for dress shirts at Maison Blanche in NOLA. (I had dress shirts at home in D/FW, but was I going to say no? I’m not an idiot!*) He picked out several, including one in a pastel pink. I balked, “I don’t knoooow…”

At which person a very cute saleswoman came up and said that the pink looked good with my skin tone. She also suggested a pale peach one. “Well, OK, then!” Grandfather bought me everything he’d picked out, plus the 2 the saleswoman had liked.

Halfway back to his house, he said, “I noticed you didn’t listen to me, but you DID listen to her.”

BUSTED.


* not a complete one, anyway

 

[dbolack]

We call trucks like that "show ponies." They sure look pretty, but they've never been used for work and you can tell.

Pavement Princesses

 

[dbolack]

Have met Fiat?

Bertone joins the chat.

 

[overgeeked]

Want your world to feel real. It's simple. Just keep this one thing in mind…

“People who have power tend to abuse the people who don’t.” —Leonard Boyarsky

 

[Hussar]

Good grief. Just once I'd like to say something that is totally uncontroversial and pretty much generally accepted without having to spend pages explaining the point. Is that really too much to ask. I mean, seriously. You are going to challenge THAT statement?