The front latch is fine, but the rear one is a wire behind a piece of trim you have to remove (unless that has changed). The passengers in the rear would have to know where it was and how to use it. In an emergency, the likelihood of being able to do that is pretty low.

Oh, agree. Sorry, was just using one of the older boxy cars exaggeration.

A bit weird that they felt the need to plug the ugliest vehicle ever created

I think it is just that this the only boxy car in the public limelight. Calling it akin to a Scion xB probably would not have resonated with most folks.

We had a Tesla (Model S we bought used for cheap) before Elon went off the rails, and can confirm every bit of that info. Service was a nightmare. My partner had to tell the technician about an active seatbelt recall at one point. We once got an overdue parking ticket in the mail because the shop would just park on the street and not pay. Honestly other than that, the car was fantastic, but little did we know we just won the Tesla lottery and did not get a car with massive problems. After Elon started Elonning, my partner got sideswiped and that totaled the car. Miss the car, but do not miss explaining that we did not agree with anything Elon was doing or saying.

I think the model Y did as well.

Ah, got it. Could also be my migraine making me not fully get things.

I’m all for mass transit, but there are some jobs that require cars. My partner does home health, for example. She often has to take a lot of bulky durable medical equipment (DME) to a person’s home. Even if mass transit existed in all of her territory, transporting DME on it would be prohibative, especially when there are often multiple people that need different pieces of equipment.

Yeah, that is someone that does not know how to make guac if it browns that fast

It can’t anymore. Project 2025 will happen, and the guardrails have been removed. Welcome to totalitarianism

Ballotopedia has past years, but I haven’t seen any info for this year yet.

https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout_in_the_2024_general_election

I’ve heard rumors of low turnout, but I suspect it is around 60% based on previous years.

Edit: WaPo says 65% this year. Can’t find anyone else reporting on it.

I don’t understand how 51% of Americans can think the “grab-her-by-the-pussy” con artist is the best choice for president.

They don’t, but due to a combination of voter disenfranchisement and apathy, voter turnout is usually around 50%-60% max. 2020 was a very large turnout at 66.8%. So 51% of 60% think he is. Still too many, but if we had a way to get every eligible voter a ballot, it would likely be different

Sadly, no ranked choice here, so Kamala Harris on my official ballot. If I had ranked choice it would be:

1. Claudia de la Cruz

2. Cornell West

3. Kamala Harris

Sure, and there are plenty things to make fun of him for that don’t hurt other people. For example being a fucking creep or being a constant loser.

Ah yes, I am coddling Trump by saying this type of insult does nothing to him and only causes splash damage to others. Don’t mind all the things that you can validly criticize him for, like being a wannnabe nazi dictator, project 2025, his xenophobia, racism, or transphobia. Make fun of him for that stuff, not something that perpetuates shitty behavior

Toxic masculinity is bad when targetted at non-men, or non-masc-conforming men anyone.

FTFY

Who said I am bent out of shape? I am a bit annoyed, and pretty disappointed, but not angry. And yeah, you might succeed at making someone mad by making fun of their penis, but that isn’t productive, and does not make them rethink their own toxicity. All it does is tell them that this particular type of joke is OK since both sides are using it. So it can’t do any good, but can do harm.

AFAIK it’ll send a notification, but I would be incredibly surprised if Trump looked at any notifications from small accounts. But, even in the off chance he does see, I highly doubt he would think anything about it. He is not someone to listen to anyone

Ah yes, the invasion of Germany is the same as a small dick joke.

The issue is not that they are punching at trump, the issue is that punch hits other people that are not trump, and trump will give zero shits about it.

OK, so let’s say Trump sees this. How do you think it will effect him? Do you think he’ll be like “Oh shit, someone made fun of my penis, better stop being a Nazi.” It’s pointless and does nothing to even make him feel bad. You think Trump cares what anyone besides himself thinks? All you have accomplished is perpetuating toxic masculinity as a valid form of criticism.

Toxicity does nothing to them though. It only normalizes their behavior.