Are there any reasonably-priced cool cars anymore? If your current car died tomorrow, what would you buy?
https://lemmy.world/post/5730696
Are there any reasonably-priced cool cars anymore? If your current car died tomorrow, what would you buy? - Lemmy.world
I’m starting to get the new car itch, and I’m looking around there is just about
nothing out there that interests me that is at a price I’d be willing to pay.
I’ve never really been in this situation before. I’ve always loved to look at
what new cars are out and even think about what I’d buy if something happened to
my daily driver, but man is the selection out there bleak as hell. New or
slightly used. Here is my short list, but even the cars on the list all have at
least one (and most have 2 or 3) thing I’ve not crazy about. New Mustang. Never
been a Mustang-guy before but I saw the new one in person and I liked it more
than I thought I would.
New or slightly used Camaro. Like the Mustang, it’s more impractical that I
really want, but still tempted.
WRX. I still haven’t forgiven Subaru for phoning-it-in with this redesign. I’m
actually hoping a mid-cycle refresh solves this issue. Genesis G70. I really
want to like this car.
Kia Stinger. The lack of a manual is really the biggest issue - love the hatch
design. There’s just something about this car that feels cheap. Which is weird
because in higher trims, it really isn’t a cheap car.
CT5-V. No not the Blackwing. I wish. I’d definitely onky be looking at used
ones. I feel it is underrated car. It’s got probably the best proportions of any
regularly priced car on sale today. That long hood, short deck proportions is
phenomenal. Chevy Trax. The new one. This one is a total left field pick, but
I’m totally digging the super low price and small, but not too small, size. A
neighbor has one ans it’s lower than most other crossovers so the wagon-ness of
it really appeals to me.
Nizzan Z. Like the Camaro and Mustang, this is very impractical but the
old-school nature of it (manual, RWD) is incredibly appealing. What’s your short
list of cars?
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss
https://lemmy.world/post/5724122
Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss - Lemmy.world
Important quotes from the article: > Gen Z workers are already getting flak from
businesses for lacking the basic skills needed to navigate the working world >
youngest generation to enter the workforce doesn’t have the skills to debate,
disagree, or work alongside people with different opinions.
There are so few things posted to this sub, but if there is actually anyone around, if you need a good laugh, go read what that buffoon Elon is demanding the parts to his cybertruck are held to.
Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy” Cybertruck Parts
https://lemmy.world/post/3895697
Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy” Cybertruck Parts - Lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]
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[https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/384191] > Tesla is facing issues
with the bare metal construction of the Cybertruck, which Elon Musk warned was
as tricky to do as making Lego bricks
Android News App that isnt hot garbage?
https://lemmy.world/post/3410781
Android News App that isnt hot garbage? - Lemmy.world
Using the Samsung News app on my tablet now and it’s one endless clickbait
article after another. Plus they inject ads onto the page too.
I know it might not be the apps fault if the source of the news is shit, but
there doesn’t seem to be a great way of culling all the terrible sources. I can
remove them individually but wondering if there is a better option. Something
that takes advantage of the larger screen that a tablet has over a phone would
be especially welcome.
Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you want to eliminate the influence of religion, you need to give people an alternative to their local church.
https://lemmy.world/post/2992278
Not sure who needs to hear this, but if you want to eliminate the influence of religion, you need to give people an alternative to their local church. - Lemmy.world
We can attack religion all day long and not get anywhere with the general
public. Here’s why: Your local church is entrenched in everyone’s community. And
it can be a church or mosque or temple. It doesn’t matter. It is the center of
the community in a whole hell of a lot of places.
The older I get the more I see this from family, friends and neighbors. None of
them are hardcore religious fanatics, but these “regular” people are the ones
who give religious institutions their power. Yeah, the really hard core
religious people are the ones who get the headlines, but average parishioners
who give their weekly donation and go to church a couple of times a month are
the ones who fill the coffers of the various churches around the country and
around the world.
Why do these people go? Again, most average people aren’t hard core religious
fanatics. They aren’t trying to follow every last word of the Bible. But they
also aren’t trying to push those ideas on peoples throat either. They aren’t the
“bad” kind of religious people. But they go to church because ultimately life is
hard. And boring. And lonely. And average people just feel the need to have a
sense of community. It doesn’t matter where that place is, but people are social
animals and need a certain level of human interaction once in a while. A
community church gives them that. It gives them a place to get married. And to
hold funerals in. There might be a local strawberry festival at the church where
they see their aunt Mary or at service every few weeks where they see that cute
girl they have been trying to build up the nerve to talk to. People don’t have a
ton of those opportunities elsewhere. They really don’t. Once you are out of
college, the number of friends you have drops dramatically and the opportunities
to make new ones drops even more. You aren’t typically going to be going out to
the bars every week past your 30s and asking someone out at a grocery story is
creepy. Worse yet is trying to make friends or find partners at work. Your
ability to actually socialize is incredibly limited after a certain age and
church is a very easy way to do that. But it isn’t just a way to socialize. When
a flood hits or there’s a fire or some other disaster, a church is an easy
location to organize these things. Some places use it as a voting location. It
is an easy way for the church to embed itself into the community. So why am I
saying all these things? Because if atheists really want to rid the world of
religion, it has to give people an alternative to the local church. Atheist
groups should hold festivals. You don’t need to push the atheist-angle, but give
people something to do and somewhere to go. If some building collapses and
people are out of a house, try to organize shelter for them. Hold gathering
celebrations for your town’s centennial or something along those lines. Make it
a regular event that gives folks a sense of community that isn’t tied to a
religious event. I realize that very few people (if anyone) will actually read
this, but as someone who has despised religion for a long, long time I see the
uphill battle that atheists fight and unfortunately we fight the wrong people.
The older I get, I realize that fighting the hard core religious fanatics is a
waste of time. Giving the average people an alternative to going to church is
the single best way to attack religion. No one event, no matter how heinous
(i.e. priests and kids) will kill off a church, but a slow decline in attendance
over the years will.
have uou ever had a good experience with a tow truck driver?
https://lemmy.world/post/2897854
have uou ever had a good experience with a tow truck driver? - Lemmy.world
I’m just curious what people’s experiences have been. I know I have my opinions
based on my experiences. Curious to hear from others.
where did the downvote button go?
https://lemmy.world/post/2419235
where did the downvote button go? - Lemmy.world
Just noticed yesterday that I can’t downvote anything. Is that an issue with the
app or Lemmy itself?
Any suggestions on reviving an old ASUS laptop that shows zero signs of life.
https://lemmy.world/post/1556359
Any suggestions on reviving an old ASUS laptop that shows zero signs of life. - Lemmy.world
Plug it in, no lights. Hit the power button, nothing. Hold it down (saw some
suggestion to hold it down for like 40 seconds), still nothing. I haven’t tried
opening it up yet. I don’t even care if the battery is toast, I’m fine with it
being tied to a wall adapter.
It’s probably about 8 years old, so obviously it is slow by modern standards,
but at the time it was fairly high-end, so it might serve my purposes as a
secondary machine.
Are there really so few car enthusiasts on this site? This sub seems to have such little traffic. What gives?
https://lemmy.world/post/1478879
Are there really so few car enthusiasts on this site? This sub seems to have such little traffic. What gives? - Lemmy.world
Coming from Reddit, there were multiple car-related subs and they all saw some
fairly heavy traffic with lots of posts and comments. Heck, even some of the
model-specific ones seem to get more interaction than this sub does. What’s the
deal?
