I feel in the minority on this. It felt like watching someone else play a video game as a plot.

The ideas were OK, but the slapstick seemed crazy childish to me. I just did not get into it at any point.

Like I didn’t think it was just ok, I was pretty actively turned off by it.

Could be just not in my style, but it was the first time I’ve watched something and completely misunderstood the hype. I can listen to music or watch movies & tv shows and not be that into it but understand it. Succession was that way. Wasn’t for me, but could see the appeal.

Hundreds of Beavers was just awful for me personally.

I think it was peak buyers remorse. People wanted electric but didn’t fully know the downsides. For example, our Bolt had a battery that said like 230 miles. I’m in the Midwest… Cold highway driving makes that like 140 or so, no joke. It’s just not a road trip car.

We knew that going in, so it’s a great second car. But I think some people realized that no road trip ability plus hour long charging stops were just not going to cut it.

Legit in the dead of winter it was like 60/40 driving vs charging time. Charging for an hour got you like 90 minutes of driving.

I got a 2021 Chevy Bolt. Insanely cheap, has worked great. We have the highest trim model, but you can get lower ones with less features.

In the peak of used car nonsense post covid, we traded a 2012 Nissan Sentra (no trim level) with 80k miles for the 2021 Bolt with less than 3k miles. After tax incentives, I think the difference was $2,500. It didn’t make sense at the time and still doesn’t. But people were really afraid of electric cars then.

I agree with your larger point, but I think the super bowl comparison is poor. Popularity has changed so ticket prices will have gone up. The first Super Bowl is not what it is today. The luxury car example was a much better like-for-like comparison.

I mean I’m with you but don’t say a full 10 seconds. That’s easily contradicted by the video. You’re right on all the other points, but exaggerating the time like that really harms the point you are making.

I bought a used one for $350 off FB Marketplace a month ago, and I’m glad I did. I figured all of this would hit GPUs as well, so I rushed to get a good deal on one.

It’s been beautiful.

Who gives a fuck. If someone rejects the premise that good for people isn’t good policy, fuck em. I’m tired of pretending their opinion matters.

I don’t think we need to have an either or mentality. We need to break out of the idea that things need a perfect, direct ROI. That just reinforces financial overlords to do layoffs and to favor capital and the rich.

$700M in free busses could open up a world of happier people, access to better jobs and better Healthcare through better access.

There is more to ROI than direct financial returns, and we have to get out of the language of the venture capitalist. You say that it is “just generally improving the quality of a society”. That IS a return on investment. And it’s more important in my mind than a financial gain. We need to start treating happiness like it’s something worth pursuing. We say money can’t buy happiness, but then base all our decision making on money like it’s the key to everything.

Where the hell are you getting $75 urgent care visits? And $20 doctor visits? I have a high deductible plan and these are like $150 for a doctor and $250 for urgent care.

My wife had a cyst drained and it cost us over $1,000 between 3 visits and them draining it once. Draining it was $600.

Oh 100% on that. Part of that Billings Ovulation Method is that you need open communication and the practice takes both people.

I understand that it’s not practical for all couples or situations, but it’s an option for some that isn’t talked about much.