@late.july a little weird to me that it's Springsteen, though. Not wholly unexpected, just from an unexpected corner of musicdom.

@taint_behavin But do you have the energy to seek out dark sheltered places during the day avoiding bright light and spend your nights wandering around, on the hunt, sniffing out dinner?

@jscalzi I just love that her instinct was to go swing on the guy. I feel like He's pretty lucky that security got to him first.

@deirdres The only thing I know of that reliably comes in 1:35 scale is armor - model tanks and stuff - which elevates this from 'kinda cool, kinda weird' to 'absolutely hilarious'. I found this kit on AMZ for $11, and I'm tempted to get 4 and make a diorama of, like, a SdKfz 251 half track painted in 1980's high gloss black and neon pink and blue as a retro party bus or something. The beer really sells it.

@kestral This, coupled with a video thumbnail I saw on YT just now that was "High School Musical Aged Like Milk" now has me thinking that singing in an awful French accent means...
"High School Musical Is Actually a Fine Roquefort"...

@late.july F1 specifically is (more than most forms of racing) very much a team sport, and what truly makes a good (F1) driver is the ability to *listen* and work together to get where you want to go (the front), but also the understanding that the team that "only" (but consistently) takes 4th place (not even on the podium!) with just 1 win is mathematically likely to be the Champion.

@lonseidman I don't actually have a huge issue with this - at least...relative to Google not being able to market their way out of a discarded kleenex lying in the gutter on a rainy day. Ever since the YouTube Red days, Google has split Premium subscription revenue with Creators at the same 55/45 split as Ad Revenue, and nobody realizes it. It's not "Watch without ads" it's "Patreon for EVERYONE you watch" - the RPM of AdRev is $3/1000 views, the RPM of Premium is around $22/1000 views.

@jscalzi That's the nice thing about threads blocking. Not only will YOU never see them again - none of US will, either.

@lonseidman Another route: On the product page → "Report incorrect product information" → "Other product details" and mention the bribe attempt there.
Keep the letter for evidence if Amazon follows up (they did one time, but not the other)