I’m not forced to drive a car either - but if I try to ride my bike someplace, I’m likely to get run over by someone else’s car, so…

There are dozens of us!

Yes, and hybrids have that advantage too, that’s the point I was trying to get across…

Some of us are Americans and have to live with these constraints…

You can’t fill your gas tank at home while you sleep…

Hybrids are more affordable than full electrics, and have some of the benefits… I have a Kia Sorento and its torque was enough to climb out of a pretty deep rut that would have required shifting into low4 on my dad’s 4x4… Plus it gets about 600 miles on a tank.

What if your wife already won’t have sex with you? Asking for a friend…

Equal opportunity for molestation…

Earth only really loses it if it reaches escape velocity, otherwise it’s still part of our gravity well… So basically, a handful of probes…

Actually you can.

Fully automatic weapons are never used to commit crimes.

I’m still salty over my elementary school, it was either 4th or 5th grade so would have been 1985 give or take a year. Total eclipse right in the middle of the school day. If they had cancelled school, I’d have been ok with that, but no, they cancelled recess and closed all the blinds and made us just sit there. Surprised they didn’t make us hide under our desks.

Edit

After digging into this a bit (because of course I can’t leave it alone) it probably wasn’t a total eclipse… Not like I would remember since I didn’t get to see it… But the only one that fits the time and region was May 30 1984, which was annular, and would have been 90-95% where I was…

As someone who drove across country for the last eclipse - Phoenix to bfe Oregon - it’s worth doing once in your life. Even in the middle of nowhere, there were enough people around that when the moment of totality came, there was a very audible collective gasp, it was pretty awesome.

Well, I was taught to, I just have a penchant for not doing what I’m told…

I’m almost 50 and I’ve always had a signature that looks like I just wrote my name like normal. I’ve had a few people try to tell me it’s not a “real” signature. WTFever, it’s mine, and if someone tries to fake it, you’ll still be able to tell the difference, isn’t that the whole point?

Is there a separate 12v battery, or are the 12v bits run from a dc-dc converter powered by the high voltage system?

Eh, I’ve seen plenty of internal trunk releases that are just an unmarked handle that pulls a cable…

Tesla vehicles are prone to sudden unintended acceleration.

Wait, has that ever been confirmed? I mean of course Tesla would deny it, but I’d be quicker to believe user error than a design flaw (but I wouldn’t rule it out either)

I feel the sarcasm dripping from this comment…

I’d just like to point out that the same is true of your house. Your average deadbolt and doorknob can be defeated by a cordless drill in less than 30 seconds and with very little noise. Don’t ask me how I know :D