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When it comes to cars, my man card was never instated!
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Fair enough. 
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My 16 year old is learning to drive, and we got to talking about what kind of car he'd like to drive, his response? "Anything, as long as it's not a Prius!", apparently it's not cool amongst the younguns, who knew?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Prius is not cool with most of the planet. People who take fossil fuel reduction to the extremes, get a Prius. To each their own.
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Can't say I think about car coolness very often, mostly it's does it hold my family, fishing gear, and is the stereo loud enough. Carbon footprint be damned.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Slacker007 wrote: People who take fossil fuel reduction to the extremes, get a Prius
I'm selfish. Top of the priority list is reducing my cost at the pump. Secondarily is the environment. But somewhere in the middle is also reducing my dependence on, ahem, "foreign" oil.
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You mean, like from Europe?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Get him a hybrid Camry or Accord then. Other than small badges they look like normal cars; but they come within a few percent of matching the Prius's fuel economy (better areo from the silly looking back end helps the latter). My '17 Accord puts out ~210hp and drives just like a normal car; I just don't have to buy as much gas. 
For my driving and current gas prices I'm still falling a hair short of break even on car payment+gas spending; but should break even on that measure within a year or two of payoff. I'm probably actually ahead though in that electric breaking doesn't wear out pads/rotors cutting my future maintenance bills.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Nah, very naff more like. The favourite car of virtue signalising celebs, who in their spare time take first class flights around the world.
Teslas are pretty cool, they actually go like stink, of course pretty pointless if your commute is slow, but cool, now that would have to be a: https://www.classic-british-motorcycles.com/images/Rat3-brn-L3.jpg[^] 
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And what are the environmental and resource costs of all the batteries used in these cars?
(Including disposal, when the time comes)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Damn awful!
Electric cars are a joke.
If you want a renewal fuel that is almost a direct replacement for petrol it is alcohol. GM plankton that produce high levels of sugar, yeast, and a still.
We could produce trillions of liters of in in big factories in Spain, built on useless dry ground, soaking up massive amounts of sunlight.
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Some people are afraid to pick up the phone and call people, especially strangers.
I get that, it's difficult to introduce yourself and state the reason for calling.
Perhaps you're not even sure if you have the right person and you could make a fool out of yourself.
In my experience, hanging up the phone is a lot more awkward though.
"I'll create a ticket and a coworker will get back to you."
"Alright, thanks."
"Thank you."
"Thanks, have a nice day."
"Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"No, all is fine, thanks." (I thought that was clear...)
"Alright, thank you and have a nice day."
"Thanks, you have a nice day too." (I already said that)
"Thanks, bye." (how many more "thanks" are we going to exchange?)
"Thanks, see you later." (wait, I'll never actually see this person)
"Bye."
*grunting noises until someone hangs up*
Still, it beats emailing someone and waiting for days until you get an answer (if ever).
Luckily I don't have any problems with actually picking up the phone and calling people 
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That makes me think of the movie Telefon (1977) - IMDb[^]
where sleeper agents were activated by a phone call with the lines:
Quote: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I can sleep
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I'm not sure I've seen it, but it does ring a bell.
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Sander Rossel wrote: it does ring a bell.
Are you sure that's not your phone...?
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Quote: He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Haha, agent Griff activated 
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if you didn't have a nice day, call back to raise another ticket??
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"Have a nice day."
"You can't tell me what to do."
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Just ask them if they want to go out on a date. They'll hang up fast enough. 
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A coworker did that with a recruiter once.
I sort of dared him and he actually did it
She never called back again
Shame too, she looked good (on her LinkedIn picture) 
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Shame the American system doesn't catch on elsewhere, where you simply hang up without saying anything or acknowledging it's the end of the call.
PS I get all of my knowledge of American culture from movies
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I actually once had a customer who did that.
Didn't say hi or bye, just stated his business and if he didn't like your answer he just hung up 
An actual phone call:
"Hi, this is [coworker] from [company]."
"Is [another coworker] there?"
"He is out at the moment, but maybe I ca..."
The client already hung up.
We only knew who he was because of number recognition
That was his regular way of phone conversations.
I've heard he's actually a pretty nice person from people who know him in person.
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That looks like a very British conversation
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Very Dutch though
Brits are worse.
"Hi, this is [name]."
"Hi [name], this is Sander."
"Hi Sander, how are you?" (not interested, just "polite")
"I'm good thanks, how are you?"
"What can I do for you, Sander?" (completely ignores my response, so much for being polite)
"I was actually hoping you could tell me about..." (whatever, I hope you choke on your fake-ass politeness a**hole)
OK, that last part isn't completely true, I just roll with it and know it's just a British formality
It's fun how different cultures work though
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