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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • (Obligatory “car culture is cancer, build public transit, etc”)

    My white whale is a 1986 Mustang GT, manual transmission. Had a chance to buy one for absolute peanuts in 2018 (at least, compared to their price now!). Was completely stock too, no mods. But the mechanic I hired to inspect it warned me off it because of its age…

    1986 is the only year that came with fuel injection but still has the old “four-eye” styling. Realistically, that car was probably not right for me at the time, but man - it will forever be my one that got away


  • So recently, McDonald’s came out with their “Minecraft Movie” meals - kinda like a happy meal, but it came with a whole-ass Big Mac. I find this so funny because essentially, they’re admitting that they’ve shrinkflation’d their food so badly that their flagship burger is now so small, it’s suitable for kids who are young enough to want the Minecraft theme and toys!!







  • Maybe this is more an issue with my regional news… but my issue is generally not the idiots - it’s when the news does a story where they interview some well-meaning but not media trained person (like a progressive activist at a protest), but then for “balance”, they bring in the fucking CEO of Orphan Crushing Inc. to eloquently say why having morals is evil and why the oppressors are actually the victims here. And then give him 90% of the screen time because he’s the “expert”