br3d

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[–] br3d 24 points 7 months ago (3 children)

People need to hire vehicles occasionally rather than buy more polluting vehicles against some rare edge case

[–] br3d 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If anyone finds themselves in this position, you should ignore everything else and just look at the ERTO size, which should be on the tyre itself. This is a standard way of measuring tyres and wheels, and is much better than the old ways

[–] br3d 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here's a really good analysis of how it's not true the Boomers have all the money - there are lots of very comfortable Millennials too. It's more complicated than people like to think

[–] br3d 5 points 7 months ago

Didn't want to walk more than the absolute minimum distance, I suspect. And/or didn't want their precious PCP baby out of their eyesight

[–] br3d 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It also feels like a way to funnel bribes to politicians in plain sight, by paying them massive sums to rant at a camera with barely anyone watching

[–] br3d 1 points 7 months ago
[–] br3d 3 points 7 months ago

m'=m-45. Fixed it for you

[–] br3d 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The main alternative would be state funding, proportional to vote share. The big question would be how one establishes a new party

[–] br3d 5 points 8 months ago

Loads of people - probably most people - didn't have Sky. When did shoveling cash at Murdoch become some sort of minimum entry level for society? Not having a TV would be vaguely interesting, but not having Sky means nothing

[–] br3d 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hark at Simeon Stylites here

[–] br3d 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks. I knew it was something like that. I bow to your superior knowledge on 80s sci fi comedies

[–] br3d 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

IIRC it was a character in the movie Spaceballs, and he got into trouble for using the name

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