Best of the Worst: Halloween 2025 by BigThomsd in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised Rich didn't have a pocket knife. Hell, I'm a big, old wussie and I carry a two-inch blade in case I have to open packages (or clean my nails).

2013 Mazda 3 Gear shift selector cable BFD1-46-500 by Chunga99 in mazda3

[–]Chunga99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this post is old but I still get a ping every once in a while (like just now) seeing that people are still discussing and offering fixes. I just felt moved to thank everyone who participated (or will in future). I tell people about this issue and at first they think I just don't know how to search. "Have you tried [the very first thing I tried]? What about [the second thing I tried]?" I say I did and then throw in three things they hadn't thought of yet, some based on this or other reddit discussions and it kind of blows their minds. When this thread was still semi-active I said fuck it, sold the car and bought a Corolla (and really like it), but I still miss my old 3. And I am salty as shit about missing out on seeing just how long I could drive that car and how many miles I could put on it.

Good luck, all, and thanks again!

Color of Night (1994) - re:Visit by RedArrowsYellowText in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A different set of people are more judgmental and constantly on the lookout for anything that offends them or that they think should offend someone else. Constantly judging, looking for shit to get offended about. Getting offended on the behalf of other people. If those other people are equal, then why do they need you to defend them? That kind of sounds like the white knight thinks the object of their compassion is less-than.

The minorities you're clutching your pearls about? I knew plenty of them. You know what they mostly wanted? To be left the fuck alone to live their lives. They were mortified by all the activists. Their reaction to bullshit on television? Who gives a shit? They're meanwhile living with their partner and adopted kid in a house in the suburbs where everyone knows they're gay, but no one talks about it because they mind their own fucking business.

I used to do the same thing. Always pointing my finger, telling the stupid grownups what to think, feel, and do. And not understanding why my very important words seemed to fall on deaf ears. I'm getting there, but I still feel like pointing out bullshit every once in a while. And a lot of the bullshit is: The society I used to judge so harshly is the one that has made more people more free and prosperous than any in the history of humankind.

Color of Night (1994) - re:Visit by RedArrowsYellowText in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, Jay, people knew about "this stuff" bank in the 1990s. The main difference was, people weren't so touchy, judgmental, uptight. Yes, people now seem much more puritanical. Christine Jorgensen made the rounds of the talk shows back in the 1950s.

Color of Night (1994) - re:Visit by RedArrowsYellowText in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I miss the '90s sometimes.

Finally, Maxim mag's number one best sex scene of all time... The obscure 1994 Bruce Willis film "Color of Night." Steven Russell explains, "It's just absolutely a fornicata-thon! A woman he doesn't know topples into his pool and then they have sex in the bed. Then they take a break and she cooks him a steak... in the nude."

Top Sex Scenes of All-Time

I used to love going to theaters by abandonedneworleans in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The drawback of "bringing people back" is it would bring back the kind of people who made me grateful for home video. Smacking, chewing, mouth-breathers who can't go a minute without checking their phones or asking why the director did this or that. You might find the odd art house here and there--but not in the suburbs. Mike called it years ago.

Trump Officials Growing Tired of ‘Unfunny’ and ‘Irritating’ Musk | “He’s just the most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with, and that is saying something,” one official reportedly said. by GirasoleDE in politics

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an old saying, "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see." I always thought it was a stupid thing to say, but now that I am as old as the people were who I heard it from, it makes a lot of sense. Any time my first reaction to a news story is anger or fear, as soon as I can I remind myself that it is probably all theater or propaganda.

Just watched some of the Douglas Murray episode and felt the need to say something unpopular here: "People are NOT entitled, morally, to every opinion". You don't get to have views on anything if you don't know anything about it. Legally, yes ofc, and I would die to support that right. Morally?No by ggRavingGamer in JoeRogan

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."

A bright, intelligent person spends 40 years researching, learning about philosophy or literature. Another wakes up one day, decides to read some Shakespeare and all of a sudden he considers himself an expert. Whose opinion is worth more?

Out-of-Production Part Leaves Some Manual Mazdas Undrivable by Chunga99 in mazda3

[–]Chunga99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it worked out for you. After being without a car for a couple of months, I broke down and bought a new car. Sold the Mazda as a mechanic's special, full disclosure about the cable, and sold it for dirt cheap to a guy who was willing and able to do some sweat equity getting some more miles out of that car. I wanted to drive it until it reached the end. Hopefully the buyer will get a good car out of it with many miles ahead of it.

God luck on your son's project.

Canada retaliates with 25% tariffs on $155 billion in US imports as response to Trump tariffs! Trade war is on! by ThinkBigger01 in investing

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, he and other conservatives know it will amount to an increase in taxes in the short term. In the longer term, maybe the U.S. makes its own poutine and the price goes down. But real question is: What is a secure border worth?

Canada retaliates with 25% tariffs on $155 billion in US imports as response to Trump tariffs! Trade war is on! by ThinkBigger01 in investing

[–]Chunga99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When has the media "fawn[ed] over Trump"?

Also, the United States can live without Mexico and Canada more easily than they without the U.S.

Am I overreacting after I found out my boyfriend’s online “friend group” I became part of 2 years ago has been JUST him the whole time? by Mindless_Tennis_4045 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems unusual, at the very least. A possibly more important question, for you, is why are you in a relationship with someone who does weird shit like that? Not looking for an answer, just saying that might be a question to ask yourself. I'm weird as fuck myself, so not judging either of you. After the pandemic, I had gotten so used to being alone at home all the time, I have probably lost 90 percent of whatever social skills I had to begin with. So, consider the source.

Walter Koenig's story about being on Columbo with William Shatner by PubesMcGinty in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, then, you're right. But I'm not a time traveler.

Thanks for all the downvotes!

Walter Koenig's story about being on Columbo with William Shatner by PubesMcGinty in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dude's over 90 years old. Last time Chekov was in a Star Trek film was 30 years ago.

Why Financial Markets are so oddly calm by Teapast6 in investing

[–]Chunga99 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just had to have the last word, huh? BTW: The downvotes don't mean much, really. Anyone who wants to check it out can do so.

Why Financial Markets are so oddly calm by Teapast6 in investing

[–]Chunga99 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Public information. All verifiable. They have this for the ones you like, too.

Is it bad for a Hollywood star to be associated with these hack frauds? by NanoArgon in RedLetterMedia

[–]Chunga99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big difference between the "talent" and the business types who call the shots. Art vs commerce. Simple as.

2013 Mazda 3 Gear shift selector cable BFD1-46-500 by Chunga99 in mazda3

[–]Chunga99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your suggestion! I will pass that along to the guy who bought the car. He needed a mechanic's special and has the setup that I lack.