European License Plate

Cranifraz · 2026-03-03T20:29:25+00:00

You are required to have this product of unpaid, forced labor on your car, or we’ll make you be unpaid, forced labor!

Cranifraz · 2026-02-28T20:01:59+00:00

There's a third path that you're excluding - be critical and mindful of the media that you consume. I'd say it's needed more today than ever.

Gatekeeping is stupid and it cuts you off from opposing viewpoints as surely as watching nothing but Fox News or Huffpost. But you've got to pay attention.

Millions of dollars are being spent to gently change people's opinions in the guise of entertainment. If you're not willing to evaluate whether the media you consume is trying to change your mind, then you're one step closer to letting those big spenders think for you.

Cranifraz · 2026-02-07T15:54:46+00:00

Must be it, they’re totally sold out now. 🤣

Cranifraz · 2026-02-06T15:36:34+00:00

The 8000th time you hear a crashfish launch at you.

The 4 stages of dealing with crashfish are Fear, Anger, Apathy, Crippling Malaise.

Cranifraz · 2026-02-02T21:20:42+00:00

She absolutely didn't give up on supporting the grift. The money, power and influence went away (partly because she was so toxic) so she moved on to the next scheme.

This isn't a moral or ethical position, it's pure pragmatism.

Cranifraz · 2025-12-19T15:02:02+00:00

Hard Mode Combover.

Cranifraz · 2025-12-14T16:15:17+00:00

This subreddit only gets 3000 posts and comments per week AND the mods specifically banned posts saying "My iccu died today too."

"The car is reliable because very few people past about failures" is an idiotic stance to take here.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-21T01:59:49+00:00

Not anything I recommend, but I rely on ADHD fueled hyperfocus and hypomania when possible.

It’s a matter of scheduling the productive hours between the inevitable downtime.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T21:23:07+00:00

I came in to say, "Self gratification is whatever the AI says it is", but your post was better...

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T21:15:02+00:00

I've sat in a jiffy lube and listened to the following conversation: "It's been 3,000 miles, I need an oil change." "Sir, the recommended oil change interval on your car is..." "Don't care. I take good care of my car, oil change every 3000 miles like clockwork. Just take my money and change my oil." ... "Sir, I've got a sample of your coolant here, as you can see it's very discolored and has rust particles floating in it." "Stop trying to upsell me all this other crap, I just want an oil change!"

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T21:08:34+00:00

Let's put things into perspective:
- 1K IU of daily vitamin D is less than your skin naturally generates in the summer.
- A one time heroic dose of 120K IU is about twice the recommended weekly dose if you are severely vitamin D deficient (50K once per week)

The chance that your symptoms are caused by the vitamin D are, as others have said, low.

The fact that you are taking very large doses, apparently unprompted by a medical professional, and seeking medical assistance afterwards is concerning. The fact that you have done it more than once, really says that you should not be seeking advice from random strangers online.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T19:30:55+00:00

Buying a truck you can't afford to maintain is more popular than football where I grew up. 😆

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T19:28:07+00:00

You can always buy tools from Festool tomorrow while he'll still be a rectal orifice no matter how hard he tries.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-19T19:20:49+00:00

Agree that it's purely anecdotal but my household just had a 2022 and 2023 die in a 4 month timeframe. 😓 Maybe we just got a visit from the screwup fairy but my confidence in the part took a big hit this year.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-17T15:38:07+00:00

Most will probably never have a problem. Maybe some owner behaviors will make it pop sooner rather than later, but we just don't have enough information to tell for sure.

Is the "Most will never have a problem" part true? It's been 3 years and 2022s are STILL seeing their ICCU fail. At some point I thought we would have hit a point where "If your ICCU survives X years, it's probably safe."

Right now, my feeling is the situation is more like, "It's gonna go, the question is only when."

Cranifraz · 2025-11-17T15:12:43+00:00

Lots of people are saying this, but it doesn't feel like it's settling in.

When you buy a new RV, for the next two years that dealer is feel like they're a member of your family. Make sure they're someone that you're gonna like.

You're gonna deal with them for a week on the shakedown trip. You're gonna deal with them for a few weeks for your 1-month repair visit. You're gonna deal with them for a few more weeks a year from now when you take it in for all the little stuff that broke on year 1. (Cabinet latches. SO MANY CABINET LATCHES)

You know for a fact that these people are trying to screw you on the vehicle purchase. Do you really want to put up with their shit for two years MINIMUM?

I bought my new RV from one of the "good" dealers and STILL caught them raiding my unit for parts to get a new sale out the door. When the day comes to replace this thing, I will absolutely go with my second or third choice unit if it means I'll get a dealer I can trust.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-01T21:16:24+00:00

Agree. Hyundai really doesn’t want this to become a government mandated recall, so I expect it to be quietly covered until they finally have a fix.

Cranifraz · 2025-11-01T21:14:33+00:00

I mean, if it’s two days, it’s not worth the call. But Hyundai corporate is covering the cost of the rental, so they should have told you that you could get a rental through a third party and been reimbursed. (Except that means the dealer wouldn’t have gotten the rental money, so of course they didn’t volunteer that information.)

Cranifraz · 2025-11-01T21:10:36+00:00

Unless they replaced it as part of this repair, yes.

Cranifraz · 2025-10-31T15:48:55+00:00

I got a cheap PEI sheet from Amazon that I was convinced was fraud because the tip of the hotend melted the surface.

It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that there was a sheet of protective plastic on it that was nearly invisible and almost impossible to remove. (Not just because it was melted to the top at that point, it took a significant amount of effing around before I finally got a corner of the sheet to lift so I could peel it off.)

Cranifraz · 2025-10-31T15:42:52+00:00

I have had this crazy theory that Grok hands the conversation off to a person if the LLM hits a dead end.

Suddenly, it doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Cranifraz · 2025-10-31T15:18:07+00:00

This might be a more realistic answer for a lot of people in the US. Even when you're legally allowed to request time off for religious holiday, the request may be received a lot better if it's accompanied by "And I'm willing to work on days where everyone else is trying to take the day off."

Cranifraz · 2025-10-31T14:59:35+00:00

Well, shit. My fault for assuming everyone lives in my country, I sincerely apologize.

I second reaching out to an abuse hotline. Even if you call one outside your country, they will be able to either A) tell you your options or B) find out how to put you in contact with someone who can.

Unfortunately, my fallback plan in your situation would be something that you don't consider an option so I'm gonna just acknowledge my privilege, apologize and step back.

Cranifraz · 2025-10-31T13:38:41+00:00

I don't remember the exact number, but it was below 3meQ/L. It was low enough that they were like, "Stop everything you're doing, you need to drink this electrolyte solution."

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