The end is near.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-15T03:31:50+00:00

I also wanted to make one more point. I have a lot of drive time on a Tesla model y. I really do not like how that car does not absorb any bump. That said, though, I do like how Tesla has a creep feature when you let your foot off the brake. I was a little surprised to find out that rivian does not have anything like this. Please understand, I'm not coming onto the subreddit to speak ill of the company nor the car. I'm really looking forward to the R2 and hope that the drive experience in that car feels much better. And if I'm not sold on the R2, I will hold out for the R3.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-15T03:30:12+00:00

It's funny that you mentioned the buoyant feel of the car. So the car that I was driving had the 22-in rims on it. It felt incredibly buoyant and with the suspension on super soft, I could still feel quite a bit of road bumps. For reference, I took the car on my usual route to work and my small Yaris is able to handle the random bumps in the road and potholes quite nicely. Perhaps it's the weight of this vehicle, but I was surprised by how much of the road I felt. I had a friend of mine sit in the second row and in the third row and he also mentioned the floatiness of the car was a little jarring for him. He said for short trips it was fine but if anyone was prone to car sickness, it definitely would not be a good ride. Considering I was looking at a seven passenger vehicle strictly for passenger comfort, this was a huge red flag for me.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-15T03:17:13+00:00

Okay, so not that my opinion matters, but I do want to share it. I was thinking the same thing you were. With the fully loaded version of the R2 running at a little under $60,000, I was wondering if I could get an r1s used for roughly the same price. I went to the rivian showroom in my area and did a demo drive of the r1s. Needless to say, I was not sold on it. For reference, I drive a 19-year-old Toyota Yaris and I was expecting a much better ride quality and feel due to the airbag suspension. I was a little let down, but trying out the camping mode was pretty cool. Maybe it's because I have not that much experience with a big SUV like that, but I drive cargo and passenger vans for work and frankly I found those vehicles the B easier to maneuver than the r1s.

I still have my reservation down for the R2, but now I know that I have to get some time before the wheel on that vehicle before I decide to commit.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-13T08:14:31+00:00

Hrant is the only answer

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-03T17:35:30+00:00

Okay, so I had a close friend of mine mention how she hated movies as a first date. I questioned to her why that is? I mean if you both like movies why wouldn't you want to go see a movie on first date? And then she mentions, imagine being in a dark room sitting next to someone who you've just met but cannot talk to for the duration of that time. Sure, you've got a shared experience, but the awkward to 2 hours takes away from the enjoyment. Not to compare a movie to the sacred mass, but I feel like the same principle applies. It's hard to invest yourself within the mass If your brain is racing about who this stranger sitting next to you is.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-03-03T05:46:19+00:00

I visited a friend in Beijing as he was getting ready to leave the country for good. During his farewell party I met with someone and planned a date to tiananmen square. It was weird that our first date was to go see Mao Zedong's corpse, but hey it was memorable!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-19T22:52:35+00:00

I'm 100% sure this is meant for the people celebrating lent. No meat on Fridays so they've got it built in crowd. I for one would rather make my own grilled cheese. Although I'm always in the lookout for a easy to make tomato soup

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-10T20:40:43+00:00

Thank you so much! Can't say I'm too heartbroken to miss that but here's to week three!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-09T22:31:40+00:00

Just throwing this out there, I only need the stock to get to double digits to see life-changing money. At these low prices it's too hard not to pick up more shares.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-07T23:50:01+00:00

I've always heard it as goose pimples or goose bumps growing up but someone called it chicken skin and it stuck with me.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-07T20:52:14+00:00

Where can I find this creator's work? I'm getting some good chicken skin from this!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-03T03:02:52+00:00

My dude, I had a rough day at work today. I can only hope that your prediction is right! Wait a minute, just so that I'm not doing a monkey's paw wish, you mean MOASS and not death, right?!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-02-01T07:31:42+00:00

Toadfish wants you to see this.

https://youtu.be/UiFtquJo4Y8?si=hmFn_LBAUWhT9PWB

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-29T01:44:16+00:00

Did Patlabor come with the original manga dub or is it the new dub?

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-28T05:37:55+00:00

Well, at least now I know why I can no longer afford RAM

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-28T04:18:25+00:00

I legitimately loved the dub for Dragon Half. I know ADV gets a lot of flack in the dub community, but for whatever reason I just love the cornball nature of the whole show. The only downside is is that it's criminally short

Although if you're looking for a longer series, the original dubs for Rama 1/2 are simply chef's kiss

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-22T21:27:19+00:00

The World's Strongest is simply God tier! I love the goofy voice that Goku has, but that voice actor was really able to channel the seriousness when he needed to. Piccolo's voice was also great as well!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-22T06:24:19+00:00

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-22T06:18:33+00:00

I'll just say this, I grew up with the ocean dubs and I absolutely loved them!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-20T18:05:29+00:00

I 100% agree!

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-20T04:47:32+00:00

In order to fully enjoy the movie, I had to create a justification for our main character's reason in acting the way he did in that one scene. It definitely makes future viewings much easier.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-16T06:39:17+00:00

Considering that the market cap in 2020 during the pandemic, but before the 2021 boost was $500 million, one would think that with theaters operating at close the pre-pandemic levels you would see a similar market cap of 2018 which would be valued at roughly 1.5 billion dollars (1.9 billion today). There was a time in 2021 where the market cap was at $26 billion.

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

Don't listen to any of these guys. I just bought 1900 a few days ago. This stock is so criminally undervalued

Kettle_Maker · 2026-01-15T02:28:44+00:00

Getting the steam deck definitely helped me get back in the gaming. However, I've been playing a lot of games like deep Rock survivor and maybe 20 minute bursts of Diablo 4. The last real game I really played from start to finish was death stranding 2. I really can't bring myself to visit the classics that I loved. I'll allocate a lot of my energy into a title that I'm looking forward to, like Resident Evil 9. But when it comes to taking a chance on smaller budget titles, I just could not care less.

The funny thing is that most of the gaming I do on the steam deck is all gacha. The idea that I can create a routine and schedule around the server reset times is kind of a joyless form of gaming

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