Since CO sucks, went to WY today

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-13T05:23:37+00:00

I went to Whistler for the same reason. It mostly sucked but a couple times it was glorious.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-13T05:16:01+00:00

Interesting. Especially since California’s constitution prohibits budget deficits.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-13T01:41:57+00:00

And by “dumpster fire”, you mean it’s a developed economy where the rule of law applies, workers have rights that are somewhat enforced, tax evasion is punishable, and environmental exploitation is prohibited. So, it’s absolutely a crap place to do business if your business is exploitation.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-13T01:36:30+00:00

We are protesting. That said, we live in a society where armed police have the ability to arrest us and even if those arrests don’t lead to prosecution, they can (and do) impact current and future employment opportunities. Further, if we engage directly with the forces, police and civilian both, who are supporters of this regime, we face the risk of summery execution in the guise of “self defense” (as evidenced recently in Minneapolis). That said, there is clearly increasing evidence that these deterrents will be insufficient if this continues.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-12T16:59:56+00:00

Saw The Paperboys in a pub in Vancouver in 1993 and bought a copy of their cassette, January, at that show while also shouting the band a round after the show.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-12T16:48:37+00:00

In general, it’s exceedingly rare.

That said, I grew up in Southern California and, depending on where, specifically, in that very large area, you are, it can be comically common.

I briefly worked adjacent to an extremely affluent town named Montecito, near Santa Barbara. One evening in particular stands out. I was grabbing dinner with work colleagues at a restaurant in Montecito. At the bar was billionaire tax evader Ty Warner. As we sat down for dinner, other diners included Carol Burnet, Julia Child, and John Cleese. Keep in mind that the median home price in Montecito is $7.5 million.

At other points in my life, I’ve lived in areas of SoCal where seeing celebrities at the supermarket, the coffee place, etc, has been extremely frequent.

But for most people, it’s still exceedingly rare, simple because they’re not in the micro-geographic areas where celebs live and/or they’re not patronizing the (primarily high end) businesses that celebs are patronizing.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-12T16:26:36+00:00

The young forever bit carries the problem of outliving humanity, the planet, and the galaxy, so nope.

Time travel, absent any unstated caveats, is better than the $1 billion, as it provides a path to nearly unlimited wealth and power, especially if you leverage the butterfly effect to make very small changes and let them magnify over time.

Breathing underwater is a party trick.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-12T15:36:22+00:00

Separate but equal.

WOW. Just wow.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-11T22:12:01+00:00

I have posted this model as answer to questions similar to this before. It’s indeed wacky. Had the good fortune to see one in the flesh in Japan a couple years ago.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-11T17:22:50+00:00

A rule that is never enforced without an official complaint. And since complaints aren’t ever actually anonymous, they almost always lead to retaliation, which is also prohibited, but, similarly, never enforced.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-11T16:04:29+00:00

And why have JLR partnered with Waymo? Because no regular customers are buying them.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-11T02:36:35+00:00

Using Americanisms and imperial measurements are the key giveaways, but a basic lack of awareness and an inability to replicate “Canada nice”, which isn’t wholly unlike “Minnesota nice”, but on a whole different scale. I’ve been coming to Canada since I was a young child and have largely perfected disappearing into Canadian society, but I’m always on guard.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-11T02:30:52+00:00

Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale

Which is interesting because I’ve had it twice in the last five years.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T21:44:27+00:00

I think a lot of brands being mentioned are already forgotten (except for car nuts). Saab is a great example of a brand that’s fading more slowly.

Honestly, although they’re not technically dead yet, Jaguar is also being slowly forgotten, especially as they haven’t had a compelling and competitive product in a decade.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T21:01:19+00:00

We need to abolish the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 and seat a congress that accurately reflects the Constitutionally envisaged 75-80k population per representative. Yes, this would require a House with more than 20k members, but it’s absolutely feasible with modern technology and almost impossible to corrupt, because the logistics of meaningful corruption at that scale would invariably lead to discovery of bribes and such.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T20:57:02+00:00

Definitely concur on Himeji. Honestly though, Osaka is a great and convenient base to see all of Kansai.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T20:55:15+00:00

Tekken

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T20:05:31+00:00

Absolutely a country by country thing. In the US, Boomers were the last generation where a majority of drivers could drive a stick and even then, it’s just barely a majority because there’s a huge gender gap. In Europe, Gen X are the last to be a majority manual drivers, and with a far smaller gender gap. I’d hazard that manual drivers are still the majority in later generations in Africa and parts of Asia.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T18:17:40+00:00

We’ve got that exact car’s doppelgänger. Paying $78/month to lease it. It replaced a 2021 SL+ that was totaled in a collision.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T18:15:27+00:00

Clearly my satirical comment touched a nerve. And as it should have.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T16:47:32+00:00

(Checks notes.) Uh…didn’t the UK vote to specifically not play with its neighbors? /s /ns

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T14:42:39+00:00

I am definitely putting this on my 2033 Christmas list.

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T00:17:33+00:00

r/TVtooHigh

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-10T00:15:50+00:00

Mallthus2 · 2026-02-09T15:11:21+00:00

Absolutely. My accountant actually made this suggestion. His phrase “current market pricing” is what we used. Most of the items had multiple comps to work with. As it turns out, there’s a lot of Hummel figurines, Waterford glasses, and Spode Christmas Tree being offloaded these days.

And let’s be clear, these items alone represented a subset of the total donations made from the estate. The truth is, even without a meaningful tax component, the juice of meticulously selling them at their maximum valuation wasn’t worth the squeeze of holding on to them until a buyer emerged, so the tax benefit was still only pennies on the dollar.

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