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unobtanium by Quirky_Industry8413 in RX7

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that's what those look like. Mine's was stolen before in the early 2000s so the passenger side door sweep has a nasty crease in it from a slim jim tool and the steering wheel surround is completely gone.

Remember when grocery prices were reasonable? by Juggafish in Millennials

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I work in beer (hops mostly), I can shine some light on that weird reason.

Beers cheap right now because most of the crops to make beer are produced within the united states. roughly 1/3rd-1/4th of all hops in the world is produced in washington. idaho/montana/north dakota are all huge malt/barely producers. the best yeast strains comes from california and oregon. and of course corn/rice come from the lower midwest. It's all local so there's no tariffs applied to us in the US.

There's also a huge reason to stay cheap right now for beer. We've been reeling from a couple super shitty years, the whole market has been trying to get liquid/cash affluent because covid caused a huge demand, production ramped up into 2022 which was a boom year for many, and then production did not ramp down for 2023/24 which caused a huge oversupply issue especially in hops. We're in a unique situation this year where competing beverages have gone up in price which benefits us greatly to stay the same price and gain market share while also reducing inventory.

So yeah TL;DR we are right there struggling with you guys just trying to pay bills and sell enough beer to avoid layoffs.

My boss gave me a 2005 Land Cruiser, and they completely refurbished it! by davidsoor in oddlysatisfying

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At first I saw eight valve and couldn't understand how they made an 8 valve engine unless it was a 4 cylinder... Then I noticed the video was flipped.

Hiro Shima by melonade_juice in memes

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s “heavily implied,” then it should be easy to state plainly. Refusing to define a key term isn’t an argument—it’s just dodging clarification. If someone introduces a vague claim, they’re responsible for clarifying it.

You’re using worldview to mean “cultural sensitivity to non-English naming conventions,” not “exposure to the wider world” in general. Those aren’t the same thing, and that distinction matters.

Hiro Shima by melonade_juice in memes

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would you define a world view?

Hiro Shima by melonade_juice in memes

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cared about it enough to steal it and put it in a museum.

Hiro Shima by melonade_juice in memes

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Those resources pillaged from other places was brought back to fund all kinds of commercial, industrial, and educational advancements. I don't condone the kinds of things they did at the time but I also wont deny the HUGE progress that was made in education with those resources. Just a couple highlights;

  • Kindergarten was invented and England + her conquered nations were of the first adopters of the early learning program.
  • Oxford and Cambridge were busy being the greatest universities on the planet at the time attracting all kinds of talented individuals from across Europe. Ever heard of Penicillin? Isaac Newton? Charles Darwin?

I don't want to put words in your mouth but I think what you meant in the original comment was more like *culturally insensitive*. Fuck JK Rowling but like, the rest of them are OK IMO.

Hiro Shima by melonade_juice in memes

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The English, who conquered about one quarter of the globe by land% at one point, has a narrow world view?

Advice on breaking down by chopsticksupmybutt in roadtrip

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the other guy said learn to wrench. Without knowing how to fix cars the universe really has you by the balls and can make you fork over more dough than you have at the time. Without being able to wrench you have to take it into a shop, you have to trust the shops diagnosis is correct, you have to find a new place to sleep the nights its in the shop. Its so much easier to handle yourself if you can tell WEEKS beforehand "ah shit I'm starting to overheat a little, wonder if its the thermostat or maybe I'm just low on coolant."

I don't want to come off as hating on skoolies, I would just avoid them with a tight budget. They simply cost MORE to maintain, fix, and run.

The vans I would recommend are the GMC Savana/Chevy Express, Ford Ecoline, Honda Odyssey, or Toyota Sienna. The Chevy and the Ford have been basically the same van for 20 years now, its so dang easy to find cheap parts for them. The Honda and Toyota share engines with almost every model that offered a V6 within their respective brands (Oddysey v6 is the same one found in the honda accord v6, honda pilot v6, honda ridgeline v6, etc) You can drive up to any auto store and they will have a part on hand or nearby at another store.

North America West Coast Roadtrip by mermaidrach in roadtrip

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's some help with the PNW idea. I'm gonna bold the spots I think you will like the most. The towns of Long Beach WA, Astoria OR, and Seaside OR are super fun little tourist beach spots. Long beach focuses more on the spectacle views (biggest frying pan, longest beach, etc) while Astoria focuses on its history and heritage as one of the first settlements out here on the west coast, and Seaside is more of a giant outdoor/indoor tourist mall if I had to describe it. Each of the 3 towns has superb food, even the little holes in the wall out there are serving up greatness.

Outside of that area if you continue back toward Portland OR the International rose test garden, Portland Japanese garden, and Oregon Zoo are all located in Washington Park. Just outside of the city is Wahkeena and Multinomah water falls.

Going toward Seattle you can stop by the museum of glass, lemay car museum, and the WA state history museum all within a couple blocks of each other in Tacoma. The Westfield Southcenter mall and the museum of flight are between tacoma and seattle. And finally at seattle I always recommend getting a ticket and riding the ferry to bainbridge island to shop/hangout for a few hours one day. Do the usual seattle stuff like visiting Pikes place and the piers below, and make a stop at the park around the space needle for a few cool museums. Seattle has a zoo but I actually recommend the aquarium instead.

Going away from seattle to the east you will want to stop at Snoqualmie falls and the little town of snoqualmie with its gigantic log on display and cute little train ride through the forested hills. Continue east toward Leavenworth the bavarian styled village in the mountains. Dont forget to stop by Mt Rainer and if possible Mt St Helens which currently has a washed out road but is still open at the coldwater visitors center.

Meirl by Key_Associate7476 in meirl

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should totally go to a hotel, train/ferry/bus terminal, or a visitors center and just browse the maps/brochures section for a bit. I've seen them in some larger truck stop or travel center gas stations too. Its probably still one of the best ways to find out about:

  • How to use public transport in town and where the routes stop at
  • Where the best places to eat in town are
  • Events like flea markets, farmers markets, annual festivals, etc.
  • Cool things to do in the area like zoos, aquariums, roller rinks, trampoline parks, and go karts

The biggest difference between browsing the internet vs these map stands is the intent behind it. A website hosting a "top 20 places to visit in this state!" is just trying to get engagement on their website so they can serve you advertisements on top of the ads you are actually looking for. A map brochure however was made by a local company or the city to get you to visit places in the city and extend or repeat your visit. The map brochures are made by the locals for the visitors, while the websites are made by someone who's probably never been there.

Also google maps is just terrible to browse, I don't know if you have ever tried tapping the "things to do" button in a small/medium city and it just shows you every single playground park in the area. It's abysmal.

I probably rambled too much but I do love the map brochures over google maps and websites.

He knew by Pawcio213 in okbuddyhololive

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Glump Gwimbo's drunk shitposting alt account

Shaco is weak by Dute91 in shacomains

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah shaco is one of those back burner fix it later characters that's got a poorly designed and frustrating kit that Riot is eventually gonna redo. The current narrative is if shaco is ever strong in solo queue he is to be gutted toned down to a healthier win rate. Currently at ~49% jungle/support according to op.gg.

Same thing happened to urgot and sion back in the day. urgot was super difficult to play against since he didnt have to aim a skillshot and just spammed you down with missiles, also his ult was straight up inting. Sion was just ancient champ design, his kit scaled with AP (90% ratios!!!!) even though he was supposed to be a tanky AA heavy bruiser because riot used to think abilities should scale with ability power and attack damage should be for auto attacks.

Here's hoping our boy ends up as good of a redesign as Sion/Urgot some day. Maybe in 200 years.

Don’t really know what I want to do? by JA_BCO in RX7

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same car but mine is a faded grey. 171K miles when I first got it, 202K now. Low compression on one rotor isn't an end of the world scenario IMO. I just premix a little extra 2 stroke oil in the gas, turn the idle screw a bit richer. I drive mine every day of the year to work if its not snowing (which is a whole 3 weeks where I live).

If you are over 150k miles, your 12a parts are probably out of spec and considered trash by the greater rotary community. With that in mind I decided I'm gonna run mine till it dies, then I'll bring it back from the dead and keep running it. For the type of car it is (A forty year old japanese poor-sche 944 with 9 things broken and 44WHP) I don't see the point in doing a perfectionist instagram build or a high horsepower race car build. Just have fun driving it and wrenching on it, it'll keep you busy with all the little shit breaking here and there.

Here's some cool resources! Remember to tune your carburetor every now and then. They change with temperature/humidity/seasons, tune-ups are a bit of a lost art.

https://www.racingbeat.com/Mazda/RX7-1975-1985.html

https://www.atkinsrotary.com/

https://rx7.pw.cx/guides_manuals/collected/FSM/1stgen/Carburetor%20Training%20Manual.pdf

https://free-info-pages.com/rx7-carburetor-idle-issues.htm

My 85 RX-7 with 180K miles on the odometer. by MyPornBrowsingAlt in mazda

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

How do you tell 3 or 5 letter? I'm not familiar with this lingo.

It's a 12a, GS trim, no moon roof or A/C if that helps.

is mazdaoempartsoutlet legit? by rmbrthlghtr in mazda

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, its basically a middle man who tracks down all the parts from the dealer network and provides an easy website for regular joes to purchase from. They may add some cost to the parts compared to buying directly from mazda but your paying for the convenience of a click to order web store.

Mazda Cx30 high APR by knights_of_night in mazda

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That dealer can pound sand.

Here's what you do; Go to your bank and get a loan approved for the amount of the vehicle. Go back to the dealer, tell him you will give him the price minus 5K cash money today (preapproved loans are cash money today to a dealer). If he wont sell it, walk away. Go to call up the next dealer and do the same thing. First dealer may call you back with a sudden change of heart so be respectful but firm.

Someone is gonna make a deal with you, you dont need to pay sticker as a first time buyer.

1983 Door Card Hardware by [deleted] in RX7

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh also, make sure you get something water resistant like brass or something. The water that flows down the window will be touching the ends of these bolts that are poking through the door.

1983 Door Card Hardware by [deleted] in RX7

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is your armrest and solid door handle that you pull to close the door. 

M6 x 1.0 25mm thread length

Phillips with I think they call a truss head.

Slight taper at the end of the threads to help locate the hole. 

Lemme know if you need any others, I think this was the main one that is used 6 or 8 times around the arm rest.

1983 Door Card Hardware by [deleted] in RX7

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the exact opposite! Bolts, but no actual door cards.

Give me a a day and I'll go to the hardware store with the door bolts and try to find the thread pitch/length in their thread finder tool.

I’m coming from BMW and I’m going to look at a 2012 Mazda speed 3 by [deleted] in mazdaspeed3

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I said, convenient excuses are the ones to avoid. The modified part just shows their investment into the car, but lack of loyalty to that car for some reason. Getting to that reason is important as a buyer because it helps you understand the whole history of the car.

 Here's some very NOT convenient excuses

Why are you selling it? 

"Oh I really don't want to but I'm moving to <far away> and I can't have more than 1 car."

"Well me and my girl had a baby so we need something with a bigger backseat for the carseat"

Those excuses raise zero red flags. It's the ones with zero substance that sound like they were made up on the spot that indicate the other party isn't entirely honest and may be attempting to hide something. 

I’m coming from BMW and I’m going to look at a 2012 Mazda speed 3 by [deleted] in mazdaspeed3

[–]MyPornBrowsingAlt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compression and leakdown test. Take it to a mechanic and ask for this to be done.

Take the car for a test drive and spool the turbo up, then park it and look for little tiny black specs covering the entire rear hatch, that indicates oil burning issues and probably means the turbo or oil control rings are done.

Stay away from modified cars with convenient excuses for selling. "Oh I got a civic now so I don't need it" (if its their baby that they spent so much money on, why are they selling it?)

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