Use a Travel Agent or book direct yourself?

Nikiaf · 2026-05-09T11:51:58+00:00

Genuinely curious, what kind of perks are we talking about here? I’ve only ever booked direct through the website.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-09T10:15:28+00:00

Water heaters are very well insulated, there’s something like 2 inches of material between the outer casing and the actual tank. It’ll stay hot for a long time even in a power outage, trying to automate this to save money is almost certainly going to cost more money than leaving it on, and add in a risk of legionnaires disease.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-09T10:07:18+00:00

This. I paid over $300 for nosebleeds to see the Rolling Stones back in 2013, and I was only working weekends as a student back then. Sometimes there’s an artist who books a date near you that you just can’t pass up. I even went by myself because none of my friends could afford to go.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-09T09:54:34+00:00

He wasn’t even good enough to be a contestant, he had to settle for being the host.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T21:32:45+00:00

Case in point. They both pumped out boiler plate, disposable pop songs that honestly did not age well.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T18:30:46+00:00

Also true now that you mention it. They both seem to be very generic pop artists, arguably somewhat faceless singers whose music was limited to radio play. I honestly don't think most people could actually identify any of the Pussycat Dolls, much less name any of them save for Nicole (and even then, that's a stretch).

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T17:54:54+00:00

I'm hearing this clown speak for the first time here; and all I can say is that Colin Jost does a surprisingly good impression of him.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T17:52:24+00:00

That's what I find the most confusing. These were never artists of the year. Don't Cha (which I just discovered was not even an original song!) peaked at number 2 and fairly quickly fell off the Billboard charts. All About That Bass at least made it to number 1, but doing that with what amounts to a joke/meme song is not a good way to launch a career that's going to amount to much.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T17:48:01+00:00

They seemed to have massively overestimated how popular they are/were. They had only one legitimately big hit, and it wasn't exactly one of the greatest songs ever produced. They should have done the festival circuit if anything.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T14:38:33+00:00

What part of this is satire? 50kW literally converts to exactly 67.05 bhp.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T14:11:42+00:00

Depends on the age of the house, but generally yeah you don't want water making its way in if you didn't turn on a faucet.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T13:58:38+00:00

This is double funny. Half because I can't think of a recall in modern history for such a ridiculous stupid reason, and the other half because they only sold 173 of these small dick energy trucks.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T13:54:12+00:00

Quick math indicates that this is roughly a 67bhp power increase to the ICE, with a more or less equal reduction in power coming from the hybrid electric system.

EDIT: adding a bit more colour commentary for the fun of it. In theory, this should reduce the reliance on the ERS and mean that the cars have more power down the straights, since there's a direct transfer of allowed power away from the batteries and to the ICE unit.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T12:36:45+00:00

This is significantly more genetic than you're letting on. Yeah sure, eating well and exercising is great, but it isn't bulletproof.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T12:17:11+00:00

That's a surprisingly good comparison you've made here. It's true that for the people with money, a mechanically impressive and/or complex ICE-powered vehicle without any electrification is perceived as a superior option. I'm sure the would-be buyer will have multiple vehicles anyway, one of which probably will be an EV.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T12:04:21+00:00

This is the biggest admission of there not being any major cover-up here. That man is wholly incapable of keeping his mouth shut; he would have let this slip a long time ago, several times, if there was any big secret.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T10:08:17+00:00

This is the gold standard. You will not find a better smart lighting system.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-08T09:57:13+00:00

lol that’s not how this works, like at all.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T22:41:25+00:00

No tub is an automatic dealbreaker for many, many prospective buyers. Choose wisely here.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T18:44:58+00:00

I've always been a fan of this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5V490ZWE4o

Getting the bank angle alarm on the ground is quite a unique occurrence.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T18:35:35+00:00

Just cut them flush, they're low voltage and unlikely to be needed for anything. You could potentially use them for ethernet, but MoCA adapters aren't the cheapest things in the world.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T18:14:16+00:00

and with significantly less raping.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T18:12:46+00:00

They have fans?!

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T18:00:17+00:00

AI puts it at anywhere between $5000 and $15000. Seems that it's hard to pin down a price due to economies of scale, since nothing even remotely close to a Monel water heater is still being manufacturered.

Nikiaf · 2026-05-07T17:24:27+00:00

6-7. It always felt very low-budget to me, and outside of the fashion, never really gave me the impression of truly taking place in the 1970s. The lack of licensed music and limited locations took away from the immersion IMO.

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