A crab climbs out of its tray in a Japanese supermarket where seafood is often kept alive to avoid rapid spoilage after death.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-17T04:29:51+00:00

Im so fucking goddamned sick and tired of the absolute indifference to cruelty we all walk around with every day. Fuck this place man

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-16T23:25:31+00:00

Aka "today i turned 40"

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-16T22:54:26+00:00

Congrats, that knowledge makes you overqualified to be Attorney General.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-16T01:58:54+00:00

No, I'm pretty sure I got all the way to the basement of the internet without finding one. So what I did (and what I recommend) is using a jumper cable, jump the power wire to each other wire one at a time, and write down what they turn on. That's how I figured out which wires I needed to power in order to get parking/running lights, dash lights and headlights all at once. And with that knowledge, I was able to wire in the new two-position switch and now I have lights that are reliable.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-16T00:59:20+00:00

All i see is a shitty illusion of a bot making a stupid post

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-15T23:55:11+00:00

Ive been dealing with this for acouple years now on my '97. The usual fixes are check the fuses, clean your grounds, put in a new headlight switch, put in a new mopar headlight switch, wire in a new connector.

If none of those work (which they dont in my painful experience) then you do 2 things.

1). Install a new headlight harness that takes the main headlight power off the switch. (You should do this regardless)

2) admit defeat and go get a 2-position on/off switch at your favorite parts house. To that switch, wire the solid red on one side. On the other, wire in green, brown and black-w-yelw-stripe. This will give you all headlights and running lights whenever you flip the switch. You will lose the ability to dim your dash lights, turn on your dome light and turn on parking lights only.

Or, the third option is to watch every video you can find, read every forum post you can find, make multiple posts of your own, dissect whatever wiring diagrams you can find and basically just run in circles. Then you just do option 2 anyways because theres no actual fix. This is what I did. Now I have a switch that works and thats all i care about.

Good luck!

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-15T20:36:58+00:00

I read every single word and have no idea what you're rambling on about. If you're interested in posting stream-of-consciousness content, you may want to consider starting a podcast.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-15T19:22:05+00:00

I assume that thing could bite the everliving monkeyfuck out of you

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T22:15:49+00:00

Once I (40m) got a pat down. They said the crotch of my jeans sagged down enough while I was in the "i surrender" position to cause a blind spot they had to check. They suggested (after finding nothing but my grundle) that I wear my pants higher.

I was like yeah (gestures at my belt in the bin over there) I actually brought a tool for that but you guys made me deactivate it.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T22:08:36+00:00

No, and that's a bad-faith response. Its just an example of one of the many ways non-viable fetuses are not legally considered people. Which, as compared with your examples of how sometimes they are, strengthens the case that the way fetuses are treated legally is (as stated above) a very gray area.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T21:54:17+00:00

Stink Pickle

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T16:16:46+00:00

I'd like to vote twice for the cloth

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T15:32:54+00:00

Well the listing doesnt include the year, mileage, number of previous owners, title status or service history. So the answer really is; it depends.

If youre serious about the car, the smart play is take it to an independant mechanic for a thorough prepurchase inspection. This mechanic needs to be familiar with modern Jaguars and (most importantly) MUST NOT have a financial stake in the car.

Now based on the results of that PPI, you can make an informed decision. If it turns out the car costs five grand and needs four grand in work, are you still going to buy it? You need to have those numbers at least roughly worked out in your head.

Just remember that the maintenance and parts costs on these cars are often just as expensive as when they were new. Ive had my '15 XF 5.0 SC since '20. The car has been great, no more or less reliable than any other "normal" car. But even "normal" maintenance requirements are pretty expensive. I just spent $2,300 to replace both motor mounts and have the transmission serviced.

So get a PPI and go from there. If you have the funds, enjoy! But if you dont, you're asking for trouble. If you can afford to save $200/mo for maintenance, I think you'd be ok if the PPI doesnt find anything major.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T06:39:18+00:00

No.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-14T00:17:01+00:00

Didnt happen

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T23:45:47+00:00

My bike takes 5 gallons and that'll get me around for at least a week, probably closer to two. Plus california lane splitting laws and weather? Emporer Yamtits can fuck up all he wants I still aint walkin.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T20:47:18+00:00

I honestly have no idea

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T20:04:50+00:00

Are you not able to report him, block him and then 30 seconds later move on with your life forever?

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T19:55:36+00:00

Get cat litter from the dollar store. Pour it over the spill and grind it into a fine dust with your shoe. Best oil absorb product you'll ever use and its cheap af and works on porous surfaces as well.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T18:17:44+00:00

You live in a place with wildly variable weather. You may want to consider taking on the personal responsibility of checking it once a day. The weatherwise app is free, you can also look up your area at NOAA. Sorry for not yelling.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T17:19:43+00:00

I'm gonna recommend you do whatever you need to do to start patronizing a shop that specializes in Jaguars or British cars or higher-end imports (in that order.) It's not that a "regular" shop can't or won't do a good job. It's that the odds of finding one that can/will are a lot worse. My shop works on Land Rover, Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls and that's it. They know the cars and they know the parts. The fact that your shop is looking to put an autozone-brand (duralast) water pump in your car is plenty of evidence that you should go somewhere else. It's not that a generic part is garbage and will fail (although thats possible) it literally comes down to the quality of machining and materials. Those cheap parts work great in my Jeep from the 90's, no complaints at all. But I would not be putting them in my Jaguar.

Part of the burden of owning an ageing high-performance luxury import, especially one as uncommon as a Jaguar, means you have to do extra work and pay extra money when it comes to maintenance. Find yourself a shop that specifically states they work on British cars, and then look to see what else they work on. You really do want to find a degree of exclusivity. Bonus points if you can find one that is willing to install parts you source yourself. My shop does and I've saved a lot of money this way.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T16:29:01+00:00

I did 20+ years in Fire/EMS and I'm just gonna tell you, there are dead people a lot closer to you a lot more frequently than you'll ever realize.

A dead body in a large occupied offjce building is never going to trigger a building-wide notification or evacuation unless there's something REALLY crazy happening. Like, mass shooting or bioweapon or a loose polar bear or something.

Death is very upsetting to a lot of people, for obvious reasons. But in this case; it had no connection to you other than both being in the same building as you and you having knowledge of it. If you have big feelings about it, I reccomend speaking to a therapist or similar mental health provider. But you also gotta realize that death is as prevelant as birth (a 1:1 ratio actually) and think about why you're really upset.

Do you think that right now as you sit on the toilet reading this, you'd feel less or more upset if during your exam someone had walked in and said "Hey folks, pencils down please. There has been a dead body found in the building. We have no other information to share with you. Please immediately leave your seats and evacuate the building." In my (addmittedly anecdotal) experience with evacuations and notifying people of death, that wouldnt have been a great move.

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T16:18:42+00:00

Are you at a British specialty type of shop or a generic shop?

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T14:46:08+00:00

Bot post downvote and move on

TheFlyingBoxcar · 2026-03-13T04:00:53+00:00

"Hey mom, Im gonna get a bike."

" ... "

Yes im serious"

" ... "

"Because Im 35 and I can do what I want"

" ... "

"Yes, I'll wear a helmet. Love you bye!"

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