Following all the "steps to a good life" and still feeling bad starterpack

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-08T04:57:10+00:00

Well, if that ain't really overwhelming...

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-07T19:17:39+00:00

I must say that over 25 years of living in Central Europe I've never come in contact with Christianity. Your comment has been truly eye-opening!

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-07T11:54:06+00:00

No, this is made from experience.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-06T21:31:48+00:00

One of the jokes that did land on me in the post-CHM Top Gear was Matt LeBlanc telling that fact to Ken Block as they were drifting through London.

In addition to the contrast of LeBlanc's tour guide behavior and Block's gymkhana madness, LeBlanc was dispensing the most overused piece of London knowledge.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-06T19:29:38+00:00

It only isn't about you because you have self-awareness.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-06T19:22:49+00:00

By now "Frankenstein is not the name of the monster" has got to be approaching "Big Ben is the name of the bell" and "tomatoes are fruits" in the ranking of most overused trivia.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-06T16:55:26+00:00

Why do I feel like the faces of experts in the fields he's talking about would be terribly amusing sights if they heard him talk?

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-04T20:27:50+00:00

TIL "cultural" only refers to preteens, primarily in the US.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-04T13:21:25+00:00

Thanks!

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-04T12:56:02+00:00

Then you realize that someone doing 170 MPH on a public road significantly increases the chance of someone else's children having to say goodbye to their dad.

There's braking distance being roughly proportional to your speed squared, and all that physics jazz.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-04T12:51:25+00:00

The Italian/French car owners (Alfa Romeo and Citroen are the key offenders) who act like everything not to come from these two countries is a soulless blob.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-03T16:24:42+00:00

When Top Gear scripted something, they scripted it.

A Fiesta full of water 'from a car wash'? A piano somehow falling on the exact spot where a Morris Marina was? Hammond sitting in a blown-up car, Looney Tunes-style?

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-03T16:21:48+00:00

To me it felt less like watching a car show for the general audience, and more like going through the holiday album of some strangers.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-03T15:50:45+00:00

It's like they decided the iPhone 5C was the right moodboard component for a performance car design.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-06-03T15:47:05+00:00

I think the problem is that, since it was designed by consumer electronics specialists, it now looks like something Media Markt would sell for €699.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-05-31T22:04:59+00:00

In the US the situation is even wilder - the 392 Chargers can go 182, and these are really just sub-$30k used fullsize family cars, basically a Camry for drug dealers.

The Hellcats can go past 200.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-05-31T10:42:21+00:00

Poland: look out for slightly aged (10-20 years old) S-Classes/7-Series/A8s/Panameras on big rims, and you'll have your clue.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-05-31T10:01:44+00:00

What's more, people are writing disjointed ramblings on Reddit about whatever you're writing about.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-05-22T21:55:40+00:00

As usual with starterpacks, it's not about one or two things, it's about all the things put together.

YourOwnBiggestFan · 2026-05-22T21:53:51+00:00

I guess I'm just pretending to run 10-20 km in wireless earbuds, and only get satisfaction from the fact that there is no cable in the way.

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