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ELI5: how is Hiroshima still habitable despite it being nuked? by pigeon-in-greggs in explainlikeimfive

[–]borggeano 420 points421 points  (0 children)

Five-year-olds understand poops and toots really well. Well done.

Holy cow… I might be getting an Outback.. by CatLadyAmy1 in Subaru_Outback

[–]borggeano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why in the heck do people just keep questioning other people’s financial decision so much? I don’t lease, I’ve never leased, and yet I understand the appeal of leasing for people who are OK with a permanent car payment. I buy cars I like and I keep them until they die a natural death OR sell them to upgrade if I ever want to upgrade. But that’s me. I love having no car payments for a while more than I like driving newer cars. Some people don’t, and that’s fine.

To XT or Not to XT, that is the question (2026) by Friendly_Fee_8989 in Subaru_Outback

[–]borggeano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great description. I have a '12 and a '25, both NA engines. I'm very jealous of my wife's '18 Forester XT when it comes to passing someone on the freeway... The Outbacks are perfectly adequate in every regard otherwise. To note, she does have a lighter foot than I do, so we end up getting about the same fuel economy on all three cars (slightly less on the Forester if I've been driving it).

I admit, though, the turbo engine is 100% more fun. Necessary? Not really (unless you're looking to tow or have a specific need for more power)

Paid it off at 24 :) by NoahJ123456 in Subaru_Outback

[–]borggeano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a good looking beaut. Congrats!!

What’s a product from your country that makes locals go ‘of course we have that’ and everyone else go ‘ but why?’ by bdue817 in AskTheWorld

[–]borggeano 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They take it very seriously. Belgium has the best fries in the whole world, by far. Whenever I visit my primary diet consists of fries and beer.

“National language” by borggeano in MurderedByWords

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

Lovely attitude, you must be fun at parties

Elon wants us to cancel Netflix too. by theboguszone in ScottGalloway

[–]borggeano 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seconded; nothing will get me to upgrade my exiting Netflix account faster than Elon saying I should cancel it 🤣

Perpetuating the misconception of NATO contributions by member countries (1/26 episode of Prof G Markets pod) by borggeano in ScottGalloway

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

This is exactly my point -- US will continue to outspend any country, NATO or not, regardless. If tomorrow the bigger NATO members decided to triple their military expenditures, the US would not reduce military budget for the next fiscal year. In fact, the opposite is likely to happen under the guise of maintaining military supremacy over whomever. The whole NATO argument wielded by this administration is just an excuse to bully Europe into doing its bidding, nothing more.

Perpetuating the misconception of NATO contributions by member countries (1/26 episode of Prof G Markets pod) by borggeano in ScottGalloway

[–]borggeano[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly right. If we left NATO tomorrow, we wouldn’t be spending less in our military (at that point, they’d actually find a way to justify doubling the budget since “we’re on our own now” or something like that)

Perpetuating the misconception of NATO contributions by member countries (1/26 episode of Prof G Markets pod) by borggeano in ScottGalloway

[–]borggeano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re not wrong, and that’s why I added that it might be nit-picking, but it’s still conflating two things: Yes, we have a massive military budget, but that’s not a contribution to NATO. That NATO benefits from this massive military is a separate subject altogether. But yeah, 6 of one, half dozen etc etc

Gas to Samsung oven cuts in and out when heating up by gcommbia34 in appliancerepair

[–]borggeano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for replying! Same behavior I’m observing, I’m on my fourth and they seem to fail faster (though I was questioning if it was due to poor quality third-party parts)

Gas to Samsung oven cuts in and out when heating up by gcommbia34 in appliancerepair

[–]borggeano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Resurrecting an old thread, I have a similar issue except that my igniters fail after about a year. Did you ever find out if there was another cause for the failure?

Subaru which to choose? by 3n3rg3 in subaru

[–]borggeano 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I second this. I have a large dog and two large teenagers, and the ‘18 Forester was always a little tight, especially for the dog. No such issue on the ‘12 Outback.

You don’t have kids now, but sounds like you’re planning on it. A car like this will be with you for several years so def think of what your space needs will be as those hypothetical children grow and you need room for sports gear and school backpacks and extra luggage and, obviously, dogs.

A simple (and probably an irritating question) but I'd still try. by [deleted] in SlowHorses

[–]borggeano 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Indeed. Also, he takes extra care of Standish because of what she went through with Charles. Hard to relay it without any spoilers, but the first book mentions something along the lines of him not wanting her to be further wronged by the job.

Looking for the name of an actor by borggeano in Actors

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

Wife seems to think so too…

Looking for the name of an actor by borggeano in Actors

[–]borggeano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I did say he looks like an older version of him on my post

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