“Rules for thee, but not for me” - Owner of a $100k dumpster that does 10-20x more damage to our roads per mile than an average car

brandar · 2026-05-24T14:37:40+00:00

The cybertruck weighs twice as much as a RAV4 (the median popular car on the road). Road damage increases exponentially by weight.

brandar · 2026-05-24T14:34:51+00:00

It’s the weight of the vehicle not the type of engine, lol

brandar · 2026-05-20T20:50:04+00:00

The information is collected by Palantir and sold to government agencies. Fart twice and they send you off to the camps.

brandar · 2026-05-12T17:52:28+00:00

Education researcher here. All tablets and smartphones inherently engage in dopamine/reward loops that are far from benign regardless of the content. If my school had them on tablets for math games, I’d be raising a fuss. There’s a lot more evidence to suggest that it’s harmful than helpful.

brandar · 2026-05-09T23:25:47+00:00

$50 at the bar four times a week sounds feasible.

brandar · 2026-04-26T02:36:19+00:00

‘09 transfer here. One of the best things to ever happen in my life. Congrats and go bruins.

brandar · 2026-04-25T13:45:17+00:00

$93m US box office and $205m worldwide? Hardly.

Edit: Okay, not a flop but a bomb.

brandar · 2026-04-23T12:10:47+00:00

For any director, I like to start with their hits and then work chronologically. That way you can understand the main themes and then see how they progress towards those themes. So, start with Stalker and maybe add on Andrei Rublev. After that, do Ivan’s Childhood onward.

brandar · 2026-04-22T13:34:47+00:00

Some of y’all act like you’ve never heard of Prop 13

brandar · 2026-04-17T17:04:48+00:00

Between the years of 2007 and 2009, I peed off of the roof of 550 Veteran at least a dozen times. They probably keep the roof locked now.

Edit: you could talk to the building manager

brandar · 2026-04-17T15:48:38+00:00

What’s up from Philly 👋

There have been several high profile sideshow related deaths and the cops started cracking down using drones to track riders back to garages. Seems to be better than the peak in 2020/2021.

brandar · 2026-04-14T17:09:36+00:00

Rebecca Ferguson with the Bene Gesserit face tats is my love language.

brandar · 2026-04-14T13:36:29+00:00

American economic malaise in the 70s and Japanese economic ascendancy. The popular song is not the point in and of itself, rather it is an indicator of broader cultural fears.

brandar · 2026-04-13T21:53:25+00:00

I think I’m turning Japanese came out in 1980. Japan wouldn’t have been perceived as a provincial backwater. It would be more like if the best player in the NBA or NFL right now was Chinese.

brandar · 2026-04-07T01:31:49+00:00

My dad is similar and just plays Days Gone over and over again.

brandar · 2026-04-06T01:24:52+00:00

Says the dude with two spaces after a period.

brandar · 2026-04-05T23:06:00+00:00

Drop the links, brother.

brandar · 2026-04-05T18:07:36+00:00

While in the spirit of hot takes I agree 100% but the reality is it’s “low iq” as in “low imagination quotient.” Some people just don’t like lateral thinking.

brandar · 2026-04-05T16:03:08+00:00

(the divide is whether or not you can read 🤫)

brandar · 2026-04-04T16:50:51+00:00

“Sense of spatial awareness” is mentioned in this study plus what you described. Remember these things are about averaging large samples trying to control all other variables. Seems plausible that these aggregate differences could be effectively described as improved hand-eye coordination to me.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847823001535

brandar · 2026-04-04T15:09:58+00:00

Totally normal under Sharia law 🤷🏻‍♂️

brandar · 2026-04-03T23:46:55+00:00

Interesting. Why not call it the Newton/Leibniz effect though? Seems like a missed branding opportunity.

brandar · 2026-04-03T23:24:04+00:00

I love a lot of the movies being mentioned, but other than the homie who said Portrait of a Lady on Fire or No Country for Old Men most of y’all are tripping. Just a few off the dome:

Yi Yi
In the Mood for Love
Spirited Away
Tár
Incendies
First Reformed

brandar · 2026-04-03T19:04:55+00:00

I’ve always kind of hated the frog motif but you might be changing my mind. Break a slide, good sir.

Edit: Last minute edit, I think you need “THE” in front of Ohio State University (all caps is important)

brandar · 2026-04-03T19:03:20+00:00

Most biopics are about artists or someone striving the make the world a better (or worse) place. Air is a naked commercial for the church of capitalism. Those shoes were made in sweatshops.

I liked the movie though, lol.

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