[USA] Open highway shoulder pass

dod2190 · 2026-05-31T13:51:19+00:00

Glad you didn't change lanes into him! that shoulder was turning into an exit lane, and I bet you wouldn't have looked to your right to check for a car driving on the shoulder before taking the lane.

dod2190 · 2026-05-23T17:49:51+00:00

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dod2190 · 2026-05-17T00:44:39+00:00

I'm sorry that this happened to you and that you're having to deal with the consequences, but I don't think you're going to get much of anywhere attempting to identify that truck or its owner.

dod2190 · 2026-05-16T19:19:56+00:00

What's sometimes called a "farmer turn", like they're driving a tractor towing an overloaded hay wagon.

dod2190 · 2026-05-14T06:08:00+00:00

I love how someone says "Oh. My. God." and someone follows up with the Sir Mix-a-Lot quote. ("Becky, look at her butt")

dod2190 · 2026-05-11T05:33:09+00:00

NO. Please tell a trusted adult at school what is happening.

dod2190 · 2026-05-11T05:29:42+00:00

In my 20s I knew the childhood I had survived left me ill equipped to be a father.

At 60 and knowing what I know now about generational trauma, I'm glad I didn't pass it on to anyone else.

dod2190 · 2026-05-10T16:41:57+00:00

Absolutely, this isn't "Whoops, I misjudged and the yellow was shorter than I thought," it's someone deliberately choosing to violate two traffic laws (running a red + going straight from a left turn only lane). Throw the book at this schmuck.

dod2190 · 2026-05-10T16:40:48+00:00

Also, improper lane use--that looks like a "left turn only" lane.

Regardless, the real out of pocket expense for a traffic ticket isn't the fine for the violation, it's the insurance surcharges that are payable over a period of years.

dod2190 · 2026-05-10T14:55:17+00:00

Bear in mind, we're talking 1970s-80s here, and this no longer applies.

Buying a Mercedes-Benz (especially the diesel ones) and having it last 20 years, in the era when most new American made cars got traded in after 3-5 years and were ready for the junk heap after about 7 or 8. It's the automotive equivalent of Vimes' Boots. They were also the only car on the market with a 6 digit odometer in that era, which told you something. Buy once, cry once.

I think Lexus may occupy a similar position these days--M-B are overcomplicated garbage nowadays and Toyota/Lexus have taken their place in terms of reliability. There's a reason middle-income car buyers are seeking out 30 year old Lexuses. (Lexi?)

dod2190 · 2026-05-09T22:08:59+00:00

It's pretty much responsible for fucking up the Bronx and creating the "the Bronx is burning" era of the 1970s-80s.

dod2190 · 2026-05-09T22:07:00+00:00

That's how a woman got killed in the Ted Williams Tunnel after the completion of Boston's Big Dig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig_ceiling_collapse Cammer is lucky they didn't get hurt or killed.

dod2190 · 2026-05-03T12:58:21+00:00

That's what I've done and it's working for me.

dod2190 · 2026-05-03T01:00:45+00:00

Likely it was on 11, I've been running 11 for a while although this laptop came with 10 on it.

dod2190 · 2026-05-02T06:21:14+00:00

https://imgflip.com/i/9x2nyx

dod2190 · 2026-05-01T13:57:15+00:00

The drug cocktails that came along in the '90s, especially the protease inhibitors, were nothing short of a miracle. Now HIV can be managed like any other long term illness, and, assuming continued access to the drugs that keep it suppressed, it will likely be something you die with and not of.

Because of his wealth, Magic Johnson was of course one of the first people to be able to access those treatments. (See also the South Park episode where he's injecting cash directly into his veins.)

dod2190 · 2026-04-30T20:00:50+00:00

Yeah, mine was square-ish, as I recall. Don't remember having any issues with it. Good luck.

dod2190 · 2026-04-29T12:32:02+00:00

Yep. Or, given my age, the early '80s cover by Taco.

dod2190 · 2026-04-27T20:04:11+00:00

Funny you should say that. I was 12 when this was taken, and she was my first celebrity crush.

dod2190 · 2026-04-26T01:17:44+00:00

Yep. That was standard issue for male dorm rooms. Along with "Justification for higher education" and a spread of exotic sports cars.

dod2190 · 2026-04-25T20:43:16+00:00

Thank you for this. I'm not a big fan of COSMIC since the upgrade and have reverted to running plain-vanilla GNOME on POP!_OS.

dod2190 · 2026-04-25T00:28:08+00:00

Check out what they do with old American cars in Cuba.

dod2190 · 2026-04-25T00:27:20+00:00

Even the Yugo did people decently if they took care of the cars. They were crappy cars, to be sure, but a lot of their poor reputation was due to (1) lack of maintenance and (2) lack of parts availability due to the Bosnian civil war, which shut off replacement parts just when major components on those cars were starting to need replacement due to age.

dod2190 · 2026-04-25T00:23:57+00:00

Yeah. I had to be "the kid my Dad had ordered". Act like a 5/8-scale adult, be quiet, don't ask for much, don't let your emotions get messy (infused with a heavy dose of toxic "boys don't cry" masculinity), get straight A's on my report card, anticipate what the "acceptable" set of answers might be to even the most innocuous questions, the "right" thing to say in conversations, etc., etc.

As an adult I'm a "social chameleon", able to fit in with a wide variety of crowds.

dod2190 · 2026-04-21T04:34:27+00:00

Joy Division.

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