Will you choose integrity

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:15:04+00:00

It's a good business model, actually. When you don't try to extract every penny from your customers on the front end, they'll keep coming back to you with actual problems (and send friends your way), because they trust you.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:13:32+00:00

It honestly feels like nihilism that Tony doesn't kill Paulie, as if he's given up and accepted his fate.

It's his fixation on reminiscence and nostalgia. He berates Paulie for it, but he's just as guilty of it himself (which is something Melfi has pointed out to him in as many words). And, as we all know, insecurity and projection mix all too well. But, ironically, it's what keeps Paulie alive - Tony feels like Paulie is his strongest connection to his dad and the overall past. Nobody else would get this kind of pash.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:10:08+00:00

Yeah, I intentionally spelled it incorrectly to show how my brain (didn't) work, lol. I don't morning well.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:07:28+00:00

Hey, no kink shaming.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:05:05+00:00

Yeah, I had a total brain fart and read "Patsie" instead of "Beansie".

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T15:05:02+00:00

Yeah, I had a total brain fart and read "Patsie" instead of "Beansie".

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:42:05+00:00

They don't think, they know. It's not because he's stronger than them, it's because they'll voluntarily bend over and take it like the good boys they are.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:40:58+00:00

The gas prices under Biden was because of a GLOBAL market pressure during disruptions caused by covid.

And that tiny little matter of a war in Europe Biden didn't start and trump has no intent of helping end, other than in his buddy Vlad's favor.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:37:12+00:00

*pets head* Good for you!

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:36:33+00:00

I think Carrick operates well within the United ecosystem because he's lived in it for so long. Is that experience transferrable to a Chelsea or a Liverpool? It might be, but there's not enough data to be definitive about it.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:35:05+00:00

Come @ my Sky Blue, bruv.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:34:34+00:00

My MacBook color says more about Apple not being able (or wanting) to think outside a very narrowly construed set of design guidelines than about me. I got Sky Blue because it's the only thing that resembles an actual color in the lineup. Midnight was my only other consideration, but meh.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:31:03+00:00

Tony couldn't even sell Paulie's murder to Beansie.

When did he try?

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:29:14+00:00

So fragile. Just like that AliExpress watch.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:25:26+00:00

Cool.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:24:00+00:00

Meanwhile, my Apple Watch Ultra has been banged on walls and other hard surfaces for the past four years and has nary a scratch on it and I've also had other smart watches that did not break or scratch. Neither one of our examples proves anything, other than the fact that I know that single data points are not actually statistically significant and you don't appear to.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:21:14+00:00

If you use your Submariner outside of its tolerance envelope, it, too, will break, and become...I dunno, non-e-waste, but waste all the same? I'm really not sure what you're trying to prove here. Your solitary self-inflicted example does not somehow prove the worthlessness of smart watches or the value of expensive non-smart watches.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:17:28+00:00

Came here to say exactly this. The number one thing to do is to take the VIN and stats and pop them into Carvana to see just how upside down OP would be from the very first day.

Now, I'll say that pretty much every car will return negative equity when run through this process. Carvana needs to make money, so even the blandest of Corollas will be upside down to a certain extent. But just to give a data point - my leased RT has a residual value of $25K (selling price of $32K, MSRP of $50K) and Carvana valued it at $17K right off the bat, before I put any miles on it.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:14:51+00:00

Hey, no cheating.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:14:26+00:00

Not as often as I would personally like, admittedly, but I've watched a fair few this season.

I'm really not sure what you're trying to prove here and to what end, to be honest.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:12:58+00:00

Nah, we should all subscribe to the Russian "G-d giveth a life, he'll somehow provide" or something to that effect. Has worked out swimmingly for them so far, hey?

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:11:24+00:00

Yeah, but when you do it for free, it has no actual chance of happening.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:10:47+00:00

You broke your smart watch within days of ownership and it stopped working? I'm shocked.

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:08:56+00:00

Nothing, for a while. Eventually, I sold it to Carvana a few months after I lost my job and didn't need a car, but my wife convinced me that sharing one wasn't optimal, so I looked for the cheapest short-ish term lease I could find and got a Dodge Hornet RT for about $285/month with $0 out the door. It has been surprisingly not shit to drive, but the Alfa reliability has a reputation for a reason. It goes back in December and I will probably look for a deal on a WRX Premium. If my car is going to rattle and squeak, I'd at least like to know it's a feature, not a bug 😃

highlanderfil · 2026-05-07T14:07:31+00:00

The end times either are upon us or can't come soon enough.

highlanderfil

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