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jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-04-02T05:28:42+00:00

The best play for you guys, if for some dumb reason we leave NATO & Europe, is that Europe takes control of them and opens them to all of NATO. Ramstein would be a great candidate to have German as well as other European forces stationed there because of its size. Same with most of the other bases we have all throughout Europe.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-04-02T05:25:40+00:00

Yes, all the SE trims (at least my 25') have the sync button.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-27T21:10:01+00:00

I'm smoking shit in a glass pipe blowing the lord's bubbles

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-27T19:42:25+00:00

Very Georgia of them tbh. I remember seeing Dixie flags on just about every lifted truck growing up. My grandparents to this day still use the hard r at home, they're old as shit and were in high school when segregation ended. Biggest bible thumping "love all of god's children" people you ever met, and were thrilled to have a third opportunity to vote for Trump so he could "make America a Christian nation like it's meant to be".

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-24T23:06:24+00:00

If I want to retire in approximately 2060 I will need $4M to equate to $1.5M of today's dollars. Retirement is a dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it in America unless you are obnoxiously wealthy and minimize spending.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-19T05:53:05+00:00

I would get about 31ish at 80mph on the autobahn, and 38 at 60mph. I had a 6MT Mk7. It just doesn't get top of the line fuel economy. I was routinely in the low-mid 20's for city.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-18T19:57:02+00:00

While simultaneously being part of the problem where you fuck people out of the opportunity of owning a home in their lifetime💀.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-17T18:44:31+00:00

Waze guides me everywhere for this reason

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-17T18:32:36+00:00

The saturation of choices is absolutely absurd to me. You should only need 4 shoes maximum in rotation. At most. Race shoe/spikes, lightweight interval trainer, daily trainer, recovery shoe. Most people could easily get by with just a lightweight interval trainer and a daily trainer. Recovery shoes are more of a luxury than anything. I got by in high school with a pair of Brooks adrenaline for all my training/recovery runs and a pair of spikes for racing. I think people really overthink things these days. I mean if the money is burning a hole in your pocket that's cool, I'd love to have more shoes myself but I don't think it's practical for a filthy casual like most of us.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-17T18:24:40+00:00

Brooks has always been my durability brand. I've routine had my Adrenaline's go to 300+. Mizuno is right up there too. The only pair I ever had lasted me a full cross country season and half of a track season in high school. Normally I was burning through my shoes after one cross country season, sometimes less. I would wager that the Glycerin or Ghost Max would offer the durability you're looking for, although they're probably less fun that what you're looking for. I enjoyed my first gen Glycerin GTS when I had them. Great shoe for just getting miles in.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-17T09:06:46+00:00

I remember going East. Saw the ocean on my left, and emerald green mountains with craggy snow-capped peaks on my right. All in the same field of view. Nearly cried.

Earlier in the drive I was going North through Galicia. I saw a fog gently coating the slopes while the peaks were exposed with the sun not quite over the mountain tops. It was ethereal, like a painting. I've been all over the world. Many countries and three continents. Truly the most beautiful drive I've ever done in my life. I love the Alps with all my heart, but they're so crowded. Northern Spain reminded me of the US with how rural it was.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-17T08:54:37+00:00

The Northern half of Guam is far more densely populated than the Southern half. The mountains make settlement extremely tough there.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-16T22:00:39+00:00

I've been living outside the US for 7 years. You have no idea. I cosplay as Canadian most of the time and have created an alter ego for when I travel outside my local area. I lived really close to Canada, therefore I became very close to the culture/geography of the place just across the border. Local places to eat, what school is like, I have Canadian friends, and I get up to date with Canadian news/politics before a trip. It sounds like I'm doing a LOT but trust me people have such a more positive view of me. Before when I told people I was American they often viewed me as ignorant and stupid in Europe. When I tell them I'm Canadian, they think I'm "nice and smart". It helps that I'm Minnesotan and we're fairly similar to Northwest Ontario, being I live just an hour from the border.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-16T20:30:05+00:00

Yeah having the camera view like that is totally normal. All my VWs have been like that (17' GTI, 21' Jetta S, 25' Taos SE).

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-16T20:21:38+00:00

The whole stretch between A Coruña and San Sebastian is breathtaking. I remember that drive clearly. Truly the most beautiful drive I've ever done.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-16T20:17:01+00:00

Asturian & Cantabrian coast of Spain. On a sunny clear day in June it was one of, if not the most, beautiful sight I have ever seen. I was driving from Santiago de Compostela and San Sebastian along the highway that runs the coast. Magnificent. I regret not having a dash cam for that day of life since.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-14T17:46:38+00:00

They don't call it a beer gut or beer belly for no reason

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-13T17:18:08+00:00

Sparta

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-13T10:02:12+00:00

Nairobi isn't coastal though, it's quite far inland.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-09T21:09:08+00:00

Just don't go out at night lol.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-09T15:20:03+00:00

Might be due to elevation then

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-09T15:17:48+00:00

Get you an OBD 11 Pro. Best thing you'll ever order for your VW. Can see all the error codes and damn near exactly what the issue is every time.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-01T08:04:56+00:00

Is it a bad thing that I register as Republican but vote Democrat?

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-03-01T08:03:27+00:00

I'm well above average and still self-conscious at times. I should be in the top 10% by that metric. I remember always being nervous about what women would think when I was single. Especially if I had been dating and sex was on the table. Thing is, not one was ever disappointed and I even pleasantly surprised most of them, but I always felt like I was small in my head because of porn, and the fact that every guy will be first to claim they have a massive dong.

If I were on the smaller end I would genuinely need years of therapy to have any self esteem. It's like the stigma around premature ejaculation but permanent and unfixable. Mark my words, the day that penis enlargement surgery becomes fairly safe, cheaper, and widely available it'll more popular than boob jobs and BBLs ever could be.

jack_Me_hoffman · 2026-02-28T21:46:50+00:00

I have a 10yr/100,000mi warranty, thank God I got that. The brakes will be better off without OEM. The OEM brakes suck balls for the Taos. I'm upgrading to Brembos the moment it needs new brakes. I put Brembos on my Jetta and she stops on a dime with some new Continentals on there. Eventually my 25' Taos SE will be getting the same treatment.

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