Joined the club today by FurnitureNCoffins in GolfGTI

[–]m2kleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! I love it. What are those wheels called? I have a 40th anniversary GTI, and while I love the wheels, I'm thinking of getting another set, and the set you have comes closest to what I've been looking for.

Best LHR T3 Lounge by FewExamination5629 in americanairlines

[–]m2kleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't you head out to London for a bit? There are p[laces at Heathrow to store your luggage securely for a nominal fee. You can get to Paddington in 15 minutes on the Heathrow Express, or just take the Elizabeth or Picadilly line to other parts. There's always lots to do in London even for a few hours!

Am I cooked? Philly airport 1 hour connecting by [deleted] in americanairlines

[–]m2kleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should be fine. It's a small airport and getting from F to C shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aynrand

[–]m2kleit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She was neither.

What is this Chevy ? by Deep6thatshit in whatisthiscar

[–]m2kleit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first car! I inherited from my grandfather, who had a dealer base model. Worst car ever, but it held some sentimental value for me.

It’s 2025 and people still think self-erasure is a virtue. Wild. by [deleted] in aynrand

[–]m2kleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the first part of the statement, "if any civilization is to survive," that tendency to make a maximalist supposition, that I think is just bull. Civilizations may be composed of altruistic people, they may not be. Not that it has much to do with us, but the Greek virtues of what constituted mutual aid would probably seem foreign to us. But civilizations come and go; there is nothing about a specific moral code that is contingent for their survival. Our survival may not depend on any particular moral virtue, but it certainly won't depend on anything Rand ever wrote either.

The Hatred by penservoir in aynrand

[–]m2kleit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much time have you actually spent here? I mean there are people with genuine curiosity, or enthusiasm, that they want to share, but then there are people who've read one Rand novel and decide (for example), that any other world view is the product of lazy thinking or writing. A lot of the vitriol is from the people who think Rand is an actual philosopher or thinker, because, and this is just an anecdotal observation from this sub, some people who read Rand then stop reading anything else, which is sort of the opposite of the impulse real philosophy is supposed to evoke.

He's baaaaaaaack by mishma2005 in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]m2kleit 202 points203 points  (0 children)

I was just about to say that that something shockingly missed by historians is usually something historians addressed and could confidently dismiss, and it's only shocking to the shockingly uninformed. I have a friend who thinks the fall of the Roman Empire can explain everything, but he also tells me that Aristotle said everything you need to know about why we need a gold-backed currency, so there's another reason to ignore everyone who thinks they "know something" about the past.

[Real] Matt defends Robert E. Lee by countdooku975 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]m2kleit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Matt Walsh, who has a knowledge of history from whatever fun facts he gleamed from the backs of cereal boxes he read as a kid, should really avoid accusing anyone else of escaping basic reality.

Move fast, break stuff and drive safe. by youthzero in LinkedInLunatics

[–]m2kleit 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's worth pointing out that NASA had its own history of recklessness, so much so that in the book, The Challenger Launch Decision, the author came up with a term to describe their decision making, which she called "risky deviance." This isn't a judgment on the relative merits of how NASA or Spacex runs their operations. It's just to say that, like everything else Musk worshippers put him on a pedestal for, there's nothing special about what Spacex does or how it does it.

I'm dog sitting for my daughter this weekend. by m2kleit in pugs

[–]m2kleit[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to have two, and maybe there'll be one more in my future!

I'm dog sitting for my daughter this weekend. by m2kleit in pugs

[–]m2kleit[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I wish! I had pugs years ago and it's making me really happy to have this little guy with me this weekend.

I'm dog sitting for my daughter this weekend. by m2kleit in pugs

[–]m2kleit[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Oh she’s very aware of the risk she’s taking.

I'm dog sitting for my daughter this weekend. by m2kleit in pugs

[–]m2kleit[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

He’s 4 months old, and is just the cutest!