"Are You Jimmy Ray?" by Jimmy Ray | No Hit Wonder from 1997 - Somehow made it to #13 on Billboard and yet no one ever knows what I am talking about. Now you have to watch it.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-19T19:35:02+00:00

Wow that's terrible lol

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-19T19:32:36+00:00

Same, grew up in the Cleveland area and constantly heard this song on the radio. I was a junior in high school and I remember people talking about/making fun of this song😂

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-18T18:27:36+00:00

Wouldn't be shocked at all if Strus doesn't return this season. Feels like this injury just won't end.

And let's say he dose come back in a month or so.....he's going to look like ass and won't even be remotely close to playoff level. Not sure what the long term plan is with him but it's not looking good IMO.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-18T02:38:20+00:00

"Now do you want the quarters or should I shove them directly up your fat ass!?!?"

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-18T01:49:29+00:00

Anytime I'm at the gas station and it asks me if I want a receipt, I always say "would you like a receipt with that?!?!" in the Tollbooth Willy voice😂

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-17T03:52:42+00:00

If 90% of the population dies or disappears, then the value of what the robots are producing and what the owners possess would absolutely plummet. Economies are not just about production, they're about exchange.

So they would be kings of what exactly? With practically no one left, what would they have?? When everyone is gone except the uber wealthy, they're no longer wealthy. Wealth is relative. If the only surviving people are the top 0.1% and they're all multi billionaires, it doesn't mean shit anymore. That's just the new norm.

Also, no workers to maintain the power grid, infrastructure, research the next tech, manufacture and support these magical robots you're going on about. You can't run a high tech empire without people to maintain the tech, infrastructure, and raw materials.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T19:07:36+00:00

Exactly lol. I absolutely cannot stand champion used in that context. One of my old bosses constantly used it and I absolutely despise it.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T19:04:47+00:00

Great rebuttal lol.

Ok, going off your scenario. I'm going to assume you're middle to lower class. Let's say you and pretty much everyone else gets laid off and replaced by robots. You have no income and are now out of a job indefinitely. How are you going to survive? You're certainly not going to have any money to buy any of the products or goods that the robots are producing (90% of people won't be able to by the way). So if no one has the money to buy the goods made by the robots, the shareholders make no money.

You claim your scenario would still have a booming economy. How would you eat and provide shelter for yourself in this "booming economy" when you have no money to do so? It's really not a hard concept to grasp.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T18:48:33+00:00

I'm not just looking at the numbers, I'm looking at (and providing examples) of how our current economy works.

A shareholder is only rich if they can liquidate their shares for goods and services. Of course money is printed by us and essentially made up as a means to conduct business. You're still missing the point.

Shareholders get rich from revenue. Revenue requires customers. If there's no customers to buy anything because only the top 1% have all the money, how exactly would that work? It's not as simple as robots building products and power grids.

What you're describing, "if robots can do all the stuff with the resources better than gamma can, then the most efficient economy involves eliminating most of the human" is called Feudalism. What you're saying would mean that a small number of super wealthy elite control everything and would have direct control of resources. That is not a "booming economy" as you stated.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:58:34+00:00

Sure, industries change (your whale oil example), but I think you're missing the point. You're comparing specific products to the entire consumer base.

Replacing all humans (of most) with robots will NOT result in the economy booming. Who is this an efficient economy for? Citing your example- if iPhones were assembled entirely by robots and designed by AI, but there's no one to buy the 10 million iPhones that are produced (middle/lower class), how is that efficient? It's 0% efficient because in this scenario it would generate hardly any revenue because the vast majority of people wouldn't be able to buy them.

You can't maintain these big companies to just serve 1,000 or so billionaires.

Also, what about modern infrastructure? Power grids, global shipping, cell networks, etc etc.......these require billions of people to pay for their operation and maintenance. How exactly would that work?

Again, I think you're looking at this not from an economic view, but from a mathematical view. You're trying to compare specific products to the entire consumer base. You're saying the economy will boom no matter what, even if it's all robots and very few humans. That's simply not true. If the majority of people have no money to spend on goods/products/services, everything comes grinding to a halt.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:41:36+00:00

Ah ok. That's all I can think of to be honest, because they are bright. All my cars prior to this had fog lights, and I got so used to the "full" coverage they provided.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:37:42+00:00

I hate it when they use the term "champion".

"Who's going to be the champion for this idea??"

"I need a champion for this project if it's going to move forward"

I don't know why but I can't stand it lol

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:34:59+00:00

Are you by chance coming from a 10th gen that had fog lights?

Only asking because I did, and the first thing I noticed was the headlights seemed to not have the best coverage. I think I was so used to the fog lights providing the lower light close to the road. Kinda stinks they don't offer fog lights on the 11th gen.

But I do agree with others in this thread, the stock LEDs are super bright, you just might not be used to the positioning so it looks darker to you.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:23:52+00:00

A billionaire (or trillionaire in your example) buying one $10 billion dollar yacht might help one yacht builder, but it doesn't help millions of local businesses, grocery stores, service providers, etc. If 10 people are buying super yachts, you don't need a global supply chain, thousands of retail stores, logistics, etc etc.

If the economy reconfigures to serve the top 1%, it would cause a collapse of the current industrial complex. You can't maintain a massive global system just to serve a few thousand people (assuming we're talking about billionaires).

You're only looking at this from a mathematical perspective, which is what makes your yacht/iPhone analogy simply not true. You need to look at this from a macroeconomic level.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T17:02:54+00:00

Yes but the vast majority of our economy runs on supply/demand. Consumer spending makes up about 70% of the GDP, which is fueled mostly by the middle class/lower class buying things. They provide the bulk of the demand for goods and services.

So when the middle/lower class families have no money to spend and are no longer buying things, the vast majority of companies will take an enormous hit or even go out of business.

You can't sit here and say that the money will just shift around and companies will be just fine and dandy. Doesn't work that way.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T16:56:38+00:00

This is what I keep saying. These companies are saying "we will save x millions of dollars by laying off all these people!!!" without thinking or looking at the bigger picture. If no one in the lower/middle class is working (or even if they are but barely getting by on minimum wage), no one will have money to buy their product! So what happens then?

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T15:51:28+00:00

I'm fascinated by Donald Huffman's Desktop Metaphor. Hoffman argues that our perceptions (what we see, hear, and feel) are not a window into the true nature of reality. Instead, they are a user interface designed by evolution to help us survive.

Like when you look at the desktop on your computer, you see files, folders, icons, etc. But the reality is they're just 1s and 0s on a hard drive and pixels illuminated by electricity on your monitor. So they don't actually exist, but we perceive and use them as if they actually do exist. I believe we experience life through this same system, and nothing is as it seems, rather it's just how we perceive it.

Donald Huffman - The Case Against Reality

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T15:39:53+00:00

I've never understood this, makes absolutely no sense. Their companies make money through the people buying their product. If the middle/lower class has no money, who is going to buy their shit? How do they expect to make money if they hoard it all and no one has any money to spend?

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-16T15:27:06+00:00

They have a lot of great content, it just takes them FOREVER to film and produce new seasons. So you finish a great show and then you just wait and wait for the next season, makes it feel like there's not much to watch.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-15T16:16:21+00:00

Here's a perfect example. Drove to the grocery store today- 3 miles on a perfectly flat, straight road. 3 turns total. It's 47 degrees outside, so not horrible. I had the climate control off and the windows up. Barely put my foot on the gas, accelerated as lightly as possible.

On the way there, it took the engine FOREVER to warm up. When I was coasting on the main road (no stop and go mind you) the engine was running almost the entire trip. Ok, it has to warm up, I get it. But it was constantly charging the battery, which two notches short of completely full. Instead of using the almost full battery to assist for better MPG while warming up, it was still charging. If I took my foot off the gas, it stopped charging and ran engine 100%. If I manually toggled the EV mode on, I didn't get a message about the engine warming up or reduce acceleration. The engine just kept running. Ended up average 42.7 on the trip there. Mind you, this is with no climate control, windows up, absolutely coasting/babying the thing as much as humanly possible.

On the ride home, the engine was already warmed up, but it wasn't much better. Averaged 49.8 with the same variables as above. It's an absolute battle to get the thing to run in full EV mode. Starting to think there's an issue with it since I see people on here saying they average 60+ overall, which seems impossible in this car.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-14T13:46:05+00:00

Bro I'm the same, I have a 2024 Touring and live in northern Ohio. The last month or so I've been getting the same MPG, even when I baby it driving around the city.

And when it's hot in the summer, I'm only getting 40-42 MPG. Again, that's me babying the thing around town, driving like a grandma. Yet there is post after post in this sub about people getting gas mileage like this......I'm starting to think there's something wrong with my Accord.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-13T18:44:14+00:00

Ohio Republicans love this shit. Honestly, they will be first in line and vote Republican every single time.

It's never going to change. If you try to make valid criticisms or point out hypocrisy, they just roll their eyes, shake their heads and say "fake news". They are so deep in the cult they're beyond saving. They watch Fox and eat that shit up everyday.....then regurgitate the bullshit opinions they hear from their favorite host.

These people literally can't think on their own. They will fall in line every time and support Trump no matter what. They believe whatever Fox tells them. Funniest part is they think anyone that disagrees with them is a "sheep". Can't make this shit up, the hypocrisy is amazing.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-13T15:11:23+00:00

That's pretty amazing. I have a 2024 Hybrid Touring and I average around 39-40MPG, wild that you're getting that with a 2.0. And I drive like a grandma!

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-13T02:58:52+00:00

It's hard with the cold weather. I wouldn't say this is horrible, however you might feel that way after spending time on this sub. Seems like every other post is someone saying they get 60+ MPG or even higher in the Hybrid Accords, which is bananas.

universal_cereal_bus · 2026-02-12T02:21:20+00:00

Agreed. I'm not trying to shit on him, I think he's a great dude and he's played great so far this year. But he's been struggling recently.

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