Professorozone

joined 11 months ago
[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

But that's better than nothing, right?

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Because in America we believe strongly in our rights: specifically the right to tell people they don't have the right to speak any language they want. It's called freedom man!

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I think we're saying the same thing.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But few people but a car based on emissions, so why then did SUVs become popular? Or is it the case of manufacturers wanted us to like SUVs, so they made that happen.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

One of the creepiest things I've ever seen.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Sure is. Thanks.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Any opinions on Opera? I used it 1000 years ago. I liked it but then they started charging or something and switched to Firefox. Then Brave which was my favorite but is a problem I guess. I used Chrome for a short time until I learned it was Google crap. So now I'm back to Firefox. I see Opera is still around though.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I see. I'm confused by this too. When I was young vans were popular and station wagons were definitely more prominent. Vans fell out of popularity presumably because they were built on a truck chassis. Minivans drove better. Station wagons also fell out of favor. I guess because they were too family truckster.

So what happens? SUVs become popular which are basically station wagons built on a truck chassis. Go figure.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I disagree. They have gotten smaller on the inside. Totally agree in that. But the rest of the vehicle is definitely larger...and heavier. Look at a corolla today vs. there 80's. It's the size of a Camry back in the day. Trucks and SUVs, too. They don't fit in garages now. Remember mini trucks? Well no more.

I think to meet safety standards, they have more crumple zones. Plus they have more features, which take up space the passengers would normally use. Finally I think people just like larger vehicles. Maybe they feel safer, even if they aren't or they like the intimidation factor. I don't know.

Trucks are larger because of the footprint of the wheels is large enough, they have to meet different efficiency standards. But I think a lot of that was driven by manufacturer.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you. This will come in handy.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Both, depending on the task.

For instance, I have trouble taking notes while working on my car. Fingers dirty, device runs out of battery and needs power cord, no good program for combining pics and text and so on. It's just easier to write on scratch paper.

But if I order something online, I just screen shot the receipt.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

When I was a kid, an older kid peer-pressured me into smoking a cigarette. I smoked the whole thing and quickly noped out of that. Can't believe I made the best decision of my life at the age of 6.

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