I haven't seen it since, but I remember at the time it was like somebody just filmed my school

EDIT: For esthetics to sell better, maybe clear anodize then cover with a wrap? When the wrap fades or gets scratched up, just remove and replace, or go bare metal if you don't want the cost.

When I got my little white Toyota I was surprised at how every little puddle painted a Pollock on the side of it. Nature's canvas. Eventually I just ignored it and let it stay dirty, because it looked dirty again right after washing.

My gray vehicle doesn't show dirt unless it's actual mud instead of gray road grime, but of course it's as boring as a galvanized nail.

A couple of my hard used mountain bikes are gray. On fast descents knobby tires pick up rocks and sling them at the frame, knocking out chips of paint, and also crashes now and then add their scrapes.

The gray bikes look so much better after many miles than my blue one, which looks like a worn consoomer product. Planned obsolescence encouraging you to buy a new one?

Otherwise why not just clear anodize aluminum frames? Since we're talking about cars, some bodies are aluminum, like Ford F-150s, mail trucks, and old Land Rovers. Why not clear anodize those? It would be like having a stainless Cybertruck except lighter.

> Anodizing is a method for changing the surface chemistry of metals and other substrates. It protects against corrosion, enhances aesthetic qualities, resists scratching and is one of the most durable surface finishes available.

All the computer iPad shit in cars now, and so many electric motors it would make a 1970s Cadillac blush, but YOU MUST CHOOSE between always-looks-dirty white or black, or some boring ass blue, gray, or red that looks like every other car.

It's not cost of paint, dealers say every other color sits on their lot forever. What are we, Amish?

What irritates me is browns and tans are perfect for trucks and SUVs but they've all vanished like woolly mammoths.

In the US house size has been growing for decades and houses are priced by the square foot. That's what I was referring to on growing house cost. If average people couldn't borrow enough to buy 2500+ sq ft houses they wouldn't sell, and post WWII size houses like my grandparents' would still be built today. For comparison I grew up in a 1400 sq ft house built in the 1960s and it was plenty for four people.

With cars, the gap between my parents' early sixties VW Beetle which they bought new when my father was a blue collar mill worker, is surprisingly small. Only about $2000 in 2023 dollars between that and a modern base level Kia or Hyundai. If you can believe the old ads, mileage is only about 4 mpg better today.

Before you say "yeah, but a 2023 compact is so much better!", it is, but imagine if you built a vintage car today with modern longer lasting materials and better tires and brakes and crash safety and a catalytic converter for emissions, how cheap it would be and little it would cost? As little electronics and power accessories as possible so you would get better reliability and cheaper repairs, and the mileage would still be about the same.

I've stopped feeling sorry for people who get in debt over their heads, except student loans and medical debt.

The reason houses and cars are so expensive is because people are willing to borrow immense amounts beyond their means to have huge/luxurious instead of basic. Covenants ensure nobody builds a small house they can afford in that neighborhood. So a lot of people get locked into renting forever, and cars get more complicated and expensive every year.

> potentially forcing them to close in the near future.

If people are starting to realize a BA in sociology or history is guaranteed to leave them with tens of thousands in student loan debt, but unlikely to lead to higher income to help pay those debts, there are a lot of departments at least that might dwindle.

Just a few years ago people on the internet were still shouting "I went to university for an education not a job. If I wanted a job I'd go to f*cking trade school!" I'm sure some still do, but I see that argument less often.

(also slightly offensive to people studying computer science, engineering, accounting, etc. - that's not "trade school")

clever girl

Yeah they need to delete anything expensive but keep the aerodynamic design, and get it down to the level of a Hyundai Accent or Kia Rio. Their market niche is definitely "second car".

Human embryos are pretty much tardigrades: Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Should be fine.
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source: /r/askashittydoctor

My poor son or daughter, born on an embyro ship and doomed to live out their life in the steaming sulfur caves of Trappist-1d.

On a positive note, they brought a bunch of iPhone 1000s with them, so the social media scene on the ship is lit!

> When looking for donors, the Ridgeways specifically asked the donation center about a category called “special consideration,” meaning it had been hard to find recipients for these embryos, for whatever reason.

> To pick their embryos, they went through a donor database. It did not list the how long embryos have been frozen, but it listed the donors’ characteristics like ethnicity, age, height, weight, genetic and health history, education, occupation, favorite movies and music. With some files, there are photos of the parents and of their children if they have them.

> The Ridgeways assumed those listed with earlier donor numbers had been at the center the longest and tried to narrow their choice to those profiles.

> The embryos were created for an anonymous married couple using in-vitro fertilization. The husband was in his early 50s, and they used a 34-year-old egg donor.