Stupid World

[pritch]

MMA (Google it)

Google it? My nephew was doing it.

[mashman]

Herman the German (Arminius to the Romans) knew how to handle the Romans.

Back in the day the Romans would take prominent leaders or their sons to Rome. They'd show them the buildings, the political system, and let them see the army training.
These people were then intended to go home and say there was no chance of beating the Romans, they were just too advanced.

Herman was given the full treatment. Instead of going home with the intended pessimistic message, he went home with the answer. Fight them in the forests.

Ironic that he was eventually assassinated by those he saved from colonisation.

[F5 Dave]

Google it? My nephew was doing it.

I'm not a violence person ( I got enough throwing the earth at myself at various racetracks). But it is an interesting case study on conventional wisdom.

Ooh mashed potato said something. I'll bet it was sub moronic.

[pritch]

Reports, some brutal, say Musk is in trouble. His buffoonery at Twitter has placed Tesla at risk. Apparently Tesla are recalling hundreds of thousands of cars. Tesla did not have a good year and are facing difficulties with other manufacturers producing better cars or similar quality cars cheaper.

In such matters perception becomes reality. The ‘genius’ needs to focus on something. Now would be good.

[R650R]

Reports, some brutal, say Musk is in trouble. His buffoonery at Twitter has placed Tesla at risk. Apparently Tesla are recalling hundreds of thousands of cars. Tesla did not have a good year and are facing difficulties with other manufacturers producing better cars or similar quality cars cheaper.

In such matters perception becomes reality. The ‘genius’ needs to focus on something. Now would be good.

He’s getting taken to the cleaners over the semi, his own vids used to debunk him. The economics used to say his truck was cheaper than diesel was based on 7 cents kw/h supercharger electricity. Trouble is his own Tesla supercharger network charges Tesla car drivers 50 cents kw/h.

[R650R]

MMA (Google it) has shown the fallacy of martial arts. Most only train and defeat attackers using the same principles.

Well as Long as they are defeating their attackers that’s all that matters.
Most people who are into that stuff will train across other fighting sport disciplines.
Even going to another MMA club in same town can be valuable learning.

Because of its televised sporting popularity Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is what the average joe thinks MMA is. However proper mixed martial arts covers all type of fighting.
The most important thing a decent club will teach you though is to not fight, you can never be 100% how something will pan out.

The most powerful weapon we have is words...

[pritch]

He’s getting taken to the cleaners over the semi, his own vids used to debunk him.

This guy agrees with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3dCDNIRM34

[mashman]

Congress killed a landmark wildlife bill to preserve a massive crypto tax loophole... says it all really.

[pritch]

Overnight I saw an item that depending on where you live and your driving record, all the usual factors, it will cost between US$3,000 and $4,000 to insure your Tesla for a year. Very expensive compared to other cars. You could buy quite a lot of gas for the difference.

Be interesting to know if that applies to other EV brands.

[kawaaiguy]

Overnight I saw an item that depending on where you live and your driving record, all the usual factors, it will cost between US$3,000 and $4,000 to insure your Tesla for a year. Very expensive compared to other cars. You could buy quite a lot of gas for the difference.

Be interesting to know if that applies to other EV brands.

EVs are an environmental nightmare and just-so-much bullshit. Without the govt subsidy/propaganda, I doubt any sane person would buy one.

[R650R]

Overnight I saw an item that depending on where you live and your driving record, all the usual factors, it will cost between US$3,000 and $4,000 to insure your Tesla for a year. Very expensive compared to other cars. You could buy quite a lot of gas for the difference.

Be interesting to know if that applies to other EV brands.

The number and consequences of EV fires won’t have gone unnoticed by underwriters. It’s quite common knowledge now that they can take days to extinguish and the continued heat intensity will result in additional third party loss claims.
Clean up costs will be higher as your not just carting that wreck to scrap dealer.

[Laava]

Overnight I saw an item that depending on where you live and your driving record, all the usual factors, it will cost between US$3,000 and $4,000 to insure your Tesla for a year. Very expensive compared to other cars. You could buy quite a lot of gas for the difference.

Be interesting to know if that applies to other EV brands.

Are you just winding up our local fanboi?

[onearmedbandit]

And then there's this. I still have many close contacts in the industry and this has been a concern.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128...safety-concern

[pritch]

Found this Australian guy this morning. He appears to have thought about things and done some sums. It's quite long but worth the time I thought. Apart from the arithmetic, he makes the point that if the figures stacked up Tesla would be shouting them from the roof tops - but they ain't saying nowt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-TUfTwWdHM

[F5 Dave]

So from now, only top deck storage, a fire detector and an automatic Trebuchet so sling your burning EV into the sea.

Could be embarrassing if in port dock at the time.