*Prompter Thread* (NO personal attacks, NO trolling)

[Route_2]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

I build luxury vehicles sir

So you work on the line? With you hands?

[BTBaboon]

Originally Posted by mandy18

Except it’s not.
The cupcake I ate today is far more likely to contribute to my decline than driving.

Granted, we need to get distracted driving under control, but it’s still not the most dangerous thing humans do on a day to day basis.

That said, I’m not against self driving cars, and will be perfectly fine if my kids never have to drive. And, if I could read in the car, I’d be more about robot taxis because then at least I could be productive.

I don't know - driving in Pittsburgh often feels like the most dangerous thing I've ever done.

Out of all the places I've lived, there are more terrible drivers here than anywhere!

[mrignatious]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I mean they're not really THAT much more than regular cars. Nissan Leaf's start at $29k. Factor in not having to pay for gas, oil changes, federal rebate (is that still a thing?), etc.

I love my Prius and will drive it into the ground, but will probably go all electric next.

If you can afford to spend $29k on a leaf you can definitely spend a few thousand more ya know

[drakan]

America’s Debt & the Economy
Ted Cruz would radically reform taxes but also explode the debt
https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/16/pf/...ans/index.html

Of course it would.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I mean they're not really THAT much more than regular cars. Nissan Leaf's start at $29k. Factor in not having to pay for gas, oil changes, federal rebate (is that still a thing?), etc.

I love my Prius and will drive it into the ground, but will probably go all electric next.

Heard you save around $4,000 per year driving a Tesla Model S. That's a lot of money.

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by mrignatious

If you can afford to spend $29k on a leaf you can definitely spend a few thousand more ya know

I'm just saying. A Toyota Camry starts at $24k. What's $5k more for something that's going to save you over the years?

Electric cars aren't for everyone right now due to lack of charging stations, but they'll get there.

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by drakan

Heard you save around $4,000 per year driving a Tesla Model S. That's a lot of money.

I totally believe it.

[ShotgunDMB]

Prius? Do you get dates in that thing?

[drakan]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Nobody is going to jail. Put the conspiracy theory to rest

FOX News Senior Legal Analyst Says Trump's Obstruction is 'Unlawful, Defenseless and Condemnable'
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...paign=trending

Mueller handed obstruction off to Congress because guidelines say you can't indict a sitting president.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Prius? Do you get dates in that thing?

I assume his has more than one door.

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Prius? Do you get dates in that thing?

Nothing sexier than MPG's, dude.

[mrignatious]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I'm just saying. A Toyota Camry starts at $24k. What's $5k more for something that's going to save you over the years?

Electric cars aren't for everyone right now due to lack of charging stations, but they'll get there.

Do you even backread bro?

[Route_2]

Greenland, home to Earth’s second-largest ice sheet, has lost ice at an accelerating pace in the past several decades — a nearly sixfold increase that could contribute to future sea-level rise, according to a new study based on nearly a half-century of data.

The findings, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, estimate that Greenland’s glaciers went from dumping about 51 billion tons of ice into the ocean between 1980 to 1990, to 286 billion tons between 2010 and 2018.

The result is that out of nearly 14 millimeters of sea-level rise in total caused by Greenland since 1972, half of it has occurred in the past eight years, researchers found.

And the ice losses are likely to get worse. The regions with the biggest potential ice loss — the frigid far northwest and northeast of the island, which sit up against the Arctic Ocean — have not changed as quickly as other parts of Greenland. Should they begin to melt more rapidly, then Greenland’s overall ice loss — and contribution to sea-level rise — could grow even more.

Eric Rignot, an Earth systems scientist for the University of California at Irvine and NASA who was one of the study’s authors, said in an email Monday that the study places the recent mass losses in Greenland in a longer-term context.

“The 1980s marked the transition time when the Earth’s climate started to drift significantly from its natural variability as a result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases,” Rignot said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/clima...=.209e54b636e6

[FromTheMorning]

The climate has always been changing!!

[bjordan319]

Originally Posted by FromTheMorning

The climate has always been changing!!

It was even cooling in the '70s!

[FromTheMorning]

Look! It's snowing!

[smokew11]

but i made a snowball this winter

[MDPrompter]

Originally Posted by mandy18

Nope. Statistically heart disease is still going to get me. Not a motor vehicle accident.

But since you bring it up, poison is more likely to get me than mvd.

The leading causes of death for the teenage population remained constant throughout the period 1999-2006: Accidents (unintentional injuries) (48 percent of deaths), homicide (13 percent), suicide (11 percent), cancer (6 percent), and heart disease (3 percent). Motor vehicle accident accounted for almost three quarters (73 percent) of all deaths from unintentional injury (Figure 2).


My original point was I dont want my kids driving. Also my kids won’t die prematurely of heart disease because we’re not raising them to be idiots.

[MDPrompter]

Originally Posted by mandy18

Except it’s not.
The cupcake I ate today is far more likely to contribute to my decline than driving.

Granted, we need to get distracted driving under control, but it’s still not the most dangerous thing humans do on a day to day basis.

That said, I’m not against self driving cars, and will be perfectly fine if my kids never have to drive. And, if I could read in the car, I’d be more about robot taxis because then at least I could be productive.

Can you show me the data that says eating a single cupcake is more dangerous than driving a motor vehicle?

[ShotgunDMB]

Marvich would you let your kids play football

[drakan]

Republicans caught cheating again. At least they didn't use the Russians this time.

Court strikes down Michigan GOP's gerrymanders and orders fairer House and legislative maps for 2020
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...-maps-for-2020

[aoeiifreak]

Originally Posted by mdmarvich

Can you show me the data that says eating a single cupcake is more dangerous than driving a motor vehicle?

It's a terrible argument. But bring in lawyers and things rich people do to get out of everything and she has a point. This type of bullshit is what we need to get rid of in this country.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Marvich would you let your kids play football

Would/do you?


Honestly not baiting you or anything, just curious.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I mean they're not really THAT much more than regular cars. Nissan Leaf's start at $29k. Factor in not having to pay for gas, oil changes, federal rebate (is that still a thing?), etc.

I love my Prius and will drive it into the ground, but will probably go all electric next.

I believe 2017 was the last year for the rebate.

[coldengrey12]

You liberals and your Priuses. I drive a tank like a real man. It runs on diesel and gets 4 miles to the gallon.

[ExistenceNow]

I drive a Honda Fit. It's a 2015 currently sitting at 145k miles. I put all but 42 of those on it myself; not 42k, 42.

[drakan]

More people at the NFL draft than were at Trump's inauguration.

[M. Steng]

What a world!

https://www.businessinsider.com/twit...report-2019-4?

[BTBaboon]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Marvich would you let your kids play football

Not Marvich, but for me this is a tough one. I played from 6th grade all the way through high school. Loved the sport, still love watching it, but the more we learn about head trauma the harder that decision gets. I know I got my "bell rung" a bunch (aka concussions) and didn't ever think much of it at the time. I don't feel like I have any lasting impact, but who knows what will happen over time. I do have a few buddies that I played with, though, that have some problems directly related to their head injuries and it's pretty sad to see at our age.

I probably lean towards not letting my kid play unless they can figure out much better helmet technology.

[mdel21]

I'd say absolutely not. No contact sport is injury free, but they can play something else.