MarkHirsbrunner
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_jefc3i5 wrote
Reply to comment by fuck_all_you_people in LPT: If the accelerator gets stuck on your car, do not put the transmission in neutral, just apply the brakes. by MarkHirsbrunner
Again, i included the exception of "if you need to stop quickly" or "you have shitty brakes." If you're just driving down the road, it doesn't matter if it takes longer to come to a stop, and if you are in traffic it's actually safer to not stop as quickly as possible.
And every brake system is rated to stop a car that is at full throttle. You're talking out your ass and inventing edge case scenarios to justify being oppositional to good advice.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_jef9zs4 wrote
Reply to comment by Existance_Unknown in LPT: If the accelerator gets stuck on your car, do not put the transmission in neutral, just apply the brakes. by MarkHirsbrunner
I think Mr. Toretto is imagining a situation where the accelerator is stuck and the brakes are failing right when he's speeding towards a cliff, instead of the much more likely situation where somebody takes their foot off the gas while driving and the pedal doesn't come up.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_jef2tpp wrote
Reply to comment by Oddlot0930 in LPT: If the accelerator gets stuck on your car, do not put the transmission in neutral, just apply the brakes. by MarkHirsbrunner
How does it put people at risk? The only situation where it might increase danger is if you just happen to have a stuck accelerator at a time when you need to stop the car as quickly as possible to avoid hitting someone. What are the odds?
Edit: also, considering that 96% of people drive cars with an automatic transmission, putting it in neutral if even more pointless.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_jef286p wrote
Reply to comment by ricardo9505 in LPT: If the accelerator gets stuck on your car, do not put the transmission in neutral, just apply the brakes. by MarkHirsbrunner
Telling people to use the emergency brake when it's not necessary is really bad advice. It should only be used when the car is in motion if the brake pedal isn't working as it can cause you to lose control of your car.
I've been driving and working on cars for 35 years and am fairly certain you are lying about your experience based on that shitty nugget of advice alone. Why the fuck would you use the e-brake with working brakes and the car in neutral?
MarkHirsbrunner t1_jed0kkw wrote
Reply to comment by Archibald1en in I would spend so much money on a new Star Wars podracing game. by TheTyGoss
Yes, i have it on PSVR.
MarkHirsbrunner t1_je82e85 wrote
Reply to comment by jerry111165 in Lo Specchio, me, Digital 3D, 2020 by losbadhombres
I don't know, i could probably flog the dolphin to it.
MarkHirsbrunner t1_jbil136 wrote
Reply to comment by SaitoPrecise7 in ‘Mike Judge’s Beavis And Butt-Head’ Season 2 Gets April 20, 2023 Premiere Date On Paramount+; Watch Teaser by DemiFiendRSA
Because 6/9 was too far away.
MarkHirsbrunner t1_jb7fisx wrote
Reply to comment by matthewisonreddit in Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by geoxol
Early Egyptian chariots were not drawn by horses.
Submitted by MarkHirsbrunner t3_119nl30 in funny
MarkHirsbrunner t1_j7ijkt7 wrote
Reply to Birds before the earthquake in Turkey by juniorgallina
Reminds me of an SF story I read. There was a colony on a planet that had earthquakes that lasted for hours that were much worse than those of Earth every few hundred years, that were going to destroy everything. Almost all the colonists have fled the planet but the main character decided he's not going to leave his home. He flies all over the planet in his flying car in the last days before the quakes visiting all the places he had lived and had important memories at, and then waited for the end to come.
I thought he was stupid. He had a flying car that could stay aloft for hours. All he had to do was hover until the quakes were over. Birds have the right idea.
MarkHirsbrunner t1_j79zfmq wrote
Reply to comment by Putin_Delenda_Est in Newly-discovered Earth-mass exoplanet — named Wolf 1069 b — may provide durable habitable conditions across a wide area of its dayside by marketrent
Red dwarfs are redder than our sun, but they aren't really a color anyone would describe as red. Their surface temperatures are around the same as the filament of an incandescent lightbulb or hotter, which means it would be about the same color as an old fashioned light bulb.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26at3b wrote
Reply to comment by doublehaulrollcast in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
$3.36. I don't think they're a good value but my daughter likes them.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26akh5 wrote
Reply to comment by conquerorvvorm in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
This stuff is interesting to adults, and fun to brag about when you get a good haul. You'll understand one day unless you find somebody else to be your mommy when you move out
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26aeut wrote
Reply to comment by Delmitus1 in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26ac8x wrote
Reply to comment by Veraladain in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
Done!
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j268gu5 wrote
Reply to comment by Listening_Heads in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
Yeah I was too tired by the time I brought it all upstairs.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j264wde wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
I am shopping for two and this is at least a weeks worth of food. Not all of it is visible in the picture, check out my reply where I post the receipt and describe the more expensive items.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j2647eh wrote
Reply to comment by Listening_Heads in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
Three large pork steaks, three pounds of ground beef, 2 pounds of breaded butterfly shrimp, 12 oz breakfast sausage, 54oz of pre cooked hot links, a large frozen pizza, 2 frozen lasagnes that are 4 servings each - that should last a family of four more than a couple of days. I'm in a household of 2 and this should keep us from making more than small shopping trips for over a week.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j263310 wrote
Reply to comment by samfreez in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
This 4 items will provide protein for at least 12 meals. The pork steaks were a really good buy, I can make a few meals from them. That 54oz packages of hot links usually last me a couple of weeks. The most expensive item, the 2lbs of shrimp, goes a long way as well.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j262iuw wrote
Reply to comment by Dramatic-Suspect2131 in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
I make a little over $20 an hour, and that's probably all the shopping I will do for about 10 days. I do have some staples at home already from previous shopping trips, and I'll probably have to buy milk and cheese again before I run out of pork, ground beef, shrimp, sausages, and frozen dinners.
There's a lot that can't be seen (like 3 pounds of ground beef and some frozen lasagnes). I posted a receipt in another response to this post with a breakdown of the more expensive items.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26230i wrote
Reply to comment by TedGuzan97 in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
Yes, when available. I'll freeze the day of purchase if I don't use it that day. I try to avoid being sucked into buying things I normally wouldn't get just because they're greatly reduced, though. This was a problem of my ex wife, she'd buy stuff nobody wanted and it would go to waste.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j25zss7 wrote
Reply to comment by doubledragon44 in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
Some of the more expensive items are not visible. I posted a receipt and description of the more expensive items.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j25vu32 wrote
Reply to comment by samfreez in $104.37 worth of groceries from a Walmart in Plano, TX by MarkHirsbrunner
That was 2 pounds of breaded butterfly shrimp.
MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_jefd17c wrote
Reply to comment by dbarrc in LPT: If the accelerator gets stuck on your car, do not put the transmission in neutral, just apply the brakes. by MarkHirsbrunner
And then lose your power steering and brakes, great idea Einstein.