[citation][nom]M232[/nom]The negativity towards car culture these days is ridiculously annoying. It seems the year 2000 rolled around and suddenly cars are evil, driving is a hassle, and anything other than a Prius makes Captain Planet cry. What ever happened to cars being cool? Your first car meant you were now independent, you could load all your friends in and just go for a drive and catch dinner and a movie. It wasn't uncommon in the 60's and 70's for your first time with a girl to be in the back of your car. Your car really represented who you were, with fastback Plymouths, Dogde, and Fords; or going to the drive in with a cute girl in your Chevelle, Skylark or whatever you had at the time. It was a part of you in more ways than you could ever imagine. This seems to be lost now.Call me old school but these silly automatic-everything prius things will never be a part of your personality, they will never be cool and they will never be fun.[/citation]
cars stopped being cool the moment that they all started to look the same with a different name... you want a car to look intresting, well those are in the 50000$+ range
you want a car that you can afford off burgerking money, you will get a 1000$ piece of crap that is tons of work.
you know why most people have a car now? to go to work and come home, gas isnt cheap, and the only reason we drive is because of a point a to point b trip, we dont drive for the sake of driving anymore.
im 24, and thankfully with my living situation i don't require a car at all.
who wants to drive at all?
if you could give me a car, i could get in the back seat and sleep, or do ANYTHING but drive, i would take it in a heartbeat.
and where i live, i see enough drunk people, and old people who vear off into the oncoming lane that driving can scare the hell out of me, the sooner computers do it the better.
[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]The strange absence of any criticism of the patent system is quite noticeable. It only happens when Google is benefiting from the said system.[/citation]
probably because they didnt patent moving hinges with walls on them, or patent a rounded pettle.