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Any car can be a 365 day car
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Any car can be fun
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We all die eventually
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:12 pm "according to this forum" has really been taken out of context.
:snowflake: logic means it is all about ME, and everyone else is :wrong: has taken root here. Sometimes comments are comments they don't MEAN TO PERSONALLY OFFEND YOU, especially when you're stating :fax:

You are 6-10x more likely to die on a bike than a car per mile driven. Does it mean you're DEAD? No? Does this mean that if you decided to rail a bunch trannies without rubber in Thailand vs giving it to your wife once a month is more likely to get you the HIVYGIVY :fuckyeah: it does... just :fax:

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This also goes for things like "what is a fun 365 day car" not a "fun 365 day car for ME since I just BOUGHT IT". That wasn't the question. Sames goes with :truk: 's being "fun to drive" . It becomes an argument about semantics, more so than PERSONALLY TRYING TO STICK IT TO YOU, that's not the point.

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Ok Boomer.
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:27 pm We all die eventually
Correction: We're all dying, just some faster than others. :science:
It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:53 pm As a rich person let me say one thing: none of you will ever experience a truly fun car so find whatever it is that mostly meets that. It won't come close to what Waxer or I get to experience but at least you found something.you like.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:56 pm Also, paddle shifters in a JGC should not be fun, but they are.

But I'm definitely :wrong:
Probably the first time they were intentionally used :lol:
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:57 pm
4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:53 pm

It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.
LiFe iS nOt A RacEtRaCk. :howdareyou:
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:57 pm
4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:53 pm

It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.
LiFe iS nOt A RacEtRaCk. :howdareyou:
Ok Boomer.
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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:59 pm
[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:57 pm

LiFe iS nOt A RacEtRaCk. :howdareyou:
Ok Boomer.
I think there is only one boomer here... :iono: most are too old to know what Ok, Boomer even means.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:01 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:00 pm

I think there is only one boomer here... :iono: most are too old to know what Ok, Boomer even means.
Wait, whats a Boomer? :derp:
:notsure: if serious
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:53 pm As a rich person let me say one thing: none of you will ever experience a truly fun car so find whatever it is that mostly meets that. It won't come close to what Waxer or I get to experience but at least you found something.you like.
Two rich dudes with Golf R's.

:[user not found]: :waxer: :gorf:
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:03 pm

:notsure: if serious
:notsure: if serious
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:56 pm Also, paddle shifters in a JGC should not be fun, but they are.

But I'm definitely :wrong:
RoW yoUrE OwN GeARs :pussy:
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:04 pm
[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:53 pm As a rich person let me say one thing: none of you will ever experience a truly fun car so find whatever it is that mostly meets that. It won't come close to what Waxer or I get to experience but at least you found something.you like.
Two rich dudes with Golf R's.

:[user not found]: :waxer: :gorf:
It makes, sense. It's like wearing those Nikes, vs balenciagas which are used for bigger and better things. When you join the poor masses blending in with a golf avoids lynchings.
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:59 pm

Ok Boomer.
I think there is only one boomer here... :iono: most are too old to know what Ok, Boomer even means.
That's the joke, since we're nearly the same age.
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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:07 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:00 pm

I think there is only one boomer here... :iono: most are too old to know what Ok, Boomer even means.
That's the joke, since we're nearly the same age.
Gen Z's seem to think boomers really know of/or care about "ok boomer" as an "insult". So now it's a bunch of young people just saying it to each-other, I never really got it.

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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:05 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:04 pm

Two rich dudes with Golf R's.

:[user not found]: :waxer: :gorf:
It makes, sense. It's like wearing those Nikes, vs balenciagas which are used for bigger and better things. When you join the poor masses blending in with a golf avoids lynchings.
Had to google
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[user not found] wrote:As a rich person let me say one thing: none of you will ever experience a truly fun car so find whatever it is that mostly meets that. It won't come close to what Waxer or I get to experience but at least you found something.you like.
:notwrong:

Everything in life is a massive compromise unless you're rich.
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Max has a solid point tho.

It's apparent some are solidified in their opinions, which, sure we all have.
Some are just more willing to skull fuck you with their thoughts, and the rest of us are like 'Cool stary breh'

It's Trav's sig quote, which was said by me. It's the axiom by which DFD operates.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:10 pm
[user not found] wrote:As a rich person let me say one thing: none of you will ever experience a truly fun car so find whatever it is that mostly meets that. It won't come close to what Waxer or I get to experience but at least you found something.you like.
:notwrong:

Everything in life is a massive compromise unless you're rich.
Isn't becoming rich a massive compromise as well ? Quite a few of em lead miserable lives that end in suicide, or just full of : :eeyore: till the day they die, golden toilets and all.
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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:12 pm Max has a solid point tho.

It's apparent some are solidified in their opinions, which, sure we all have.
Some are just more willing to skull fuck you with their thoughts, and the rest of us are like 'Cool stary breh'

It's Trav's sig quote, which was said by me. It's the axiom by which DFD operates.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:10 pm :notwrong:

Everything in life is a massive compromise unless you're rich.
Isn't becoming rich a massive compromise as well ? Quite a few of em lead miserable lives that end in suicide, or just full of :grumpycat: till the day they die, golden toilets and all.
It certainly can be if you have to kill yourself and/or abandon principles to get there.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:15 pm
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Isn't becoming rich a massive compromise as well ? Quite a few of em lead miserable lives that end in suicide, or just full of :grumpycat: till the day they die, golden toilets and all.
It certainly can be if you have to kill yourself and/or abandon principles to get there.
$34,000 is the misery line. If earning $75,000 annually is the benchmark for financial happiness –– earnings over that amount haven't been shown to increase happiness in the long-term –– then consider $34,000 the new tipping point for financial misery. People who earned less than $34,000 were 50 percent more likely to commit suicide, researchers found. People who earned between $34,000 and $102,000 increased their risk for suicide by only 10 percent.
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A new paper from the San Francisco Federal Reserve shows that, all else being equal, suicide risks are higher in wealthier neighborhoods, a morbid demonstration of the folly of trying to “keep up with the Joneses.”
The twist comes when you look at low income individuals who live in high income areas. According to the study, they face greater suicide risk than those living in low-income areas. The study’s authors call it a “behavioral response to unfavorable interpersonal income comparisons.
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