spoiler alert his answer is "no"

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Their further explanation is even funnier:

Incredible to have this disclaimer above a thread about a sketchy credit bureau with opaque methodology for calculating your score

If this is incomprehensible to you gobbless

If the link doesn't work, the relevant section is from 0:56 to 1:56

Its still a good interview after that, but Cameron says a lot of dumb lib shit lol. Lucas is consistent throughout, even correcting Cameron from "British empire" to "American empire"

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So I'm looking for a new (used) car since mine is really old and starting to literally fall apart. I found a nice newer well-priced car on the website of a nearby dealership. I go in and take it for a test drive, I really like it and was strongly considering pulling the trigger because it was priced so well.

Salesman confers with his boss, comes back and says hey, I just found out I actually wasn't supposed to test drive that car with you because it needs a new transmission, and it'll take 2 weeks or so for that new transmission to come in. I say okay no problem, I can wait a couple weeks, I still have my old car in the meantime.

When he comes back again with the official quote, the price is TWO GRAND HIGHER than the online price, because "well I didn't know it needed a new transmission and I just can't possibly eat the full cost of that, so this is the new price now, I'm oh so sorry but I just can't it'd be too hard for me and my manager said so :(((("

So I flat out told him the online price is what brought me in, and if that's not honored (which would be fucking illegal to do but they don't care) then I'm walking. Guy comes back with his manager who then begrudgingly agrees to honor the online price and we were able to do the business we were both there to do like mature adults.

Oh the funniest part is this dealership is very outwardly "Christian" (there was Christian music playing over the speakers the entire time and a little daily devotional book on the salesman's desk) and the manager told me "you know we're very Christian based so we would NEVER try to scam people" immediately after he tried to squeeze an extra two THOUSAND fucking dollars out of me for HIS fuckup.

This is my one isolated experience with a REPUTABLE dealer in my area, I have to imagine this shit happens all the time to people just trying to secure reliable transportation in Carbrain Hell

fuck small business tyrants and also large business tyrants and also CEOs, we'll overcome them

Out of all the buzzwords online and in the culture wars, I understand "identity politics" the least. I know it has a basis in theory but it seems like every individual person has their own definition of what it means. Chuds use it basically interchangeably with "woke", libs use it as a cudgel against marginalized groups who call them out on their moderate-fascist bullshit, and for a while I was under the impression that it was a nonsense term only used by our enemies.

But I see leftists here and in the wild using the term and I lack a theoretical understanding of its meaning and what phenomenon exactly it's describing.

I saw that the Hextube marathon of The Sopranos just finished so I want to discuss with others! Overall, fantastic show, I love the idea that the mafia is a microcosm of white American society as a whole and how selfish and morally bankrupt it is. It's shockingly funny at times too, they really nail the black comedy aspect (the Columbus episode was hilarious from start to finish ). All of the characters are phenomenal too, it's hard to choose favorites, but if I had to I'd probably say Adrianna, Carmella and Junior in that order (honorable mention to for being a goofy little freak)

I'll probably think of more things to comment on as I contemplate the show more, but I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't. There's a reason it's so highly regarded and memed on. And of course I want to hear others' thoughts as well! There's a lot to unpack in this show and I'm sure I haven't even scratched the surface of its themes and ideas.