>^,^<

...''''''?..

...a friend literally peeled off her clothes, climbed into bed next to me, started grinding, and i presumed she was just acting silly; didn't register that maybe she liked me until a decade later...

...what finally clued me in with another girl was her taking a call while we were talking late one night at work, "yeah, still at the office; just flirting with this cute guy i really like but i'm not sure he's taking the hint; i don't know, maybe another thirty minutes? okay, talk later!" then hangjng up and continuing our mid-conversation interruption like nothing happened...

(flashback of illiterate mundanes calling 3½" diskettes 'hard disks')

...oh i'm not giving you a hard time, especially these days when most manufacturers have discontinued cars entirely to offer only crossovers or trucks; i'm just pointing out how stupidly the market evolved over the past three decades, largely in reaction to the success of the minivan...

...what's particularly ironic is that the minivan's whirlwind success was driven by a similar backlash against station wagons, and now modern crossovers have essentially evolved into overwrought bloated wagons...

...minivans are fantastic purpose-designed suburban utility vehicles; crossover SUVs are small-dick-energy rejection of suburban identity...