Krauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agoCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesmessage-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1664arrow-down1message-squareCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesKrauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 days agoAnd shit form factor, huge and bulky but very flat only. Because all customers demand it.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 days agoSame thing’s happened to cars: They all look like SUVs because people want to feel rugged.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·22 days agoNo, that’w because the larger vehicles have more lax emissions standards.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoYeah. Got a loaner car from Volvo and even as a “compact” it’s bigger than my 10 year old car in my garage. There’s a stupid EPA rule that needs to go away like the chicken tax.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoChicken Tax AKA why America never got the Hilux
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoDammit I’m supposed to be a tax expert. I knew about the protectionism but I didn’t know it was called the Chicken Tax. Pretend I told you that fact it’ll be good for my ego.
And shit form factor, huge and bulky but very flat only. Because all customers demand it.
Same thing’s happened to cars: They all look like SUVs because people want to feel rugged.
No, that’w because the larger vehicles have more lax emissions standards.
Yeah. Got a loaner car from Volvo and even as a “compact” it’s bigger than my 10 year old car in my garage.
There’s a stupid EPA rule that needs to go away like the chicken tax.
Chicken tax?
Chicken Tax
AKA why America never got the Hilux
Dammit I’m supposed to be a tax expert. I knew about the protectionism but I didn’t know it was called the Chicken Tax. Pretend I told you that fact it’ll be good for my ego.
What fact?