Krauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 24 days agoCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesmessage-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-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 · 24 days agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoSame thing’s happened to cars: They all look like SUVs because people want to feel rugged.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·23 days agoNo, that’w because the larger vehicles have more lax emissions standards.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 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-up3·23 days agoChicken Tax AKA why America never got the Hilux
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 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.
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?