It's not even that so much as it is making change for the sake of change as opposed for the sake of improvement. Every company is guilty of this to some degree, but everyone can name a few that keep shuffling things around for no good reason. A lot of the time it's worse from a productivity perspective, but I guess that at least it looks flashier.

I'd respect the field more if they told management that the current design is good and that it can stay that way for the next five years while they work out something that might be better and go through the process to verify that. Too often it's them doing stupid shit that screams of them trying to justify their own job position or so that marketing has something to talk about for the next product release.

Are you implying that Subaru owners awesomely climb over more than curbs in parking lots?

Looking over at the $75K truck crowd who assumes dirt on the tires of their 4WD is grounds for taking the plastic off the seats and trading it in at a less-than-mint loss, I'm just a tad skeptical.

For seasonal flus you're better off taking a preventative approach than trying to treat it after the fact. By the time the symptoms are showing up there's not much that can be done, at least not in terms of hastening the recovery, beyond getting additional rest and letting your body fight the infection. I just supplement extra vitamin C and zinc during cold season and try to make sure that I don't get generally rundown from lack of sleep or stress and that's been enough to keep me from getting really sick. In the last 10 years I've only had one really bad cold during flu season. The worst cold I had was when I was doing a lot of international travel and sitting in a flying Petri dish for long stretches and having my sleep scheduled ruined on a weekly basis for a little less than a month. By the end of that I think I was so run down that it took almost a month to completely get over that cold.

Dammit, I wonder gave their target demographic away.

I mean sure, not every car comes with your choice of patchouli dispenser or roll-your-own tampon maker, but still..

What's wrong with that? When Apple bought Intel's modem team some years ago the designs they had weren't up to snuff so the iPhone kept using Qualcomm modems instead of being forced to use the inferior in-house solution. They only recently started selling some products with their own modems now that they're close to what competitors offer.

It's no different from you buying something for personal use but deciding to sell it to someone else who would offer you more money than what you paid for it instead of using it yourself. Similarly you may be intent on buying something from some particular company, but change to another that's offering something better for the same price or the same goods for a lower price.

Next week we'll hear about a "strategic partnership" between Bending Spoons and Ticketbastard while regulators pretend to be shocked, shocked I tell you about it.

Private equity and betting against success (hedging) should be shit out of the asshole of Capitalism and flushed forever.

Wish we could say a couple of decades of leftover RAM is gonna sell like fucking Charizard one day, but I kinda doubt it.

(Lawyer) "Sir, did you document this observation personally, or did AI write that?"

(Dr. Meatsack) "I do not recall."

(Lawyer) "I see. And you?"

(AI EverLearn) "I'm gonna go with..what he said."

(Lawyer) "Wait, you can't do tha.."

(AI) "Objection. Overrulled. I plead the fifth circuit board of bananapeels."

Steve Lehto has a good video about this.

In Michigan the Lemon Law applies to problems that 'reduce the value to the consumer'.

Some people are attempting to return their cars over these popup ads. IIRC it was GM that was much more aggressive but I might have that detail wrong.

FTFY. The Wild West is indeed wild.

* pulls Uzbekistan to the side *

(Data Analyst) "There, now see? That's much better! I think we can all relax a bit now."

* Uzbekistan starts walking to the door *

(Reality) "Uh, hold up there. What-The-Fuck doesn't even begin to describe my curiosity."

If even three in sales reported this in their weekly updates, it would be a rather obvious increase from zero in front of the monthly sales reports, if they give a shit about why people didn't buy.

At the end of the year, it's just a bloodbath anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if some dealers are still trying to get late 2024s pushed off the lot at a loss. Only took an entire influencer industry dedicated to new car price mocking and overflowing lots to get them to come below MSRP.

In mind? Hell, I smell an infringement suit.

From here.

Came for the jokes about that shit job. Was not disappointed. 3.8/5 stars. Would pun again.