Sure, I only have two grad degrees and am working on my third one. Yeah, I know nothing about scientific research. At all. Especially data. Totally clueless.

Nope nope nope, I recognize a flawed study written only to make headlines and get citations when I see one.

Oh, and also:

Riiiiiight.

From the study itself (pages 16 and 17):

As for the last one: "we're unsure if our data is what we think it is".

How the fuck did this even get peer-reviewed?

Ten years ago, I did a weekly road trip from San Jose to San Diego, traveling the 182 mile through the central valley every Friday and Sunday, for about 18 months for a contracting gig. It was one truck after another. Usually agricultural or just random trucking company.

Last weekend I did the same trip to see a friend. I swear that every third truck appeared to be an Amazon Prime truck. Absolutely nuts.

Ask California and Florida what happened when they started to regulate home insurance pricing for everyone.

That's right, companies deciding that it's not worth it anymore.

What I don't get is:

A. Who the fuck cares? You know that getting pregnant is a part of life. It's part of the work-life balance. Her manager should have been "wow, congrats! How can I make it easy for you?"

Most most importantly:

B. Why on earth are they allowing such an incredibly talented woman to go work for the competition over something as simple as a little bit or maternity leave? This is just plain stupid.

Found the annoying boomer that thinks he can tell me how to raise my child.

Dunblane would like to have a word with you.

Also, American school kids never had to worry about being blown up by the IRA.

Exactly. It's a great example of the slippery slope.

1: Ban "sales" to kids, because, you know, for the children
2: Limit the use of the bad smartphones, because, you know, for the children
3: Criminalize adults buying for their kids, because, you know, for the children
4: Tell parents how to raise their kids, because, you know, for the children


Seriously, Fuck the UK.

It's funny, because you do exactly that which people are always accusing each other of: picking the most favorable data for your argument, and forget about the rest.

In the same list that you link to, we see 29.2g/km for the TER train. Nearly 10 times as much.

Also, they assume usage and electricity usage statistic from different years. I wonder whyyyyyyyy (no, of course not, I know why).

Also, they use statistics that are 10 years old. I wonder whyyyyyyy (no, of course not, I know why).

Also, they talk averages. While that may sound as the right thing to do, it will include the very busy, 100% fully loaded trains in the summer, while forgetting about the 5% loaded still running at the same consumption trains in the wintertime.

I always wanted to see M4C-862 with Cadet Hailey...

And that will do exactly what?

I remember voting, with the entire country, against the EU constitution on June 1st, 2005. You know what happened?

It was enacted anyway, just with a different name. (source)

So much for the legitimacy of the EU and all its commissions.

Finally someone who says it like it is.

Crux of the matter is that in the EU, the EU commission rules. Either Apple plays by their rules or gets out of the market.

I don't agree with the EU commission, but hey, I didn't vote for them either (well, I voted against them, and that was just ignored).

So, it is what it is.

Ah yes, because that totally does not depend on how much water you use, how much electricity you use, how much natural gas you use, how many premium cable subscriptions you want, how much bandwidth you want your internet connection to have.

No, none of that matters.

Yeah, a big fat Fuck You for that one.

The EUSSR is a fucking unelected bunch of assholes that think their laws apply world wide. Well guess what, they do not.

Did you ride the short bus?