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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • Most Americans aren’t like me, but I love my Smart car. I got into it late, I thought the cars were really goofy and stupid when they hit the scene. It’s now my favorite car of all that I’ve owned, including my previous Porsche Boxter S. The Smart car was $6k used, it costs a little over $20 to fill up with gas, the 6 gallon tank takes just under a minute. It’s still a manual which I love and it’s so easy to drive. There is no extended hood so you never worry about scraping things when turning. The turning radius is insane by the way; the wheels turn to almost 90 degrees. I only need 1.5 lanes to make a U-turn and the power steering and clutch is very light. It also goes plenty fast which I was concerned about, I don’t feel scared driving on the highway in it at all. It really doesn’t feel small when you’re in it until you look behind and remember that the car just ends as far as your arm can reach. Smarts are made by Mercedes so they’re good quality. It’s a shame they were discontinued in the US, but I’m not surprised at all.


  • That’s how this school shit goes, zero tolerance really means zero critical thought. You were involved in a fight? That’s school violence!

    I always tell my personal story when this comes up. In high school I was beefing with my friend over some stupid shit. One day he put me in a headlock and started to fight me. With a free hand I reached up (very big guy btw, I was very small) and grabbed his glasses off his face and squeaked out to let go of me or I’d jam it into his eye. He spun me around and tried to knee me in the nuts (luckily missed) and then yelled at me. We both got suspended for fighting when all I did was get beat up by the guy.