Evrala

I'm a lesbian, Google has enough data on me to know I'm a lesbian, I live with women, don't really hang out with men at all. I use a bunch of Google services so I know Google knows this about my living situation.

SO MANY FUCKING ADS FOR MANSCAPED, WHHHYYYYY. I am not the target market for this Google.

I've taken to blocking the ads, still more Manscaped. Is it cause blocking = engagement? "Oh wow, she interacted with this ad to block it but ignored the others, what a good ad placement!"

I'll be honest, one of the parts I really like about the show Jet Lag is when they reccomend channels to watch at the end of the episode.

Carfromjapan.com has the best search features I've found, once you know what you're looking for https://www.goo-net-exchange.com/ is also nice because they translate the car condition sheets.

Parts availability depends on the car. For the Rasheen for example most of the engine parts can be found at any parts store for the 1500 and 2000 cc engine versions cause those engines were also in American cars though the 2000cc engine is far more common. I've also found English websites that are easy to order just about any parts you want for a Rasheen including body panels.

Amazon is also nice for finding parts, I was able to find parts for a SR18DE engine on Amazon and that engine was never sold in America. So you can just buy the parts yourself then take the car to a local mechanic for the work.

Once you find something that interests you just Google that car name parts and you can usually find someone talking online about how owning that car has been for them.

The best listings also have video of the car running so you can hear if something is off with it.

Import something old and fun! Cars from smaller countries have lower mileage and can be cheap because they aren't as valuable as a comparable car from the US. It isn't hard to find a 25 year old car with about 50,000 miles on it.

JDM cars are especially nice now because of how weak the YEN is. Look outside the popular JDM cars and there are tons of things with easy to find parts for dirt cheap.

Or hell, get a not top trim of a popular model, and you can get something cheap. Want a station wagon built on the same platform as the Nissan Skyline? The Automatic Stageas are cheaper because tuners don't want them because they're an automatic and don't have a turbo, which makes them slower, but also more reliable.

Nissan Rasheens with the 1500cc engine are easy to maintain and have an engine that was used in some American cars, get the first true AWD CUV for about $5000 plus import fees.

Another cheap option is a Toyota Caldina, get a reliable awd station wagon with a nice interior for 7 or 8 grand including import fees. (Avoid the 2000ish GTT version with a turbo, turbo manifold is prone to warping on that engine and said manifold is hard to find in the US as those engines generally didnt sell in the US)
Edit: looks like Caldinas have gone up in price recently.

Yes it would be ideal for the government to do all that, I'm just saying that increased corporate tax rates lead to increased reinvesting into the companies themselves which is generally good for workers. Part of them avoiding paying taxes would lead to working at those companies being better because pushing pure profit margins wouldn't be as effective for gathering wealth. There are so many companies where it is downright miserable working for them due to rampant cost cutting to make record breaking profits, so tax the fuck out of those profits and stupid choices like that become less fiscally appealing.

For instance In order to boost profit margins at the end of last year 7 Eleven put a halt to all preventative maintenance. If it is no longer cost effective to do that due to high taxes on those profits that maintenance would have been done which would have seen a higher retention in maintenance staff. (As well as less money spent replacing equipment in 2024)

I'm not saying one change will fix everything, but it's a start.

The higher the corporate tax rates the more the companies reinvest into the company to keep profit margins down which causes the economy to flourish rather than funneling as much cash as possible to shareholders.

Companies generally would rather pay their own workers more than pay more in taxes. If you're going to lose the money anyway, might as well spend it keeping your workforce happy than give it to the government.

Hell, Hillary even kept Henry Kissinger around while campaigning Somehow thinking that was a good idea? Basically a hello America, look at this war criminal I am good friends with, let me talk at length about how amazing this war criminal is. To say she was out of touch would be a bit of an understatement.

I replayed them not long ago, the graphics hold up pretty well.

I'll sometimes try protein shakes when I see vegan ones I don't recognize at the store. I've had a few very bad ones. Most fall into that "well, it tastes decent for a protein shake I suppose."

I'm vegan and struggling with my weight for a while, bought a Huel subscription and it is really helping. I'll get my measured out meal, then fill up on water and tea, but the shakes by themselves are surprisingly filling.

Portion control had been my biggest struggle. It's easier to say no to another meal shake than getting seconds of something else, and the shakes do taste good. Well, the chocolate does, the Vanilla is... not amazing.

I'm also keeping up on it more cause I don't want the hassle of modifying the order.

The other big thing that keeps me at it is weighing myself every day and logging it in a health app.

Pong. My dad had a old Atari pong system.

For a period of time illegal lotteries were fairly common on YouTube. I don't know if anyone got in trouble for them but they mostly disappeared from the big channels as creators realized or were told "Oh shit, this is actually illegal."