When it happens to me, I will feel some portion of your pain. For now, I have to remember to only click on ONE Meh disco ball during a 'thon. But oof, yeah, that’s a lot of days. I will say that 1967 was a peak year for many cars; consumer perceptions of the quality of models for about 15 to 20 years after that tended to decline, for a variety of reasons.
@werehatrack Yeah American cars in the 70’s – just bad. I remember going to a Ford dealer with my mother (shopping for a used car for me) and the American cars had vinyl seat and dashboard (not bad as a material) but with fake stitching that was supposed to look as if it was “fine Corinthian Leather” (whatever that is – RIP Ricardo Montalban) but was clearly just plastic with fake stitching embossed in it. Also American car handling at the time was just terrible compared to even something like the cheapest Volkswagen. Ended up going through a Fiat (fun, unreliable) and eventually a fake Porsche (924) and at some point a Datsun (Nissan) 280ZX.
Meanwhile my click streaks have also ended unexpectedly at times; I’m sure I clicked. Or maybe I didn’t.
@pmarin@werehatrack I do not recall the 70s cars because. Well I wasn’t alive. I spent a fair amount of time in the rear facing seats of I think an 85 “wood grain” wagon. I think a Chevy Caprice.
IDK. I think it was fine for a boat on wheels. To haul 5 kids. And a popup.
@unksol@werehatrack That 80’s one is strangely attractive. Kind of like the old Jeep Wagoneer of that era (not the new $100K one). The 90’s shows the beginning of the transition to mega-minivans, which continues to this day but they call them 3-row SUVs.
@pmarin@unksol The bathtub Caprice was fugly, and GM has produced some incredibly awful stuff from a styling standpoint. The Pontiac Aztek is still regarded by many as the fugliest car ever mass produced by a US automaker, and some will place it as fuglier than the 2CV.
@pmarin@unksol The Pacer was also known as “the flying fishbowl” at the time. It was just plain weird; the door on the passenger’s side was six inches longer than on the driver’s side, to allow more room for getting into the back seat from that side. Both the Pacer and the Gremlin were AMC attempts to come up with “smaller” cars, and both showed just how little AMC understood about the concept. They weighed about as much as a sedan of similar wheelbase, and their gas mileage was as bad as a larger car that had a useful trunk. (The Gremlin also had big problems with post-shutdown run-on, sometimes sitting parked for fifteen to twenty minutes while the engine dieseled with the ignition off.)
Always seems to happen to me around day 100. Although my highest is something like 250. Sometimes I legitimately miss the click. Other times I swear to all that is holy and unholy that I clicked the button.
@OnionSoup If the site has been upgraded you may have been logged out so clicking gets you a face but not on your streak. That has gotten me more than once.
@werehatrack I’m familiar with that reference but i have to believe it’s older/quotes are often made up. So I find it funnier lol
/youtube not to play wargames movie
Also our current “AI” is definitely not smart enough to reach that conclusion
/showme a mediocre condolence
I really am sorry, I’ve said that too
@mediocrebot If it’s any consolation I frequently feel Medionoldence.
@mediocrebot @pmarin Let’s get Medionoldence added to the dictionary.
@blaineg on this site, we don’t need no stinkin’ dictionaries, as long as @mediocrebot uses it, then it’s a word.
Five years and roughly five months. Wow.
When it happens to me, I will feel some portion of your pain. For now, I have to remember to only click on ONE Meh disco ball during a 'thon. But oof, yeah, that’s a lot of days. I will say that 1967 was a peak year for many cars; consumer perceptions of the quality of models for about 15 to 20 years after that tended to decline, for a variety of reasons.
@werehatrack Yeah American cars in the 70’s – just bad. I remember going to a Ford dealer with my mother (shopping for a used car for me) and the American cars had vinyl seat and dashboard (not bad as a material) but with fake stitching that was supposed to look as if it was “fine Corinthian Leather” (whatever that is – RIP Ricardo Montalban) but was clearly just plastic with fake stitching embossed in it. Also American car handling at the time was just terrible compared to even something like the cheapest Volkswagen. Ended up going through a Fiat (fun, unreliable) and eventually a fake Porsche (924) and at some point a Datsun (Nissan) 280ZX.
Meanwhile my click streaks have also ended unexpectedly at times; I’m sure I clicked. Or maybe I didn’t.
@pmarin @werehatrack I do not recall the 70s cars because. Well I wasn’t alive. I spent a fair amount of time in the rear facing seats of I think an 85 “wood grain” wagon. I think a Chevy Caprice.
IDK. I think it was fine for a boat on wheels. To haul 5 kids. And a popup.
@pmarin @werehatrack I was going to link but omg Google is bad.
/image 85 Chevy Caprice woodgrain
/image 96 Chevy wood grain wagon
Not the 9s gross one
@unksol @werehatrack That 80’s one is strangely attractive. Kind of like the old Jeep Wagoneer of that era (not the new $100K one). The 90’s shows the beginning of the transition to mega-minivans, which continues to this day but they call them 3-row SUVs.
@pmarin @unksol The bathtub Caprice was fugly, and GM has produced some incredibly awful stuff from a styling standpoint. The Pontiac Aztek is still regarded by many as the fugliest car ever mass produced by a US automaker, and some will place it as fuglier than the 2CV.
@unksol @werehatrack There was AMC Pacer but in a sick way it was kind-of cool. Almost a Porsche 928.
/image AMC Pacer red
/image Porsche 928 1980
EDIT Love that the Pacer seems to be abandoned in a field somewhere.
@pmarin @unksol The Pacer was also known as “the flying fishbowl” at the time. It was just plain weird; the door on the passenger’s side was six inches longer than on the driver’s side, to allow more room for getting into the back seat from that side. Both the Pacer and the Gremlin were AMC attempts to come up with “smaller” cars, and both showed just how little AMC understood about the concept. They weighed about as much as a sedan of similar wheelbase, and their gas mileage was as bad as a larger car that had a useful trunk. (The Gremlin also had big problems with post-shutdown run-on, sometimes sitting parked for fifteen to twenty minutes while the engine dieseled with the ignition off.)
@werehatrack I remember wanting a Gremlin because it came in periwinkle blue.
ouch. that hurts. I’m still trying for one full year. after that I think I’m probably done (I also think I’ll probably never make it a full year).
Always seems to happen to me around day 100. Although my highest is something like 250. Sometimes I legitimately miss the click. Other times I swear to all that is holy and unholy that I clicked the button.
@OnionSoup If the site has been upgraded you may have been logged out so clicking gets you a face but not on your streak. That has gotten me more than once.
@Kidsandliz maybe that’s what happens… And if they publish updates three times a year, that would correspond with me losing my runs.
Condolences.
@jouest or Medionoldences.
/showme Medionoldence
@mediocrebot Wow. I guess it’s a good name for a death metal band.
Someone sometime - “the way to win is not to play the game”
@unksol One place it’s from is the movie “War Games”, where the computer says “A strange game. The only way to win is not to play.”
@werehatrack I’m familiar with that reference but i have to believe it’s older/quotes are often made up. So I find it funnier lol
/youtube not to play wargames movie
Also our current “AI” is definitely not smart enough to reach that conclusion
@unksol that someone was a loser
@unksol @werehatrack Well, it just has to try repeatedly…
@pakopako @werehatrack if Anything I’m disappointed they used tic tac toe
/image xkcd tic tac toe
