My knee-jerk reaction is an older Toyota Corolla or Camry, or a Honda Civic or Accord. These models are built like tanks (not that the new ones aren’t) and are a great way to learn. Also helps that they get great gas mileage. Look for models that have a serviceable transmission, I can speak from experience that 2013 Corollas are not designed to be self-serviced.

I don’t have dysphoria BUT I do have the pain of explaining my chronic issues to every. Single. New. Doctor. Again. And. Again. And it’s a 50% chance they even believe me (because it’s chronic and basically invisible because I’ve learned how to mask and hide the pain).

It’s so rough to be tossed around and to have to endure all this pain. But I’m happy you got an appointment for Thursday and tomorrow. Silver lining.

I want you to :3 in peace too. You will get there!

Is that Viggo or Tony? Or a mixture of both?

I wanted to provide feedback for THIS part only. :) not for OPs issue. I would have responded to OPs post if that were the case…

This but put the entries in /etc/fstab instead.

Ur just jealous lmao

Those back muscles omg 🥵

Guess I should stop b4 I scroll too deep and regret it.

Merci Tommy!

Oh i haATE using the touchscreen during the winter. Absolute bollucks.

Car has one and it only controls dash lights but good call anyways :)

Everyone’s commenting on the whole programmer train.

Meanwhile I’m gonna comment on how the words “candidate” and “me” are in fucking parenthesis when there’s LITERALLY no reason for that nonsense.

This looks pretty interesting. I have been passively looking for such a service. I will give this a whirl and try it out.

Agreed. Touchscreens are such a safety hazard. The idea of having a bloody oversized iPad controlling everything in your car is an absolutely shittastic design.

My current car has a stupid 7 inch touchscreen and its bright af even at the lowest bright/contrast settings. Yes it has dark mode. Yes it’s enabled at nighttime - which is when I do most of my driving - and YES it’s still wayy too fuckin bright. So i have it display off perma, no need for that shit to distract me whiel im driving.

Fortunately the touchscreen only controls radio, media, and settings. HVAC and other mission-critical shits are relegated to tactile buttons and knobs. Additionally, the steering wheel has media controls and other buttons, which basically make the touchscreen useless as the wheel does the same crap as the screen, except it doesnt blind me at night.

Unfortunately, it’s getting increasingly more difficult to find a car that doesn’t have this junk built-in, unless you get a used car from the mid-to-late 2000s or even the 2010s. (And then you have more shit to worry about, but at least its all mechanical vs computer in nature!)

IRL Quagmire lmao

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far for this.

Ditch Brave. Utilizing Firefox with AdNauseum is better. You can import your ublock lists into AdNauseum and it works just the same. And u fuck with the ad click collection data too.

Edit: forgot link, here we go: https://adnauseam.io/

I doubt the bad breath will be enough of a deterrent, not to mention dentists wear masks ^_ and are paid fairly well. Besides, you’re actually able to tell the patient “hey your breath STINKS! floss and brush more plz” (and get paid for that too!)

Keeping it classy (obvs this is satire…)

Thrifting is key here. Even with a decent income, it’s worth checking out second hand gear. I have snagged several pieces of clothes that were originally $120+ and got them for literally a tenth of the original price, if not less. Your mileage may vary tho depending on location.