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  • What do you think is the modern day equivalent to asbestos in 1960?

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  • So you swapped out a few pairs of NOS parts on a couple classics. I worked as an engineer for akebono, one of the biggest brake manufacturers in the world. Almost every European and American manufacturer ditched asbestos around 1990. Some imported "value" pads may contain asbestos, and some classic cars are still gonna have asbestos pads. But the vast majority of cars on the road do not.

  • What do you think is the modern day equivalent to asbestos in 1960?

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  • Asbestos isn't used in brake pads anymore, we've gone to organo metallic mixtures. So mostly carbon with some iron, manganese, and nickel thrown in.

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  • Wouldn't all EV's have to be drive by wire by definition?

  • This missing cat's name is "Meow meow"

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  • My sisters cat is named Mr Meow Meow, he was named by twin 4 year olds.

  • walkpilled cardiomaxxer

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  • This post makes me want to buy a car.

  • If a revolution started tomorrow in the US to get rid of Trump, could the majority of society use hit and run tactics successfully? Or what would be the tactics the rebels would use?

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  • I was not even aware of the Weezer album, I had to look up the definition today though.

  • If a revolution started tomorrow in the US to get rid of Trump, could the majority of society use hit and run tactics successfully? Or what would be the tactics the rebels would use?

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  • Looks like someone got a new word of the day calendar.

  • Apparently I'm an idiot

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  • Like Test_Tickles said, they've had 10 years for outside information to trickle in, and there is no way they haven't been even tangently exposed to outside information. I absolutely do not consume any rightwing or for that matter any 24hr news networks but bits of both sides still filter in.

  • Apparently I'm an idiot

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  • I'm not at all a gambler but I would wager a hefty sum that she doesn't.

    I was talking to my republican neighbor, whom I've been loosly trying to unindoctrinate, she's still on board with him but isn't a complete maga loon. She's more the " I've just always been a Republican. " type. When questioned about being in the Epstein files a million times, or being found liable for rape, or any of the other million things, she just says, " well I don't know about that, I don't support that stuff. " like support is some sort of buffet where you can pick what you want.

    Most of the people that support or have supported him are so shallow you couldn't drown mouse in them. From all of my experience growing up in rural deep red maga country, they're all either complete morons, complete hateful assholes, or a mix both.

  • Apparently I'm an idiot

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  • I don't get much hope from people like this.

    They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these types of people?????

    In my eyes there is no redeeming what they were ok with. To little to late, they can all go get fucked.

  • What's an animal that would be cool if we could domesticate to the level of companion animal, like dogs.

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  • Red panda, literally the cutest animal ever.

  • Anyone have some good electric cars?

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  • That article says you can't import a byd unless its a subcompact that you license as a low-speed vehicle. Meaning it can't go over 35mph, so basically a golfcart.

  • I need help... (I feel like I'm transphobic) (copied from lgbtq+ instance)

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  • You can do all this in private to see how you feel about it. Most trans an nonbinary people experiment in private before ever coming out publicly.

  • I need help... (I feel like I'm transphobic) (copied from lgbtq+ instance)

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  • Just trust in your own intuitions, and if something feels right, go with it. Experiment, try out different cloths or hairstyles, just have fun with it. If you decide you don't like something after giving it a try, then oh well, try something else. Just find what works for you and makes you happy.

  • I need help... (I feel like I'm transphobic) (copied from lgbtq+ instance)

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  • Questioning your own gender is never transphobic, quite the opposite really.

    Your friend is wrong, "seeming" like one gender or another to other people doesn't matter in the slightest. I'm a trans woman, I'm not overly feminine or butch either way, some people see me as male, some see me as female. It doesn't matter what their opinion is, the only ones that does is my opinion that I feel like and am a woman. I don't understand the feeling of being non-binary or genderless, but that doesn't mean it's not valid or real to the people that do.

    Other trans/nonbinary people don't get a vote for what your gender is just because they figured theirs out before you, or if you fit their predefined notion of what arbitrary traits represent each gender. If you feel like you're somewhere in between genders then you are, if you feel like your neither then you are. Gender is made up, it's just a concept humans developed because we like to organize things into simple little boxes. Black or white, up or down, girl or boy. But reality is rarely ever that clear cut or simple. It's messy and subjective. So if you feel like presenting a certain way, then go for it, everyone else be damned.

  • The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn't cheating—it's the erosion of learning itself.

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  • I'm 37 and now back in college to finish up my degree. It's honestly depressing how badly AI usage has affected many of my classmates. I talk a lot with my professors as I'm close in age to many of them and from what I keep hearing over and over is that any online or homework assignments would have you believe that 95% of students have a perfect grasp of the materials. but as soon as they're in an environment without an internet connection everything falls apart.

    I see it in person in my recitations, my physics class might be the worst. Kids get up to the board to to work a simple linear motion word problem and struggle to even make a list of all the variables. Yesterday I watched my professor try for 5+ min to get 2 different students to simply write the units next to the numbers they filed into an equation, they just could not understand what he was asking of them. Our first exam had over half of the class score below 40%.

    I realize not all of this is attributable to AI use, but the amount of times I've heard students say "just ask chatgpt" is absurd. Several times I've overheard one of these exchanges and the replying students says something along the lines of they don't like to use AI or trust AI answers and then they get dogpiled by their peers in return. It's a serious problem, and one I don't have any easy answers to.

  • Where do people search for used cars?

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  • FB marketplace or a classifieds site is where you will find the best deals, it's the only reason I still have an account with meta. It's almost always a better deal for both parties buying and selling person to person. Most people will be more honest about the condition of the car than any used dealers and they will also make more selling it directly than trading in or selling to a dealer. Buyers also save by cutting out the middle men. I'm into cars as a hobby so I'm fairly constantly buying and selling them, marketplace is where I do almost all of my transactions ever since Craigslist died.

  • Far-right influencer and US Senate candidate arrested for damaging anti-ICE sculpture

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  • You're right, it would be alit funnier if it weren't so depressing. I'm so tired of having our society run by the dumbest and most hateful people.😒

  • Far-right influencer and US Senate candidate arrested for damaging anti-ICE sculpture

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  • The video itself is fairly hilarious considering he posted it himself. I honestly thought it was an ai video made to make him look bad/troll him at first. From him stumbling over the blocks, to the babg like squeaks and grunts he makes while doing it, he comes off as soft as a wet dog turd.

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    Trump Live Updates: US To Sign Orders Banning Transgender Service Members, Gutting DEI

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