WillieThePimp said:

I’m a terribly cynical person by nature and make fun of people that drive pickups when they have little need for them. Especially these days with the oversized and overpriced monstrosities we see on the roads. They quite effectively appeal to satisfying some men’s libidos and addressing their insecurities.

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Why worry about others so much?

Who cares what people drive or if they drive?

Seems odd.

cr8zyncalif said:

"addadicktome".....priceless! Thanks, Willie. I almost spit my coffee.

I will add that in LA, Teslas for what ever reason seem to have inoperative turn signals when changing lanes, they tend to cut people off, and they tend to tailgate worse than most. It is almost a meme here...Karen is rumored to be a Tesla driver.

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I’m a terribly cynical person by nature and make fun of people that drive pickups when they have little need for them. Especially these days with the oversized and overpriced monstrosities we see on the roads. They quite effectively appeal to satisfying some men’s libidos and addressing their insecurities.

In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum[34] immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Wonder who was President in 2014?

CougEd said:

When talking about lack of trust are you speaking of Trump and his affairs he had on all three of his wives?

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Your continued inability to stay on topic is duly noted......

Coug90 said:

Your first problem is thinking Trump is a victim. He’s not. There’s multiple reasons he was being investigated. The mob boss is always the last to go down for a reason.

Stormy, EJ Carroll, NY State, on and on. He’s not a victim, he’s a criming douchebag. And if you think he’s a victim and EVERYONE ELSE is out to get him…yeah, you aren’t a serious person.

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If you don't think there was a coordinated effort to take him down simply for political reasons, then you are a clueless, unserious person.

WillieThePimp said:

Even uglier than a Gremlin. And completely useless as a truck. It’s 100% an addadicktome purchase.

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"addadicktome".....priceless! Thanks, Willie. I almost spit my coffee.

I will add that in LA, Teslas for what ever reason seem to have inoperative turn signals when changing lanes, they tend to cut people off, and they tend to tailgate worse than most. It is almost a meme here...Karen is rumored to be a Tesla driver.

Observer11 said:

Putin did nothing during Trumps first term.

He invaded Crimea during Obama. He invaded Ukraine during Biden. He invaded Georgia during Obama

Please to be identifying Putin’s sweeping through Europe during a Trump presidency.

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Obama is responsible for Putin taking Crimea? lol. You have been drinking from the same well of stupid as Comrade DGib.

M-I-Coug said:

If you own, drive and park a Tesla Cyber Truck, it screams....."look at me, I need attention". "I'm special".

Better and cheaper if you go to your Facebook Ego page and boast about your vacation photos, your business deal, and what you fed your dog last night. "Look at me, I'm important".

Seriously, some people need to use Facebook, (and I'm not talking about specialty clubs and groups like Die Hard Cougs), to feel important, because it's obviously a void in their life and they need to post daily their life story on Facebook in order to feel "I'm special".

Seriously. It screams that you need attention, and what's interesting is they can't see it. They look like ID's.

We're all different...and that's why they make Subaru's and Motorcycles.

Do I really care what you fed your dog last night? 🤣

But....as CJD would say, at 11:59pm at night, (at the end of the day).....I agree, the Cyber Truck is by far the ugliest and most ridiculous vehicle ever.

Screams..."I have money, and look at how important and special I am!"

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Even uglier than a Gremlin. And completely useless as a truck. It’s 100% an addadicktome purchase.

kougkurt said:

My wife is looking for a new car and we just test drove the 2025 Model Y.
Say what you want, but the Supervised FSD is a game changer We drove ourselves on about a 5 mile city test drive in Bellevue. Turned on the FSD and it drove us back by itself, didn’t intervene once. It even parked itself.

Very comfortable, even for a big guy, 6-4 #230. Had plenty of room.

Any thoughts?

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Don’t own one but fair amount of experience driving a couple family members Teslas.. I will say this - interior styling/comfort leaves a lot to be desired especially on the lower end models. Stiff drives all. If you are driving over uneven terrain you will be in for a bumpy ride - especially with the 3 and Y models.

2024 model Y - spent a week driving family members vehicle last month as I was considering buying one. Super stiff suspension. Deal breaker for me but probably not for other people. Didn’t like riding in the back seat and really don’t like riding in the back of any Tesla model due to poor comfort and poor design/layout.

I’ve also heard and read of build quality issues and the Y and 3 being cheaply built. The Y handling is OK but for comparisons sake I have a 2012 BMW 535 as a summer car and the handling, comfort and ride are vastly superior to the Y model. IMO the Y is a big step down from the Tesla model I have a fair amount of drive time in:

2017 model x 100d - I’ve put a couple thousand miles on this over the years and love this car - great handling, decent drive and pretty comfortable. But not the back seats. Balls to the walls acceleration if you care but I don’t. Again, IMO the Y is a significant step down in quality from the X.

mikalalas said:

Maybe, maybe not, we'll see. If Mateer stays great. All were saying is there is a reasonable chance that Mateer could stay. But your right that Mateer might leave.

If he stays, and if Dickert stays, and if Dickert persuaded most to almost all to return, then next season could semi probably be a very special season.

Also if Mateer leaves, Eckhaus is a 5th, 6th year senior, that DOMINATED FCS, and that has a redshirt, covid year left, and that could, would probably stay, if Mateer leaves.
And Zevi, is good enough combined if Dickert, rest of team stays, to still get 10,11,12,13 wins next season.

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Also I just saw a You Tube video by the GM, Couch, that sourced, reported that Northern Quest NIL Deal is about 300k this season, and has a option, that if Mateer stays, it will be increased to somewhere between about 400k to 500k. The Couch, GM thinks that Mateer will stay, as long as Dickert, and coaching staff like Arbuckle, etc, stays.


I agree. Mateer is probably not going to leave for 250k to 333k more then the about 500k he will probably get from Northern Quest. Also the WSU collective will probably kick in about 175k to 333k in addition to Northern Quest.

So Mateer's total amount will probably be about, around 750k at WSU.

Mateer probably won't leave 750k for 1 mil+ Elsewhere, at a blue blood, unless Dickert leaves.

Mateer loves Dickert, loves WSU. Has a chance at CFP, National Championship, 1,2 CFP wins, IF everyone including Dickert stays. Has a chance at Heisman, NFL if he stays. And if Mateer were to take 1 mil, 250k more, at a blue blood, that blue blood could pay 1 mil more to bring in a QB to compete with Mateer, and Mateer could end up #2 QB at a Alabama type.

mikalalas said:

We'll see how Putin feels when Ukraine starts firing non Nuke missiles into Russia, and around Ukraine, and in Ukraine, and destroys Russia's militiary targets even more, now that Biden, USA say that it's ok for Ukraine to do so now.

It's becoming worse for Russia then Afghanistan or will become worse for Russia then Afghanistan did, and Russia pulled out, lost the war in Afghanistan after 5 to 10 years, in the 80's.

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A Chinese vessel captained by a Russian was just intercepted and boarded as they were dragging for communication cables. This is your new WW3. Cyber warfare and biological warfare can cause more widespread damage more quickly than a nuke.

Imagine if the U.S. grids were shut down and the chaos that would ensue. Biggs wouldn’t be able to tell us all how shitty Dickert is and he’d be challenging Putin to an Oklahoma drill.

Coug90 said:

Correct. He had Crimea already before the full scale invasion. Anything else will be considered a loss on the world stage and he’s not taking an L. Of course I don’t think he’s going to have much pushback from the U.S. at all in a few months for reasons I already mentioned, so Eastern European countries that are on deck are going to have to hope his intention isn’t further land grab. Good luck w that, it’s well documented Putin’s boner for the Soviet Union and his actions so far confirm.

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We'll see how Putin feels when Ukraine starts firing non Nuke missiles into Russia, and around Ukraine, and in Ukraine, and destroys Russia's militiary targets even more, now that Biden, USA say that it's ok for Ukraine to do so now.

It's becoming worse for Russia then Afghanistan or will become worse for Russia then Afghanistan did, and Russia pulled out, lost the war in Afghanistan after 5 to 10 years, in the 80's.

M-I-Coug said:

If you own, drive and park a Tesla Cyber Truck, it screams....."look at me, I need attention".

Better and cheaper if you go to your Facebook Ego page and brag about your vacation photos, your business deal, and what you fed your dog last night.

Seriously. It screams that you need attention, and what's interesting is they can't see it. They look like ID's.

We're all different...and that's why they make Subaru's and Motorcycles.

Do I really care what you fed your dog last night? 🤣

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I’m seeing more and more of those. I agree ugly AF. I drive a Rivian and it’s amazing.

95coug said:

Driving a Tesla lets Elon Musk hack into your thoughts. That’s the first step of replacing you with a more compliant clone, body snatchers style.


The cyber trucks are the ugliest, most ridiculous vehicles I’ve seen since maybe the amphicar.

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If you own, drive and park a Tesla Cyber Truck, it screams....."look at me, I need attention". "I'm special".

Better and cheaper if you go to your Facebook Ego page and boast about your vacation photos, your business deal, and what you fed your dog last night. "Look at me, I'm important".

Seriously, some people need to use Facebook, (and I'm not talking about specialty clubs and groups like Die Hard Cougs), to feel important, because it's obviously a void in their life and they need to post daily their life story on Facebook in order to feel "I'm special".

Seriously. It screams that you need attention, and what's interesting is they can't see it. They look like ID's.

We're all different...and that's why they make Subaru's and Motorcycles.

Do I really care what you fed your dog last night? 🤣

But....as CJD would say, at 11:59pm at night, (at the end of the day).....I agree, the Cyber Truck is by far the ugliest and most ridiculous vehicle ever.

Screams..."I have money, and look at how important and special I am!"

Flatlandcoug said:

For Putin to accept any deal, he's going to want Crimea plus a few of the breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine that were already filled with rebels (Russian operatives) prior to the invasion. Agree with everything else.

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Correct. He had Crimea already before the full scale invasion. Anything else will be considered a loss on the world stage and he’s not taking an L. Of course I don’t think he’s going to have much pushback from the U.S. at all in a few months for reasons I already mentioned, so Eastern European countries that are on deck are going to have to hope his intention isn’t further land grab. Good luck w that, it’s well documented Putin’s boner for the Soviet Union and his actions so far confirm.

95coug said:

There’s no good endgame in Ukraine. Putin isn’t leaving. He’s poured too many resources into it for a decade, he can’t back away with nothing. He also can’t take the rest of Ukraine with us sending weapons, and with the rest of Europe/NATO pacing nervously and sending care packages. Politically, we can’t stop sending stuff without looking like we’re abandoning an ally and making the rest of them nervous….plus that just gives Putin what he wants, and while Trump says nice things about him I don’t think he wants him emboldened either. We can’t give Putin anything without some pretty severe guardrails on further aggression, because if you want your modern Hitler….its Putin.

The only real way out I see is to tell Putin he can keep Crimea, but needs to back out of the rest of Ukraine. Ukraine won’t be invitee to NATO, but if the Russian military steps a foot into Ukraine or flies a drone over the border, Ukraine will automatically be treated as a member. And, Russian emigration to Ukrainian territory is prohibited for 20 years. Zelensky needs to be told that he’s accepting that deal or he’s getting cut off and left on his own.

Then we can turn to Gaza and tell Netanyahu that enough is enough, he’s made his point. If he wants to keep working on eliminating every living Palestinian, he can do it with someone else’s weapons.

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For Putin to accept any deal, he's going to want Crimea plus a few of the breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine that were already filled with rebels (Russian operatives) prior to the invasion. Agree with everything else.

Coug90 said:

That’s sort of been the game plan since Grinch. Be aggressive, get in the backfield, cause negative plays and turnovers and live with the occasional 80 yard house call. In general I think it’s a good plan when you’re outmanned and can’t line up in a base defense and win.

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Schmedding loves the base defense. Zero sacks, FF, or INTs against New Mexico. Sad that we can't get off the field without dialing up pressure.

Driving a Tesla lets Elon Musk hack into your thoughts. That’s the first step of replacing you with a more compliant clone, body snatchers style.


The cyber trucks are the ugliest, most ridiculous vehicles I’ve seen since maybe the amphicar.

BSpike76 said:

Were nil and related lawsuits class actions or individuals? Seems it was some of each. Would class action be more successful?

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I think they were all class action suits, but I’m not sure. Not really relevant to NFL though.

There’s no good endgame in Ukraine. Putin isn’t leaving. He’s poured too many resources into it for a decade, he can’t back away with nothing. He also can’t take the rest of Ukraine with us sending weapons, and with the rest of Europe/NATO pacing nervously and sending care packages. Politically, we can’t stop sending stuff without looking like we’re abandoning an ally and making the rest of them nervous….plus that just gives Putin what he wants, and while Trump says nice things about him I don’t think he wants him emboldened either. We can’t give Putin anything without some pretty severe guardrails on further aggression, because if you want your modern Hitler….its Putin.

The only real way out I see is to tell Putin he can keep Crimea, but needs to back out of the rest of Ukraine. Ukraine won’t be invitee to NATO, but if the Russian military steps a foot into Ukraine or flies a drone over the border, Ukraine will automatically be treated as a member. And, Russian emigration to Ukrainian territory is prohibited for 20 years. Zelensky needs to be told that he’s accepting that deal or he’s getting cut off and left on his own.

Then we can turn to Gaza and tell Netanyahu that enough is enough, he’s made his point. If he wants to keep working on eliminating every living Palestinian, he can do it with someone else’s weapons.

Guess that means he’s healthy?

M-I-Coug said:

My brother owns a 2023 Y, and he's a huge Tesla guy.

I've driven it several times. Super fast. Like 0-10 in whatever.

I think the "Dog Mode" is cool. What a fantastic feature to have if you're a dog lover and it's summertime, and you need to run into the store.

My brother does have the FSD, (full self driving subscription). You say it's a game change, fine. I wasn't impressed.

Here are my thoughts:

To me, it's not a head turner. Cosmetically, they do nothing for me. If you gave me one, I would sell it, although my wife likes them.
They are not attractive. As many of you know, we don't live in WA anymore, but I lived and sold real estate on the Island for many years. The Island is so saturated with Tesla's, mainly asian international owners.

It' like Costco or Big Box. Mass market cattle, millions of Teslas are on the Island and the Eastside. Yes, I've been to their showroom in Bellevue Square, and even have taken the test drives. I like the interior, it's fine. Outside is plain and ugly. Again, too many on the road.

Musk is a genius, and respect and honor for what he's done, and really impressed he created Starlink.

Tip: Don't ever be tempted to rent an electric car at the airport, and don't be tempted to take the "Manager's Special", when booking your rental car. You'll be sorry. The rental car companies can't even rent them, and if you do, it will be the last time you'll ever rent an electric car.

For renting, ICE is the way to go. You can fill up, or top off in fuel in 7 minutes and you're done. Long road trip, same thing. Never, ever rent an electric car on a long road trip. It will be the last time you'll ever do it. Brutal.

There's a lid for every pot. Tesla is not my thing. I honor that you like it, but, it comes down to cosmetics, (not a head turner), and they're too common. Everywhere on the eastide, thousands and thousands of them.

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Really nice trim on the new performance edition AWD. By far the most popular is the base RWD Doesn’t do much for me either
And yes dog mode seems cool.

kougkurt said:

My wife is looking for a new car and we just test drove the 2025 Model Y.
Say what you want, but the Supervised FSD is a game changer We drove ourselves on about a 5 mile city test drive in Bellevue. Turned on the FSD and it drove us back by itself, didn’t intervene once. It even parked itself.

Very comfortable, even for a big guy, 6-4 #230. Had plenty of room.

Any thoughts?

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My brother owns a 2023 Y, and he's a huge Tesla guy.

I've driven it several times. Super fast. Like 0-10 in whatever.

I think the "Dog Mode" is cool. What a fantastic feature to have if you're a dog lover and it's summertime, and you need to run into the store.

My brother does have the FSD, (full self driving subscription). You say it's a game change, fine. I wasn't impressed. My brother would drive me around in FSD everywhere.....tying to sell Tesla on me. Again, not impressed. Sure, it's great technology...fine.

Here are my thoughts:

To me, it's not a head turner. Cosmetically, they do nothing for me. If you gave me one, I would sell it, although my wife likes them.
They are not attractive. As many of you know, we don't live in WA anymore, but I lived and sold real estate on the Island for many years. The Island is so saturated with Tesla's, mainly asian international owners.

It' like Costco or Big Box. Mass market cattle, millions of Teslas are on the Island and the Eastside. Yes, I've been to their showroom in Bellevue Square, and even have taken the test drives. I like the interior, it's fine. Outside is plain and ugly. Again, too many on the road.

Musk is a genius, and respect and honor for what he's done, and really impressed he created Starlink.

Tip: Don't ever be tempted to rent an electric car at the airport, and don't be tempted to take the "Manager's Special", when booking your rental car. You'll be sorry. The rental car companies can't even rent them, and if you do, it will be the last time you'll ever rent an electric car.

For renting, ICE is the way to go. You can fill up, or top off in fuel in 7 minutes and you're done. Long road trip, same thing. Never, ever rent an electric car on a long road trip. It will be the last time you'll ever do it. Brutal.

There's a lid for every pot. Tesla is not my thing. I honor that you like it, but, it comes down to cosmetics, (not a head turner), and they're too common. Everywhere on the eastide, thousands and thousands of them.

BleedCrimsonandGray said:

Just me?

You have a talent, you must be a hit amongst friends and family.

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Why so angry?