Random Thoughts

[Max Rockatansky]

I encountered a Volkswagen Vistar and Toyota Avanza today in Jalisco.  Both cost  about $18,000 USD in base trim.  It kills me sometimes to see all the new small gasoline cars here and know they'll never make it to the U.S. domestic market. 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Why is the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on *Sunday* night?

Don't @ me, I do know why.

[jeffandnicole]

Why is the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on *Sunday* night?

Don't @ me, I do know why.

Their special on now (8-11pm ET) has been available for streaming for a few weeks now.

[1995hoo]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee: SNL celebrates 25th anniversary of last time it was funny. (Although that seems generous. It wasn't funny 35 years ago either.)

[Rothman]

Why is the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on *Sunday* night?

Don't @ me, I do know why.

More to the point, SNL was first broadcast in October.  Why is the anniversary now?

[Big John]

Why is the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on *Sunday* night?

Don't @ me, I do know why.

More to the point, SNL was first broadcast in October.  Why is the anniversary now?

February is a sweeps month. October is not.

[LilianaUwU]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

[oscar]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

Your post shows it's been said at least once.

[LilianaUwU]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

Your post shows it's been said at least once.

There's a first time for everything.

[1995hoo]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

I notice you didn't disagree with the headline's accuracy.

[LilianaUwU]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

I notice you didn't disagree with the headline's accuracy.

It is accurate, and I'll admit it, it gave me a chuckle... which is huge considering it's The Babylon Bee.

[formulanone]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee: SNL celebrates 25th anniversary of last time it was funny. (Although that seems generous. It wasn't funny 35 years ago either.)

I always thought it was hit-or-miss; sometimes a character worked well enough for returning gags and reoccurring jokes. Sometimes a gag was stale and repetitive after two minutes and you had to endure it with crossed fingers that they never returned.

It had a decent spell from 1988-1995...could have been a product of personally understanding many more of the jokes. I think my favorites were usually the fake commercials.

I don't think I've watched more than an hour or two in total since then.

[1995hoo]

I like the headline on the Babylon Bee:

Phrase that has never been uttered ever.

I notice you didn't disagree with the headline's accuracy.

It is accurate, and I'll admit it, it gave me a chuckle... which is huge considering it's The Babylon Bee.

In case it's not clear, that's not a site I normally read (nor do I normally read the Onion), but I had been sent a link to that article and I found the headline funny and accurate. If I find something funny, I'll repeat it. I don't care about the source.

[Big John]

Why is the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on *Sunday* night?

Don't @ me, I do know why.

They just did a spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show. In it was a neutered I-15 shield. Neutered shields were not around when that show aired.

[Scott5114]

They just did a spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show. In it was a neutered I-15 shield. Neutered shields were not around when that show aired.

Only on AARoads will you see people complaining about the historical accuracy of Lawrence Welk parodies.

[GaryV]

Maybe the US could become Mexico's 32nd state.

[kphoger]

Maybe the US could become Mexico's 32nd state.

You'd expect the USA to be more of a state than Mexico City?

[freebrickproductions]

Why is US 52?

[formulanone]

Why is US 52?

Because it's roughly the same number when upside down.

[freebrickproductions]

Why is US 52?

Because it's roughly the same number when upside down.

You'd think there'd be more complaints about its number given the route it takes, lol.

[SEWIGuy]

Why is US 52?

Because it's roughly the same number when upside down.

You'd think there'd be more complaints about its number given the route it takes, lol.

It's a pretty straight shot though. Just diagonal.

[freebrickproductions]

Why is US 52?

Because it's roughly the same number when upside down.

You'd think there'd be more complaints about its number given the route it takes, lol.

It's a pretty straight shot though. Just diagonal.

True, but I could see complaints about the number given that neither end is within where it "should" be on the grid, lol. Of course, I suspect that's related to the fact it was extended into the Carolinas at some point.

[SEWIGuy]

Why is US 52?

Because it's roughly the same number when upside down.

You'd think there'd be more complaints about its number given the route it takes, lol.

It's a pretty straight shot though. Just diagonal.

True, but I could see complaints about the number given that neither end is within where it "should" be on the grid, lol. Of course, I suspect that's related to the fact it was extended into the Carolinas at some point.

Anything to annoy grid purists is fine by me.

[jgb191]

Any of you smart engineers out there that can show me how:

a ∙ b = ab cos θ

I believe that identity is derived by the Law of Cosines.  And I'm also well aware from my Linear Algebra class that the dot product of two vectors can be calculated as:

a ∙ b = a_x b_x + a_y b_y + ...

[ZLoth]

Any of you smart engineers out there that can show me how:

a ∙ b = ab cos θ

From: https://metric.ma.ic.ac.uk/metric_public/vectors/vector_coordinate_geometry/scalar_product.html

And, that's the best I can do....