That $1.2B could have been spent on any number of things that would have made normal people happier, healthier, smarter, etc. Instead, we are paying $1.2B to do literally nothing.

It’s telling that CONCACAF’s rationale for being against it was because they weren’t consulted first… not because they didn’t like the plan, just that they didn’t know about it ahead of time.

Yeah, there was a popular joke about it from In Living Color.

Europe did not love the latest World Cup. They complained heavily about all of it, from the commercial breaks to the bad officiating to the ticket prices to the handling of visas to the transportation to the stadiums. The Trump cheating thing was just the cherry on top of a banana split made from turds.

Yeah, I stopped going there regularly a few years ago like most people on Lemmy, but I still occasionally go there for niche topics I can’t find anywhere else. I only lurk, not post, so I just used old.reddit.

I tried using it this week after they turned off old, and holy shit!! It is unusable. Like you said, it’s impressive how bad it is.

Of course the Moroccan police are standing idly by. The people are leaving not arriving. What are they supposed to do? Arrest people for leaving the country? They can block the border crossing facilities, but what Moroccan law are the people breaking?

We really can’t stress this enough.

This sounds like one helluva great guy.

Awesome, Trump brought us back into Iraq. It was so great the first two times.

Networking is the only way I got hired at my company. Networking is the best way to move up in the company. Networking is the ONLY way to move past a certain level in the company. Networking is the way I ensure the people I hire onto my team are going to work out, as opposed to relying an hour long interview plus reading a resume.

Yeah, while I’m happy that this is making my favorite stuff cheaper, it’s still very expensive. Blanton’s was selling for $120/bottle just last year if you could even find it in my area, but I can find it in a regular grocery store for $80 now. EH Taylor went from $100/bottle and hard to find to $60 and all over the place. That’s WAY more affordable but also still really damn expensive compared to Buffalo Trace (all three of these brands are from the same parent company and from roughly the same recipe and source ingredients).

Scotch is slightly cheaper now, too. Dalmore 15 was selling for $120 last year and is around $100 now. Two years ago, Dalmore King Alexander was $340 but can be found in the grocery store for $280 now.

What I haven’t seen yet is a drop in price of Burgundy. I can’t afford to pay $300/bottle for a Nuits-Saint-George Gran Cru.

Even looking away from luxury booze brands, the cost of cocktails is also very high. I have to pay $21 for a cocktail at a moderately priced restaurant in my area.

Scotland is seeing a huge drop in scotch sales, and France is seeing a huge drop in wine sales. Even though the US producers are seeing a bigger drop due to Canada’s boycott, the rest of the world is also seeing a drop even accounting for the Canadian shift to their products.

That’s what he gets for being a tool of oppression!

I’m all for this. A) It’s healthier for everyone involved. B) It is making prices come down for me to buy all that unhealthy stuff for myself.

You: I doubt Hyundai sold 37,000 Ioniq 6s in the US throughout its entire production run.

Me: They sold a bit more than 36,000 in just the US.

You: I don’t know what your point is.

You questioned a fact another person said, and now you are confused when someone links you the data to show the fact?

Also, the Ioniq 6 has sold around 96k worldwide. According to your numbers, Cybertruck has sold around 58k + 2026 sales (around 9k). While I can’t find stated sales goals for the Ioniq 6, Elon was talking about selling 250k Cybertrucks per year. Elon talked about building a manufacturing throughput of 2500 cars per week (125,000/year) and currently achieving 1300 cars per week (65k/year). Tesla bought roughly 2 percent of all Cybertrucks purchased.

The FJ is one of the more sought-after offroad vehicles. It’s extremely capable while also being relatively simple and low-tech. 18 year old FJs still sell for $15k. 12 year old FJs sell for $25k… for a car that sold for $30k new!!

You’re comparing total sales, but a flop is about return on investment. How much did Hyundai spend on R&D and new tooling and manufacturing to create the 6, plus how much of that can be reused for other similar vehicles, plus what was the profit margin for the car, plus how many cars were built. Now, compare that to the Cybertruck that has likely very little reusability in manufacturing, all new tooling, tons of R&D, and tons of unsold cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Ioniq_6#Sales

They sold roughly 36,000 in just the US. They sold over 96,000 worldwide through the end of 2024.

It doesn’t matter how cheap I can get one, because A) it is incredibly ugly and shouts to everyone around you that you have incredibly bad taste, and B) because it is a poorly designed piece of junk that breaks just by being in the car wash. Why would I want something that is both expensive to fix AND breaks easily?

Nah, they are probably just bashing the same three power chords.