Our buddy who owns the shop down the road got an early Macan S in that needed a motor, and when he called Porsche to source one the dealer guys were like “wow, 130k, we’ve never seen one last that long!”
>be born in the 50s and 60s
>get a paper route to save for college
>nice, tuition is only $200 a semester
>graduate and get real job by giving firm handshake
>buy a house which is only 2x your salary
>work at same company for 40 years
>retire with a pension
>become a shareholder and get rid of pensions (stock price goes brrr)
>home “value” goes up 1,700%
>make no upgrades, refuse to sell under asking to new family; sell to Blackrock instead
>lecture every subsequent generation about work ethic
There is a pattern, and it runs through everything.
The sun was free. They sold you sunscreen.
Sleep was free. They sold you pills.
Walking was free. They sold you a treadmill.
Fasting was free. They sold you meal replacement shakes.
Cold water was free. They sold you a plunge barrel.
Animal fat was free. They sold you supplements to replace what it contained.
Fermented food was free. They sold you probiotics.
Tallow was free. They sold you a seventeen-step skincare routine.
Silence was free. They sold you a meditation app.
Sunlight on your skin was free. They sold you vitamin D tablets.
Every single thing the human body requires to function was available, free, for the entirety of human history.
The 20th century built an industry around removing access to each of them.
The 21st century is building an industry selling them back.
Nothing about this is accidental.
Your great-grandmother had none of the products.
She had all of the things the products are compensating for.
She was, largely, fine.
“Cars aren’t assets” — until they embarrass your portfolio.
In 1997, Rowan Atkinson bought a McLaren F1 for about £540,000. Instead of locking it away, he drove it properly—over 65,000 km across Europe. He even crashed it twice (1999 and a huge one in 2011 that cost insurers ~$1.4M to fix).
Any finance bro would’ve called that value destruction.
Fast-forward to 2015: after nearly 18 years of use, mileage, and accidents, he sold the same car for ~£8 million.
So yes—cars depreciate… unless they’re rare, iconic, well-documented, and actually used.
The McLaren F1 didn’t just survive wear and damage—it outperformed traditional investments.
Cars aren’t liabilities.
The right cars are alternative assets.
#Iran #McLaren
Just about everyone I saw walking at the course today was using a push cart. At what point do we declare young able bodied males using push carts an epidemic?
And on today´s, "there´s always an aviation angle", a Ferrari using the deck of the Italian Navy´s amphibious assault ship "Trieste", to set a world record in speed... on a boat. The Ferrari SF90 reached 101 mph and had it met the jump ski...
The Touareg V10 TDI is one of the most unlikely engine placements of its era.
A twin-turbocharged diesel V10 producing immense 750 Nm torque.
Installed into a road-focused luxury SUV rather than a commercial vehicle.
The emphasis was not speed, but sustained load capability when towing a Boeing or trying to make the Earth turn the other way.
Compared with petrol performance SUVs, this version defined power differently, its more niche at the time of 20 years ago compared to today where performance SUV's are everywhere.
It delivered its strength at low revs and high load, making it better suited to towing and endurance than acceleration.
Today remaining a reminder that extreme VW engineering does not always chase spectacle.
Sometimes it quietly or loudly redefines what power means.
“Based Health” Twitter is making people skitzo & neurotic. scared of everything… light, mold, WiFi, tshirts, water, plastic, lotion, etc.
constant negative cycle hiding from shit you can’t see. can’t think of anything worse for your health than living like that tbh
We eliminated an element of serendipity the moment we started analyzing every little thing.
We started playing God with our devices that allow us to see options and think more.
Checked Google reviews before going to a cafe. Saw one bad review that turned you away and you missed out on meeting the love of your life.
Ordered Uber eats instead of going to the neighbors to borrow an egg for a home cooked meal and now you have no black friends and don't get invited to the cookout.
Conditioned to walk daily by health gurus online but stopped playing the sports we loved as kids.
Never read that awe inspiring book because too many snowflakes on Goodreads gave it a negative review for not having enough strong female characters.
You put your trust in the worldly algorithm instead of heavens.
Walk by faith not by sight.
Return to Eden
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Retardmaxxing = maximum cognitive security for traversing the schizophrenic landscape
The Internet is thousands of voices whispering in your head
Let nothing surprise you. Let nothing disturb your peace. Let nothing corrupt your spirit.
Be in the world but not of the world
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