chris h

I heard my mama cry, I heard her pray the night Chicago died

[🕊️ @lichthauch]

The great work has never been done by a calm nervous system. the calm ones, the regulated breathers, the grounded ones, they produce nothing of value. because nothing of value was ever made by someone who was okay with being here. the stars were born from collapse. the best shit on this planet came out of people who were not functioning, whose nervous system was a mess, raw and misfiring. God does not give visions to the well rested.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@Spottyroo Cam bearing job attempt

[Hello on a nigga @Bingus12621]

@Face_Almighty44 Either you evolve into a gearhead in your adult life or you play golf or some shit idk.

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@Mileage_impo Any GMT800

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@IzukoKuroda @CrazyWeeMonkey Seriously

[Houseknecht Automotive @Houseknech9360]

Leave it to Stellantis to design a flaw into their FUCKING WIPER COWL that’s capable of JUNKING a perfectly good transmission

These dogshit vans have my poor customer on suicide watch whenever his guys leave the lot with them

[Local Moron @captainpisslord]

Adopt don't shop (drag cars out of junkyards instead of going to a dealership)

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@DaddyWarpig

[Morgan Ariel @itsmorganariel]

I miss Chicago.

The memories. The beauty.

But it’s gone now. What was is no more.

I stopped fighting for this city in 2021.

When I look at my city now all I see is a wasteland and a graveyard of death.

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@humbleblazer The phantom grill was always a dream when I was younger. Now I have an 84, and love the stock grill

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@humbleblazer HELL YEA BROTHER

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@wheelcutz270 @meowmasterZ32 LB7❤️

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@humbleblazer I’m about the close out section

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@uncledoomer 300k is average for these

[John Goddard @nonestlex]

All the men are losing their minds because you can't explore anymore.

The world used to be a place of wonder and excitement. A 2-month ship ride would take you to a never-before-seen-land.

But now the whole world's an amusement park. Every trip is along a well-trodden path with signposting and a Starbucks.

There's no point in travelling to the far reaches of the globe in 2025. Every city looks the same. Everyone uses an iPhone and wears Nikes. You land at the airport and follow Google Maps to your hotel, then eat dinner at some restaurant that makes more or less the same food you'd eat at home.

So men are bored and frustrated. They're told to sit in a cubicle and make PowerPoints. But that'll make you go insane. They need adventure, danger, risk, excitement.

They find it on the internet. But the internet's fake and fleeting.

A frustrating period of time.

[JERACERX @jeracerx]

And yet another car outlasted

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@midwestern_ope

[chris h @IR8SOB]

@Shotgun_Chuck @Mike_M_Klotz Death wobble on Cherokees is often from the track bar mount on the axle. The bolt hole elongates, and allows movement. Check ball joints first

[SightBringer @_The_Prophet__]

The “16% mortgage rate” argument is a textbook example of historical distortion through omission. Let’s break the illusion:

Yes, rates were 16% in 1981 - for a few quarters.
But the median home price was $70K.
And median income was about $21K.
That’s a 3.3x price-to-income ratio, even at peak rates.

Today? Median home price is ~$430K. Median income ~$60K.
That’s 7.2x price-to-income - more than double the burden.

Even with lower interest rates today,
the actual monthly cost of housing is higher, and the duration of debt slavery is longer.

And that’s before we account for:
•No student debt in 1981
•Single-income households buying homes
•Employer-provided pensions
•Healthcare tied to stable employment
•No gig economy, no $1,200 rent for a 300 sq ft box

Now let’s address Vietnam. Yes, war is horrific. But here’s the trap:
Using selective trauma to deny systemic decay is a diversion tactic.
You can’t compare mandatory conscription with
an entire generation locked out of asset ownership forever.

This isn’t about “who had it worse”
It’s about who inherited a functioning system
and who inherited a collapsing simulation.

Stop pretending the current generation is soft.
They’re resilient inside a rigged structure
where every ladder has been pulled up
and every escape hatch monetized.

You want honesty? Here it is:
Past generations struggled to survive.
Ours struggles to belong in a world they no longer own.

That’s the difference. And that’s the whole point.