Category: Funny Stuff

4-Bangers Aus

Corporate Fuckery, Drive Time, Eco-Crap, Morons & Idiots

Yeah, with the demise of EV Duracell cars, it wouldn’t take long for Mercedes to notice that their other pet Green project wasn’t too popular with their client base:

Mercedes-AMG is transitioning away from the four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain and back towards the inline-six and V-8 powertrains more traditionally associated with the brand. That isn’t to say that AMG had a change of heart concerning the merits of the four-cylinder powertrain, but rather that the automaker is responding to customer criticisms. “Technically, the four-cylinder is one of the most advanced drivetrains available in a production car. It’s also right up there on performance. But despite this, it failed to resonate with our traditional customers. We’ve recognized that.” 

“Failed to resonate”, as in “WTF do you idiots think you’re doing?”

Yeah, forgive us if Merc fans don’t care about the gee-whiz technology when it replaces the brilliant engines that have served Mercedes since the 1920s.  And the same driver skepticism that accompanied the stupid EV-only diktat  would apply no less to the plug-in hybrids too.

I couldn’t be bothered to look up the numbers, but I bet the technology R&D costs for both Green projects will have run to the billions of dollars:  all wasted.

And just add to that the cost of bringing nuclear power generators back on line after the most un-German-like panic following the Fukushima disaster, which was caused by a tsunami — last time I checked, the likelihood of the same affecting the German nukes was.. what? oh yes, zero — and which took place halfway around the world.

Yeah, that Green eco-thing is really working out well for the Krauts, isn’t it?

You Asked For It

Feminazis, Manners

Here’s one that could cause a Schadenböner:

A clip shared on TikTok  has prompted a battle of the sexes as increasing numbers of women argue men should give up their seats on public transport so they can sit down instead.

The video, which has been liked more than 1.4 million times, was filmed on TfL’s Central line and shows a whole row of men sitting down on the tube, while a row of women are standing in the aisle and holding on to poles.

[Another] user posted a clip that also showed a whole row of seats taken up by men on a Jubilee line train, while she and her other female friends stood on the side.

She wrote in text over the video: ‘Men used to go to war for us and now we can’t even get a man to let us sit down on the train.’

My own feelings on this are quite explicit.  I always stand up and offer my seat to a woman — always have, always will.  It’s how I was brought up.

However: I was also brought up during a time when women were ladylike, gracious and always grateful when a man surrendered his seat to her.  It was an acknowledgement of manners, rather than a matter of divine right.

However, young men have been brought up today in a time when men are savagely browbeaten and instilled with the mantra that women are not the “weaker sex”, are equal to men in every respect (even though they often aren’t), and equality reigns supreme.  And their attitudes reflect that:

One TikToker said he would only offer his seat to pregnant women or elderly people. ‘You equal woman can stand up just like I would if there were no seats,’ he added.

Another wrote: ‘Full grown adults expecting other full grown adults to give them a seat for no reason.’

Completely understandable.

So you womyns won’t get any privileges just because you’re a woman, then, because that would be sexist.

You feministicals wanted to live in this world, so STFU when it’s not always to your advantage.

And I apologize to my long-suffering Lady Readers, none of whom (I suspect) are women like the above womyns, would always be properly appreciative of the occasional gentlemanly gesture, and might indeed be even more dismissive of the Modern Womyns than I am.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

And the weekly diary entry:

So on to the things wot makes us laff.

Apparently, this is an actual announcement.  I dunno, man… electing a pansexual socialist — and y’all thought David Hogg was a stretch?

It’s going to be kinda tough to top that.  Still:

Ahhh Monica.  She’s in her fifties now, you know:

Have to say that if ever Monica’s short of cash, an OnlyFans account might be be quite profitable.

Unwanted Interference

Morons & Idiots

Here’s a headline for you:

Egypt deports volunteers attempting to cross border

What kind of volunteers were these people, exactly?

Gaza aid activists were violently dragged and carried onto buses by balaclava-clad Egyptian authorities.

Shocking footage shows authorities forcibly removing pro-Palestine protesters who have traveled to the region in a bid to cross the Egyptian border to Gaza and deliver aid.

Large numbers of protesters have been rounded-up onto buses and deported from Egypy, with activists claiming they have been ‘violently dragged’ and ‘beaten’.

Now video has emerged showing the aid workers being dragged by what appears to be both Egyptian authorities and civilians. 

One protester, who spoke with an American accent, exclaimed: ‘There’s people in masks dragging people out.’ Others can be heard chanting: ‘Free Palestine’.  

Thousands of people have been arriving in the Egyptian capital since Thursday, with the intention of marching to the Rafah crossing in Gaza. 

It is part of the Global March to Gaza – a protest against Israel’s aid blockade on Gaza.

So not volunteer aid workers, but a bunch of “activists”.  To quote Ace Ventura:  well alrighty, then.

Clearly, some people have not got the message that the Israelis aren’t the only ones who aren’t big fans of the Palestinians — in fact, just about every nation surrounding “Palestine” (Gaza and the West Bank) detests them, as witnessed by the fact that every time the Pals try to “flee” their benighted and self-created war-torn areas, their neighbors (e.g. in this case, Egypt) close the border and refuse them entry.

The second message that hasn’t become clear is that humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza seldom reaches its intended recipients;  the Hamas terrorists steal it for themselves and shoot any of the needy populace who attempt to get it.  And that’s only one manifestation;  here’s another:

Fears are that British foreign aid will be used to teach Gaza children to wage jihad

In the face of this reality, it’s small wonder that the Izzies are blocking aid deliveries.

But hey, as with all the “causes” espoused by mostly middle-class Western White children, let’s not let the facts spoil a good protest.

Missed That Show

Funny Stuff, Rights

Proving that Brazil doesn’t have a First Amendment:

A Brazilian comedian has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for telling offensive jokes.

Offensive, or really fucking funny?  I report, you decide:

“What show could be more inclusive? I even hired a sign language interpreter just to be able to offend the deaf-mute.”

And my absolute favorite:

“I’m totally against pedophilia – I’m more in favor of incest. If you’re going to abuse a child, abuse your own. What’s he going to do? Tell his dad?”

Apparently, the audience roared with laughter all through his set.  The authorities?  Not so much. He’s facing eight years in the clink.

To which I say:  “Libertem Léo Lins!“