Episode 25: We Gotta Give The Government Acronym Guys A Raise

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I am in Tacoma and I will go to the live show!!!

Wait, wait, wait… Stella does what now? She plays “The Wheelie Feets Game?” (As a friend of mine calls it)? What team? I’m just a “skater tot” learning how to play. I belong to Minnesota Roller Derby in St. Paul and Mississippi Valley Mayhem in LaCrosse, WI.

Just a heads up, the description text for the photo prints references a shipping date of June 12, 2023. I presume the actual shipping date will be a little bit later than that.

On games that don't suck, I absolutely don't regret picking up Big Walk (from the goose game devs), lovely little co-op communication based game

Re that one shoutout: C.H.U.D. originally stood for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller” and was a movie title before it became shorthand for a type of guy.

Jordan, I got the Miata in March, right when gas prices started to go bonkers. I feel you on the "oh shit, this is terrible timing" thing. Congrats on the C6. ☺️

OK so it's time to look into total ethanol conversion for older cars...

THANK YOU STELLA!!!

Always a good episode when the many failures of elected officials are used to excuse a hypothetical collective punishment of tens of millions of people.

patreon goal to get the girls a financial times sub for more wonk mode episodes?

This was such an incredible episode. I work in auto lending and the way I laughed at Jordan having to explain to a bank that she’s a podcaster… if only I could’ve been that underwriter LMAO. Also the whole FRED thing… yeah. Yeah from inside the consumer lending industry uh. It’s bad. It’s so bad. We’re currently going through an insane sub prime crisis with auto loans that I’ve just started calling The Big Short but it’s Chuds On Wheels instead. I’m waiting for the bottom to fall out because we’re having to drop 96 mo loans on $89k purchase price F150s that will retain zero value when gas is $10 a gallon. It’s. Haha yeah.

The buildup to and reveal of the Jeff Gordon name drop did some actual emotional damage.

Hell yeah the jorvette!!!

Jordan's Dog tic made me realize how many times I use Dude as a neutral pronoun, to the point that I have to rectify that when I'm talking with T-girlies and En-Bees. And then, I'm immediately reminded that I'm an Ohioan, and we all do that.

I think it's also worth considering that the US backing Ukraine in the war was primarily to push US & NATO interests in the region with further arms agreements and US control of bases, which probably doesn't sell as well after we've seen all those US-affiliated bases get decimated in countries neighbouring Iran.

Whenever you mention Going To The Shapes Place I start singing "I push my fingers into my eyeeeees / Its the only thing that slowly stops the ache.... "

Speaking of cars only trans women drive. To the owner of the red 300zx with the Regular Car Reviews and Jeff Rosenstock sticker in Emeryville: what's up girl? You hang out at the stork?

Yup I'm going right now to order tires for my bicycle. I guess at least when there's no more gas there won't be any lifted trucks around to flatten me whilst riding around.

I went joker mode the other day when I heard this god-forsaken country I live in has atrophied its industrial base so much that we can no longer mass-produce ammunition.

Hell yeag coming in hot after the week off, love to see it 💖 And Victoria you were lamenting on bsky how you "used to be a half-decent journalist" but you are an all-the-way good journalist, the research and analysis you put into these episodes is legit impressive.

the Colorado ISV looks like something that should be nowhere near combat lol there isn't even a windshield

My weekly depression binge was finally playing XCOM 2 out of my steam library after having it in there for years until 4 in the morning after taking a sick day. Game's pretty good.

I can physically hear everybody correcting Jordan that the Sagrada familia is in fact located in Barcelona , not Italy

Awesome, love a good wonk mode Victoria episode

As soon as I hear Ortolan songbird I think of Astrogoblin, and then Jordan reveals that we indeed have the same brain disease.

Weird that this podcast allegedly about cars has made me consider the pros/cons of FPGA vs ASIC usage in weapons systems.

Oh yeah that infantry squad vehicle has a life span of like .01 microseconds in battlefield 6 like those fuckers are not armored like at all

A flurry of diplomacy can be powerful, but you have to spend a ki point to do it as a bonus action

Im a janitor over by Pike place and I had to wear a respirator all last week and starting again yesterday cuz of this stupid smoke

I felt old and depressed and pierced my own ears last week, your car sounds more healthy and well thought out lol

If Military Industrial Complex ghouls become the reason that I can't afford (non Palmer Luckey) FPGA-based emulator consoles, I swear to THE ENTIRETY OF FUCK I WILL (heavily redacted)

It's "Trans Girlismo" when referring to multiple episodes.

“Dog” has been my a part of vernacular for almost 20 years now. Picked it up when I was like 10 on the playground and never let it go

Victoria stumbled and Jordan chuckled, mission accomplished. Also, Jordan said to say "Thanks Stella!"

Here's offering to reship merch within Europe/from Vienna for whoever wants it. Please LMK before like Saturday 29 August.

HELLO! I love you both & want a little circle sticker but it costs 25 WHOLE CANADIAN DOLLARS to ship it. Of course this is not the fault of either of you wonderful ladies but is there a chance it's possible to stick that bad boy in an envelope with a couple stamps on it? If figuring that out with the online store or something is in any way a problem don't worry about it. Just thought I'd ask. Love you both bye.