I think bikerfren has it right. The accounting system essentially interprets "value" as being something companies create, and most companies are headquartered in big blue urban shitholes. Even if the actual things they're selling and the places they're being sold are more distributed.
It's the financial equivalent of taking credit for someone else's work.
I was using the engine computer as an example. When I was a kid they were a niche component in fancy sports cars, now they're a legal requirement.
Same will be true of head tracking and facial recognition in these cars.
The used car market barely exists here: Any car over ten years old needs expensive environmental testing that's quite difficult to pass. Classic cars exist but they're only for the rich.
> You can do an engine swap to one with a carbed engine, or with an ECU that runs free software and chances are nobody will ever find out.
In theory, but it means your insurance is probably void. If you ever got into an accident you'd be fucked.
Also, nowadays I think insurers require you to go in for maintainence at a recognised dealership on a regular basis, not sure about that though.
Try buying a car that doesn't have a computer controlled engine. You can't.
In theory you can build your own car, register it, have it inspected and not have any of that stuff in it, but almost no one will and where I live the insurers won't touch it, so you couldn't drive it on public roads.
They're fine with you ditching a car and riding a bike btw, that just means they control your practical radius of travel.
What strikes me about this is that I can't imagine it happening the other way around.
Like there's plenty of lefty chatrooms where they say the most fucked up shit, but no one even considers reporting it, and even if they did the organisation wouldn't kick anyone out.
Closest I can think of was a redfem forum where some woman posted her fantasies about castrating male infants, turned out she worked in a daycare center and they fired her.
No you weren't. You just got high and fantasised you were better than all the people around you who're able to hold down jobs and build families. It's less painful than confronting your own empty existence.
Uhhhh... I'm generally lax on showering, especially during winter, but not bathing for a week is a little extreme. Even if you don't notice the difference other people probably do.
Anyhow, it could be that there's been some kind of hormonal shift and your nose hasn't filtered out the new smell yet. Might be a good idea to start washing twice a day.