"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/03/2016 at 01:12 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/03/2016 at 01:12 • Filed to: None | 0
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...so Chevy gives him a free Camaro.
PatBateman
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 01:15 |
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I was sitting there thinking “Damn, at least give him a Corvette, you cheap bastards.”
Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 01:17 |
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Every rich guy needs one “slumming it” car
shop-teacher
> PatBateman
11/03/2016 at 01:18 |
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That’s exactly what my wife said.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 01:19 |
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A few years ago — I think maybe when the Pats won? — The Super Bowl MVP got a Silverado for winning, which he left at the stadium, never claimed, and didn’t want. It was hilarious.
“Congratulations, rich American Football Player! Here’s a full size work truck!”
Jcarr
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 01:22 |
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How you feeling my friend? I’m just now starting to calm down.
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PatBateman
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 01:25 |
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Probably Brady. Probably drove home in a Ferrari. Probably still tells the story to rookies every year and laughs.
DipodomysDeserti
> PatBateman
11/03/2016 at 01:29 |
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Gronk would have turned the bed into a pool and found some coeds to sit in the back.
Bear down!
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shop-teacher
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 01:30 |
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I remember that. Can’t remember who it was though.
Svend
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 01:36 |
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He could always use it to trade on something nice though.
TheHondaBro
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 01:56 |
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What the fuck. A free car is a free fucking car.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 02:06 |
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You have to put yourself in the mindset of someone who is potentially worth millions. But we could never accurately imagine making millions of dollars a year. If I made a million dollars tomorrow, I think I’d buy every Tercel on the planet. But if I made a million dollars in my early 20s? Or if I came from a wealthy family to begin with? It was be masturbatory to assume that I would be the same person, or that I would be happy with free “common man” vehicle that is not worth even 10% of my income when I could afford nearly any car on the planet.
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TheHondaBro
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 02:07 |
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http://jalopnik.com/why-redskins-star-alfred-morris-dream-is-this-humble-1-1445704648
CRider
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 02:08 |
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Nothing is free. He’d have probably had to pay about half of what it was worth in taxes.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 02:09 |
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That would be the very, very, very extreme minority.
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TheHondaBro
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 02:19 |
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Still proves it’s possible. Idk...
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 02:24 |
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Well hang on now. Surely I can think of a decent car that you yourself wouldn’t accept for free, or would immediately sell.
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TheHondaBro
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 02:27 |
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Try me.
I’d take a Ford Pinto for free. I’d wear a flame suit when I drive it, but I’d take it for free.
RallyWrench
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 03:19 |
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It’s not as bitchin’ as I’d have hoped.
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
11/03/2016 at 07:16 |
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Yes, but that wasn’t the point I was trying to make.
itschrome
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 07:51 |
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Hey thats some cheap ass PR right there.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 07:52 |
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Nope, it’s not free. You have to pay income tax on it. I’d always take money over a car.
Tekamul
> PatBateman
11/03/2016 at 07:56 |
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Kinda the opposite
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PatBateman
> Tekamul
11/03/2016 at 08:01 |
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Not really the opposite.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> PatBateman
11/03/2016 at 08:19 |
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At least this Camaro is better than the Colorado a season or two ago
PotbellyJoe and 42 others
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 08:52 |
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A lot of these wind up with the 3rd base coach or one of the trainers as a thank you.
Discerning
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 08:53 |
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A manufacturer did something that made you talk about their product? and on social media? Stupid marketing team.
Pretty sure the point was to display a product that they thought would appeal to viewers, not the mlb player. ;)
fourvalleys
> TheHondaBro
11/03/2016 at 08:59 |
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Still gotta pay taxes on it! If you have zero interest in something, would you pay ~45-50% of the value of it (depending on state) to get it for “free?”
If I told you you could have a free automatic Hyundai Sonata, but you still had to pay $15k in taxes on it, would you take it? Maybe, because you can resell it and still come out ahead. It’s different for them, because it wouldn’t be worth the effort to re-sell it to recoup the cost, either.
e: In any case, I bet the comment is referring to Tom Brady, who didn’t want the truck, but paid taxes on it and gave it to one of his rookie teammates.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 09:23 |
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Here you go, Dad.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> PatBateman
11/03/2016 at 09:24 |
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Yup, but they just give them whatever product they’re trying to promote at the time.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 09:26 |
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He should drive it through the crowd for the parade and then just give it to some random fan at the end of the route.
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
11/03/2016 at 09:44 |
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I don’t know. It was weird. I wasn’t jumping up and down, screaming and yelling like I thought I would (partly because my boys were already in bed). The game was definitely one for the ages. As a baseball fan, if you’re going to have a 7th game of the World Series, that was the one to have (though Bill Mazeroski might argue otherwise). But, once it was over, I was left with an overwhelming feeling of, “Well, now what?” The Cubs have always been the Lovable Losers™, the doormat of the National League (RIP, Steve Goodman). The rallying cry at Wrigleyville has always been, “Next year!” Cubs fans wore those 108 years as a badge of honor, a common heritage of futility passed down from generation to generation. I’ve been to one Cubs game at Wrigley Field in my life, and they lost to the Rockies. I’ve often said that if they had won it wouldn’t have been a complete experience. Are the Cubs just a normal team now?
Ultimately, I don’t think this win has anything to do with 108 years, despite the hype. What makes this victory special is a hard working group of guys—a team—that believed in each other and never gave up. Down 3-1 in the Series, they never let the weight of history give them an excuse to quit. And, despite the blown save, I still give Aroldis Chapman the game ball.* Sure, he blew the save and let the Indians back in the game in the 8th, but he came back in and pitched the 9th, when the Cubs had nobody to put in the game. He sent the Indians down in order and kept the score tied. He gave the Cubs a shot.
This was a great night, but I’m still not at peace with it. I can’t bring myself to sing Go, Cubs, Go! when all my life I’ve been singing A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request . I think I still need a little time. I think I’ll put in my Steve Goodman CD, drink a six-pack of Old Style, and let it sink in.
*Chapman gets the game ball, but Kyle Schwarber gets the MVP in my book, if not for his hits, but for what his return meant to the team. It was his single in the top of the 10th that got the rally started. Without Schwarber, Zobrist doesn’t get the biggest double in baseball history (baseball loves hyperbole). Sure, there were guys with better numbers, and baseball is, after all, a game of numbers. And clutch hits that score runs and win big games are exciting. But it’s still a game, played by people, not stat books. And I don’t know if the Cubs win the series without Schwarber.
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Jcarr
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 09:54 |
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I still can’t believe it. After that last out I just knelt on the living room floor laughing on the verge of tears. It was very strange sensation.
Interested to see what the next few years look like and how the fans respond. I’m sure there are many that don’t quite know what to do yet.
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ttyymmnn
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/03/2016 at 09:54 |
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Best idea I’ve heard yet.
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ttyymmnn
> Discerning
11/03/2016 at 09:57 |
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Oh, certainly, I get the point from the marketing angle. I just think it’s tacky. I’d rather GM make a donation to little league or inner city sports programs instead of giving a millionaire a car.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/03/2016 at 10:06 |
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IIRC it was Brady and he gave the truck to one of the other players.
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PatBateman
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/03/2016 at 10:25 |
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They didn’t want to give him a new Chevy Cruz?
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> ttyymmnn
11/03/2016 at 10:41 |
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I love their, “...Drive what Kane and Toews drive.” commercials.
1- No way Kane and Toews drive Chevy’s (or drive much at all)
3- No way Kane and Toews even own Chevy’s
2- No way Kane and Toews drivers have Chevy’s either
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/03/2016 at 11:06 |
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Yeah, I remember that one.