Mild Politics / Parenting / Hurricane Irma

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 09/07/2017 at 13:01 • Filed to: mild politics, m3 csl

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Some light politics after the jump, indirectly relating to Hurricane Irma and parenting. So... here’s a totally unrelated buffer image of one of the most amazing forum build threads of all time, in my humble opinion. A guy built up a US-spec E46 M3 into a full-on CSL, to excruciating detail. It’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on its own, actually.

photo credit: M3Dragon on bimmerfest.com - I’m sure there are better pics, but they weren’t loading. Photobucket maybe??

From BBC News this morning, regarding Hurricane Irma’s potential impact on Florida:

US President Donald Trump said he and his aides were monitoring Irma’s progress. “But it looks like it could be something that will be not good,” he told reporters at the White House. “Believe me, not good.”

I don’t care what your political leanings are, this statement is simply appalling coming from a person in a public office of ANY sort. “Believe me, not good.” What does he think? That people are NOT concerned, or don’t understand the gravity of a Category 5 hurricane making landfall? And that he has to add, hey, believe ME, it’s NOT good, I know. Or, is that all he can come up with, on the spot, to preface the potential for massive loss of life and property, on the heels of a recent catastrophe in a nearby area, all affecting millions of “his” citizens plus many more in the Caribbean?

Here’s a quick one from me, off the top of my head - I’ll just start typing: “I am gravely concerned for the welfare of those in the path of this incredibly powerful storm. On the heels of the devastation seen in the wake of Harvey last week, it’s disheartening to see another potentially catastrophic storm coming our way. But I am confident that we, as Americans, can pull together and work together to help each other prepare and recover...” There you go, that’s a start, right? But I’m 36, college-educated, and an avid reader; I’m also not standing in front of cameras and microphones right now, to be fair.

My son, who turned FIVE last week, also has a better vocabulary - and a better natural concern for fellow humans - for describing a pending natural disaster. This morning he said, and this is a direct quote, “Daddy, that looks like a problem. Are people going to get hurt? I hope they’re OK. What are they going to do? Is that the same people who just got flooded?” And so on, as we discussed what happens in a storm like this: evacuations, shelters, and unfortunately, destruction, injuries and death. My son had a genuine, automatic concern for the well-being of the people in the path of the hurricane, remembered the other recent storm, and expressed it all clearly and without hesitation. He is BARELY FIVE. He also asked what the birdies are going to do in 185 mph winds. I don’t know, but it will be, not good, I think, for the birdies.

I am hopeful for the day when I can look back on some of these ludicrous quotes and laugh, because I’m not there yet. I’d like to make game, called something like 45 or 4-5? Wherein you have to guess whether a statement was made by the 45th President or a 4-to-5 year old. I thought about 4th- or 5th-graders, but that wouldn’t be fair; most 4th graders are far more articulate. They at least understand the importance of speaking in complete sentences, and likely have concern for others.

Okay, I’ve gone a little astray from my point about how I feel a political leader should address the country in the face of multiple natural disasters, but I find it hard not to. But I can feel my blood pressure rising, so I’ll quit now. Maybe it’s the two cups of coffee I had this morning; I should really go eat lunch.

To close out my mini-rant here, let’s focus on what’s important in the short term: anyone in the path of this hurricane, or the last one, or the next one just on the horizon (!), my thoughts are with you. This is a trying time for our country, and for the world. Be well, and take care.

Have some more CSL goodness as a palette cleanser, why don’t you?

photo credit: bmwblog

For Sweden > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:04

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Of course his vocabulary is trash; he’s a New Yorker. He’s also now best-buds with the Democrats in congress, so I think the spending will flow.

ttyymmnn > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:04

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He speaks in Tweets. Or Twits. Take your pick.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:11

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That M3 CSL is gorgeous. I need it pls. Gib.

scoob > For Sweden 09/07/2017 at 13:13

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Of course his vocabulary is trash; he’s a New Yorker.

Yo whose mans is this bruh lmao Oppo mods come get your mans For Sweden deadass wilding fam lml Oppo mad lit b

For Sweden > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 09/07/2017 at 13:13

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but why is it on a gravel road?

functionoverfashion > For Sweden 09/07/2017 at 13:15

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Haha I know, that makes me cringe a little.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > For Sweden 09/07/2017 at 13:16

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Rally M3 CSL.

For Sweden > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 09/07/2017 at 13:16

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not with those tires

functionoverfashion > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 09/07/2017 at 13:17

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It’s incredible. The guy literally individually ordered every single part to make it into a CSL, plus added some things he said he would have done to a CSL if he could have had a stock one from the beginning. He documents it all in detail, of course. The thread hasn’t been updated since 2015, though.

X37.9XXS > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:17

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I wonder what his feelings are about climate change now?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/06/hurricane-irma-just-slammed-into-trumps-caribbean-estate-and-is-headed-toward-his-florida-properties/?utm_term=.62fb97b7c7ce

For Sweden > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:18

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He’s on a first-name basis with “Nancy and Chuck,” so he probably will ban fossil fuels soon.

functionoverfashion > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:19

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Seriously, if a worldwide scientific consensus doesn’t mean anything to him, I’m not sure this will either.

Dave the car guy , still here > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 09/07/2017 at 13:19

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Steve in Manhattan > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:21

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Isn’t the CSL a car where they take everything out of it?

X37.9XXS > For Sweden 09/07/2017 at 13:24

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I find it absolutely hilarious that he has ABSOLUTELY no ideology whatsoever

There is no god but Mammon, and Trumpelthinskin is his profit (intentional misspelling)

EL_ULY > For Sweden 09/07/2017 at 13:24

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For Sweden > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:25

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He certainly does not, and the other 16 Republican candidates said as much, so the voters only have themselves to blame.

RallyWrench > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:26

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This is going to be doubleplusungood, believe me. The Ministries of Love and Plenty have been telling me, doubleplusungood.

Klaus Schmoll > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:26

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My German ESL students use a bigger vocabulary than him. Sign of dementia?

X37.9XXS > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:26

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It may wash away his bogus hole in one trophy, which would just break his heart.

And that horrible picture

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:29

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We have a monosyllabic president.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 09/07/2017 at 13:34

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tweet from twit

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 13:35

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Yeah that statement was horrible. This one afterwards (via tweet of course) is even worse –

“Hurricane looks like largest ever recorded in the Atlantic!”

How are we supposed to interpret this? Because I expect most people will read this as him actually being excited here, like an ordinary person would talk about a sports team wiping the competition’s ass or something. But with him being who he is, at least personally I’m quite confident that he actually felt a certain level of pride to be able to announce that something monumental (doesn’t matter if good or bad) happened during his presidency.

What. The. Fuck.

I love your 45 or 4-5 game idea! Appify it, bet you’d be able to make a killing (and guaranteed fresh content via his twitter feed for years of relevance too)!

jimz > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:35

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Oh I think he has an ideology alright (The Art of the Deal) but he’s incapable of understanding being President is not like being CEO of a company. He clearly sees Congress and the court system as his subordinates who are there to carry out his wishes. His M.O. is all about “making the deal” and leaving it to everyone else to carry out the results. Government can’t and shouldn’t work like that.

it’s also why I think he says dumb shit like what he said after Charlottesville. I don’t think it’s really that he thinks there are “great people” in the Neo-Nazi groups; he just instinctively says the first thing which pops into his head that he thinks will sound the best to the most people. and again, what works in the board room doesn’t work when you’re President.

functionoverfashion > Klaus Schmoll 09/07/2017 at 13:47

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Perhaps it is! He has to have been more articulate at some point in his life, no? But who knows.

functionoverfashion > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 09/07/2017 at 13:50

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Seriously, he is proud of the fact that remarkable things are happening while he is in that office, regardless of what they are. It’s disturbing on a new level on which I did not know I was capable of being disturbed.

My only savior lately is late-night comedy TV. I can’t wait for the season premiere of SNL and I’m almost never excited about TV.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:51

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having just freed up 8 billion in disaster relief money he’s probably hoping irma does some damage to mar a lago...

thats a lot of moolah going to poor people in needs... best spend as much as possible fixering uppering a tacky club

functionoverfashion > X37.9XXS 09/07/2017 at 13:52

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Someone please photoshop this with the eyes from Ghostbusters II

fintail > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 14:03

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Reminds me of the underrated movie Clifford:

I’m going to build the bestest nuclear bomb in the whole wide world!

PartyPooper2012 > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 14:09

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I hear what you’re saying there... but to be fair, he has not deemed it YUGE yet. Believe me! Not YUGE

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 14:09

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Almost makes me feel bad for how much shit crazy liberals like me gave Shrub Jr. for his less than stellar oratory, at least the guy had a greater than third grade reading level and some understanding of the gravity of what the fuck he was actually talking about.

functionoverfashion > Steve in Manhattan 09/07/2017 at 14:33

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They basically replace most of the parts of an already-great car with better parts. Lighter ones, when it comes to the interior and body (i.e. roof, hood, trunk lid) and ones that produce more power from the engine, of course.

Klaus Schmoll > functionoverfashion 09/07/2017 at 14:39

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I’ve read that he was way more articulate in old interviews from the 80s, but I couldn’t be bothered to watch some myself. The constant repetitions and empty phrases to fill up space (“This is going to be big, huuuge, I tell ya, really big, trust me.”) isn’t exactly reassuring.

functionoverfashion > Klaus Schmoll 09/07/2017 at 14:43

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I want to believe that at some point, he was a charming, schmoozing, clever, opportunistic businessman. I’m sure I wouldn’t agree with all his tactics, but he absolutely must have had some persuasion and actual, rational thoughts in him to do what he’s done in his business life.

As to what kind of a person that life turned him into.... well it’s unfortunate for us all, sadly.

LongbowMkII > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/09/2017 at 13:25

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thats what he did with the 9/11 money

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 09/13/2017 at 12:04

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shit is bad when you actually miss W