That’s honestly kind of cool, even if the circumstances that led to it might not have been.

I don’t think a 2025 Armored Personnel Carrier is capable of keeping a teen driver safe. Having said that, I think the best we can do is front and side airbags, crumple zones, a low center of gravity (sorry Jeep), and Electronic Stability Control (ESC). If I had to put a year on that, I’d say 2012, when the NHTSA required all new vehicles to have ESC. A roll cage wouldn’t hurt, if that’s an option. Bonus points if you can convince them to wear a racing helmet and Leatt neck brace while driving.

I don’t know what to think anymore. I guess I’ll have to ask ChatGPT what to do.

I don’t have any data to support it, but I’d speculate that the middle class uses a lot less illicit drugs, lacking the desperation of the poor or the protections of the wealthy.

I like that one. I used to jokingly tell people I drove a classic car. It was technically correct, but no one was impressed by my rusted out, 1980s, economy sedan or its 115 horses.

Good point. I should have said, “illicit drugs.”

That’s a good point. I’d still argue that renting is buying a service, but I agree there may be some ambiguity here.

That’s an intriguing take. Blackberries are expensive in some places. In others, you can just grab and eat them as you walk through the park.

Could we reframe it as rental services? The wealthy pay them to manage the property they own, and the poor poor pay them for the right to live there.

Legal services, fines, etc. I wish I had thought of that.

Financial services as a percent of income, yes. That’s a good one. Being poor is relatively expensive.

Gambling

Transportation services

RVs

Recreational drugs

Horses and related services

This is fun, but I’ll end this with the obligatory: There are two main classes, the ownership class and the working class. The lower and middle classes are subsets of the working class.

Hmm. That’s actually a lot better. Just the populous seeing him for the person he was would be a bigger contribution to progressive change.

Damn. I did not think of that. Let’s say he was assassinated during his transition from union leader to politician.

Obligatory “UwU what’s this?”

I’m not a furry, but I feel like that comment belongs wherever they’re mentioned. We probably need a bot.

They’re also watching a documentary on what it would be like if Reagan hadn’t been assassinated. They’re watching it in their modest, working-class home theater:

Then, they need to write novels. Here are some suggestions to help them get started:

To Code a Mockingbird

Pride and Protocols

The Git Gatsby

The Old Man and the C

Java Eyre

Brave New Web

The Lord of the Pings

The Catcher in the GUI

Crime and Compilation

A Tale of Two Servers

Wuthering .htaccess

Anna Kernel-nina

Great Exceptions

I would also read a book about an IT expert that curses under their breath frequently.

That’s just how I roll.

I would read a book about a mild-mannered IT expert who simply can’t be killed, but otherwise goes about their job normally.