And, while the minority supremacist state needs to win *every* war, the regional majority that is extremely pissed off from generations of abuses only needs to win one.

This is not an uncommon failure mode for colonial supremacist states run by and for a minority; it may have technological and organizational superiority, but it *needs* to win every war, and the desperation that engenders makes their conduct unsympathetic for potential allies.

Part of the reason so many countries are actually pretty chill with US troops being stationed there is the fact the US Army is *extremely* competent. That's not to say there are no problems, but the cost/benefit analysis pans out for US army in a way it basically never does for the Russian army.

The thing about incompetent armies is that they are far more destructive than competent ones; in their frustration at being unable to actually defeat their enemies they break everything they can. No one wants the war crimes machine that is the Russian army on their land *because* it is incompetent.

I'm proposing "fiend" as a runner-up.

For me, fully owning the fact that I have shit taste in music was extraordinarily liberating. It means I don't have to care about what other people like or don't like; I can just enjoy what I enjoy, however weird other people think it is.

Just don't ask me to DJ.

...are you suggesting that AIDs is a liberal conspiracy?

A milkshake duck story in three acts.

To give an example of what I'm talking about, consider the Tern Orox, and the inevitable thought process of "I'm pretty sure I could get a deer on the back of that, and it's small enough to fit down the fast trail to the blind too."

But my point is that Cleetus would probably be *really* into an electric cargo bike, while also not at all being interested in the "right-sized EV" for many reasons and, while the reasons aren't the same, there is a similar set of them for most other groups who are making that choice too.

On the contrary, the Cleetuses of the world with their experience with ATVs and offroading and beer-gut-limited physical ability are probably one of the biggest untapped markets for electric cargo bikes.

Chad from accounting who drives a lifted pavement princess for his ego is the real problem.

I figured out in middle school that teachers wouldn't bug me if I was quietly reading, regardless of *what* I was reading.

I made it through so much pulp by the time I graduated highschool.

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Modern heat pumps are still more than twice as efficient as resistive heating at 0°F.

You need to get *really* cold for them to stop being the best choice - and this assumes that you aren't scavenging waste heat from the car's mechanical systems.

Modern heat pumps are surprisingly effective in cold weather - there's been a lot of improvement in the last decade in particular.

Anyways, the challenges of EVs in cold climates are peanuts compared to the challenges of them in the much more heavily populated hot climates.

...except right-sized EVs still don't make anywhere near as much sense as electric cargo bikes.