A luxury car complete with touchscreens, back when a touchscreen was magical and revolutionary. Car maintenance and privacy concerns have taught me to love the very opposite, a 90s Chevy.
At first I was embarrassed and disappointed that my new car had absolutely no futuristic modern features whatsoever, just old-fashioned tactile knobs & buttons. But seeing all the Tesla & electric car fiascos & nonsense over the past year, I’m now ridiculously grateful for this basic vehicle I have.
I was on the Tesla 3 waiting list many years ago. When I hit the top of the list I wasn’t totally ready to buy it just yet so I stalled. Eventually I got moved to the Tesla Y list and again waited while family things sorted out. In the end, I got my reservation money back and I’m very very very glad that I didn’t buy:
- A new car for no real reason (I drove my 2004 Subaru for another 10 years or so)
- A car product that’s turning out to be of terrible longevity
- From a Nazi
Drove the 2004 Subaru until we sold it and moved to a country where we don’t need a car at all. Much better way of life.
I haven’t heard about the terrible longevity. They even top the consumer reports list for EVs. What sorts of longevity issues are there?
drugs
A perm. I wanted one so bad back in the 80s. Luckily my hairdresser, who was my whole family’s hairdresser and a friend too, refused. She was a tiny Thai lady who was a force of nature, had a little half basement salon in DC. We would all go and get our hair cut together, I think mostly because there was a pub nearby my dad could go have drinks at while he waited for us.
I’m sure that her reasoning was sound in that it would destroy my hair, but I also think both her and my mom knew how terrible it would look since I’m lazy af and wouldn’t style it. Over the years I’ve only ever dyed my hair a handful of times, never curled or straightened it, no product as I can’t stand the feeling of it. I think it’s helped keep it healthy and now as I’m hitting later 40s and finally know how to really care for it (and have a hairdresser that understands my curls), it’s FABULOUS. Very little grey, big curls and ringlets. It’s the hair I’ve always wanted. Still don’t do shit to it lol. Lazy ftw!
So many things. But for some reason the only one I can think of right now is in 2003 I wanted a memory foam mattress so urgently I could cry. We had no furniture whatsoever. But in retrospect I’m glad we didn’t get a mattress because everything is temporary and everything I’ve ever acquired has poofed into oblivion anyway. Best to live without. Poverty builds character. I guess.
A live in girlfriend with a good job so I could stay home, grow weed and play video games. God i was stupid
A spouse, because they would have (and still do) deserve better.
