It was $30 and the link:

https://techinfo.toyota.com/

Very true. Wise words. The brake fluid was replaced only last year though, so she’s good!

Agreed! For me I bought a two day subscription for Toyota’s technical service manuals. Could I have winged it without paying for this? Maybe. But it had a lot of detailed information, most importantly the correct torque specs for all the different bolts.

Reflected in others comments, easy to get the gist of it from online videos and forum posts. But as someone mentioned, definitely look up or ask about your vehicle in particular as there may be some extra steps or tools needed to get the job done correctly.

For me, getting the know-how wasn’t tricky, but it wasn’t until I was a good deal into the task that I realized I didn’t have sockets in the right size so I had to take a bit more time to do it the hard way with wrenches.

BigMacHole is known for their satire of parodying the way donald Child-Raping trump likes to talk/type. It’s their shtick.

Dang, it sucks seeing people from my favorite country fall prey to small-minded views like this. I know Japan is not perfect but like how a parent dotes over their child, I can’t help but see the good in Japan and its potential.

When I lived in Japan I definitely encountered my fair share of racism and people who did not like foreigners. But on the other hand, there were also a lot of Japanese people that liked learning about other cultures and even ones that didn’t hold their arms open to welcome foreigners were usually at least tolerant of foreigners (never saw or heard of anyone actually committing crimes against foreigners).

I do think Japan has a long way to go in terms of accepting other cultures and creating a more equal and open society within their own culture. While I used to admire their steadfastness, in how they have stuck with their historical traditions, I now see it as something that’s holding them back. The ideal outcome I think would be Japan keeping the parts of its culture that makes it unique but that’s not harmful to people and then accepting or inviting in ideas and qualities of other cultures that will advance social equality for all. But we don’t live in such a perfect world and even if things go in that direction, that kind of societal change probably won’t happen in our lifetimes.

Somewhat counter to this though, there’s also the point other users have brought up that a shrinking population isn’t necessarily the worst problem for a country to face, especially one on a chain of islands. So in a way one could understand where some Japanese people are coming from when they say things like they don’t want more people to settle there. Of course it’s a different point if a population is being forcibly restricted, but in Japan’s case it doesn’t feel/seem that way. There are a number of reasons why their population is in decline, but to me they aren’t all bad reasons. I think instinctually Japanese people feel that they’re nearing the limit of what their resources can support and generally speaking they are a well educated population, and educated people/couples generally have less children than those who spend less time in education. So, while it would be great if they could change/update their culture to be less xenophobic, I also think they have a right to pursue a population sustainable future if that means limiting the amount of foreigners that can immigrate.

USA is not a civilized country

As a full time working US citizen this made me chuckle. It’s like a fairytale hearing about the kinds of protections and guarantees people in other countries get.

I’ll give you 300 yen.

Child rapists

Is there an up to date list of brands and companies that supported trump/maga?

I tried using publicsquare just now to search again but it seems like they took away the ability to do so, probably to stop people from boycotting fascism. And other searches don’t really bring up such lists (mostly just articles talking about the most prominent companies that are well known to have bent the knee).

Thank you! Will be using/stealing this haha

Love this version of the meme format with Keanu Reeves!

Taco tits! 🤣 Do you happen to listen to the “I’ve had it podcast”?

“These are people of the land, the common clay of the new west, you know… morons”

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Happy to see Japan towards the left and up.

Having spent a considerable amount of time there, it’s a multitude of things that are swaying the life expectancy. Yes healthcare there is significantly cheaper, but perhaps more importantly their diet is phenomenal (higher amounts of non-processed foods and *vegetables* [the town I lived in grew simple but quite delicious veggies]).

😩 日本に戻りたいなぁ

Child Rapist Mango Mussolini

Noice 👍

And そのサービスはかなり便利だね。

Oh good catch, yeah that one next to ヨ could very well be リ/it’s similar-looking radical. Maybe put together in a sentence, it might start out reading “暗より(stylized in katakana)…”, so for those who don’t know Japanese, it’s like “More than dark/darkness…”

Also of note for those unaware: in Japanese, this kind of sentence structure is commonly used especially in more casual or stylized blurbs/slogans/one-liners etc.