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Socialism never works! (Original Post) edhopper Feb 2019 OP
Never could stand that show... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #1
"they made some cool bikes" mitch96 Feb 2019 #9
Gotta admit, I don't know a lot of the background about that show... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #10
Your right some of them look cool.. quality is lacking mitch96 Feb 2019 #11
"last minute" fescuerescue Feb 2019 #12
Which is why that show was only one of the many "reality" shows... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #13
and around and around we go ... (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #2
No edhopper Feb 2019 #4
Ummmm ... this argument happens HERE, all the damn time, all due respect ... just a slightly mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #6
more's the shame then edhopper Feb 2019 #8
Don't know who they are, but there's way too much procon Feb 2019 #3
you don't know the half of it edhopper Feb 2019 #5
The walrus moustache is so spectacularly ugly, Aristus Feb 2019 #7
And Yet They're Willing To Try Trickle Down Every Time They Take Power ChoppinBroccoli Feb 2019 #14
K&R ck4829 Mar 2019 #15
Who ARE they? Why are they so grimy? They look like stupid people, too. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #16
. Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2019 #17

mitch96

(13,907 posts)
9. "they made some cool bikes"
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:04 PM
Feb 2019

They made a bike for Jay Leno.. a real bike nut. Apparently it was a piece of shit. Kinda sorta fell apart. Bondo flaking all over the place.. He wanted it fixed.. They ignored him.. no cool.
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Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)
10. Gotta admit, I don't know a lot of the background about that show...
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:06 PM
Feb 2019

they could bolt shit together and paint them up nice. But it doesn't surprise me that they had some lemons.

After all, most of the shows I saw they were always going down to the last minute, so it wouldn't be surprising if the workmanship was kind of slipshod.

mitch96

(13,907 posts)
11. Your right some of them look cool.. quality is lacking
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:09 PM
Feb 2019

I only watched a few episodes, years ago and when it became a screaming match I dump it.
I'm not much of a chopper guy either so that did not help.. Saw the Leno article in a MC touring magazine...
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fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
12. "last minute"
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:35 PM
Feb 2019

That's almost always BS.

Every "building" reality show inserts a time crunch as a way of introducing tension and conflict opportunities.

Otherwise it's just a bunch of happy people building cool machines. While that's a great life/work balance, it makes for boring television after a little bit.

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)
13. Which is why that show was only one of the many "reality" shows...
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:35 PM
Feb 2019

that I refused to watch. Most of them were just what you describe, bullshit setups to trigger all of the yelling and screaming.

edhopper

(33,580 posts)
4. No
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:57 PM
Feb 2019

its conservatives refusal to acknowledge the difference between Communist Socialism and Democratic Socialism.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. Ummmm ... this argument happens HERE, all the damn time, all due respect ... just a slightly
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:00 PM
Feb 2019

form.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Don't know who they are, but there's way too much
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 04:56 PM
Feb 2019

testosterone in that room. Meds will help control that type of behavior.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
14. And Yet They're Willing To Try Trickle Down Every Time They Take Power
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:52 PM
Feb 2019

Trickle down economics, which has failed 100% of the times it's been tried. I suspect that even the people who love it know it doesn't work the way they CLAIM it does. They know good and well it does nothing but redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich. What I can't believe is the number of poor people who will insist it works too.

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