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There are/were cars with positive ground, in which case you would want to connect the negative terminals first and the positive to a grounding terminal. So maybe the last time he had to jump a car was a ‘55 Packard? 🤣
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Connecting the jumpers in the wrong order? Forgivable. I’ve probably done that. Hell, I’ve done stupider things to a car.
But I do not believe that Cuomo has ever held jumper cables before in his life.
I work a weird night shift schedule, so I find myself doing a lot of grocery shopping and such later at night, because that's when I'm awake (and also the stores are less crowded)
One time I was heading back to my car, it was dark, probably around 10pm, the lot was mostly empty. A Hispanic guy with a heavy accent was flagging me down from a couple rows over, asking if I had jumper cables, so I drove my car over and gave him a jump. Shared some brief chitchat over whether we thought it was his battery or his alternator, shook hands, and we went on our separate ways.
Another time, I was walking into the store, and stopped in the fire lane was a car, with a handful of younger black people trying to get it started with a jump starter. It looked like they knew more or less what they were doing, so I went in and did my grocery shopping. They were still there when I came out, so it was pretty clear that the power pack they had didn't quite have enough juice to do the trick, so I grabbed my cables and headed over to lend a hand. Again, got their car started, shot the shit with them a bit, and went about my night.
Neither one was a big deal, I'd hope that anyone would do the same for me.
But when I think about those situations, empty parking lots, late at night, people of color, I think about how many people probably would have just ignored them and not lent a hand.
Guess I should have been filming, I could have a political career.
But the real moral of the story is if you have a car, go buy some jumper cables. They're not that expensive, they last basically forever, and sooner or later you or someone else is going to need a jump and you'll be ready to save the day. When I bought my first car at 18, my first stop on my way home from the dealership was to buy a set of jumper cables and some other basic emergency supplies to throw in my trunk. I probably find myself using them at least a couple times a year. Still have those same cables going on a decade later. Probably one of the best purchases I've ever made.
I’m going to be “that guy” and rain on your parade a bit. So my apologies for that.
A lot of modern cars recommend against being used as a jump point. Jumping another car can be bad for the electronics in your vehicle. In particular, most (all?) EVs very strongly recommend against being used to jump other peoples cars.
Jumper cables were great in the 70’s when you had virtually no electronics in cars, and before lithium batteries were a reality. Today you’re better off having a good lithium jump pack — they’re small, portable, are often USB rechargeable, and can pack one hell of a punch. Many tow truck drivers have switched to using jump packs — they’re portable, can tell you more information on the state of the battery via built-in electronic meters, and have a lot of other useful features built in. And it’s way cheaper to buy a new jump pack if something goes wrong than it is to fix your vehicles electronics.
I’ve been carrying jump packs for a few decades now, and like you I’ve jumped a bunch of strangers vehicles over the years. These days I’m rocking a NOCO GBX45 — with 1250A of boosting power @ 12V, USB-C PD rechargeable, automatic polarity warning circuitry, a built-in flashlight, and can be used to recharge other USB-C devices — all in a package that fits in one hand and weighs just under 1Kg. Way better IMO than jumper cables — it’s effectively safer to use for the user and the vehicle, you don’t have to get close enough to use it — and if you own one yourself you don’t need to rely on the kindness of strangers to get you out of a pickle.
You're a good, kind, knowledgeable soul. Please keep being you.
Absolute necessity. Those jump packs can be nice too if you treat them right, mine has always worked so far when needed but most of the credit for that should probably go to my recurring "battery check" calendar reminder every few months. Nice to be able to get yourself out of a bad situation when nobody else is around or have one fewer problem to solve if there's tricky terrain or tight quarters getting in the way of hooking up cables.
I once watching someone’s truck engine burst into flame in the parking lot of the grocery store.
The driver had popped the hood to look at the smoke coming out and had just started running away when it burst into flames.
I grabbed my fire extinguisher from my car and put out the engine fire, and then the lady came back and started yelling at me for getting fire extinguisher dust all over her truck.
She started talking about lawsuits by like the third sentence so I just took my empty fire extinguisher and drove to a different grocery store. I’ve been hesitant to help random people with their cars ever since. I always want to, but then I remember that crazy lady and decide it might not be worth my time or money if I have to use something of mine to bail someone else out.
That sucks, some people react in shitty ways in a crisis but I'm glad your impulse was to act and not just be a bystander. There's a furious storm of chemistry going on that can trick this weird thinking meat into lashing out in irrational ways.
I've known some drivers who were completely oblivious to the state of their vehicles: they'd keep on trucking until the smoke pouring out of the hood got too thick to see and then stick their head out the window for the remainder of the journey. Only slight exaggeration. The old Simpsons trick of fixing a "Check Engine" indicator with a strip of electrical tape on the display turns out to be less than ideal, who could've guessed?
In any event, you spent that extinguisher for some valuable experience not just on the technical "Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep" side of things but also the human component. I hope you will continue to help those in need since it sounds like you're the type of person who feels compelled to respond rather than sit back and film a clip for the 'gram or whatever.
Jump boxes are super useful. My problem is I don’t want mine to bake in a hot car every day so I keep it inside on the charger, then never remember to bring it when I leave and end up using cables anyway if someone needs help
Gotta love these aging dickheads who just used POCs as props all the fucking time. This asshat staged these exact same situations for years and put them up as PR bullshit.
Also, did they think this was going to look candid or something? Why was there one camera at Cuomo's car, then another in the other dudes car? Just two people happened to be filming this TOTALLY NATURAL everyday thing with multiple positions and cameras?
Fucking morons.
That's what depresses me most regarding stunts like this: it does work on a portion of the populace.
Come on, at this point he's just there to get donations, pay his friends some money for shitty ads and pocket the rest. I would say that the morons are the billionaires still giving him money but for they it's pocket change and they'll will get political favors from the party one way or another.
They're spending more money on campaigns than what they'd ever have to pay extra in tax, they're not even rational at this point any more.
It's about power, it's always been about power. We had systems in place to limit this shit but our politicians are corrupt.
And who the fuck actually records video in landscape mode?! Like in reality it’s always portrait mode.
edit I’m not saying portrait is better. I hardly ever use my phones cameras. But most videos on the internet from the past 10 years are portrait mode.
Almost always landscape here. I MAKE THE EFFORT, DAMMIT 🤣
edit I’m not saying portrait is better. I hardly ever use my phones cameras. But most videos on the internet from the past 10 years are portrait mode.
Honestly I fully disagree on the 10 year mark. I'd say about 6 years ago the normal response to a portrait mode video was "what the heck is wrong with you, turn your phone sideways, only complete newbies shoot vertical video", our monitors are landscape, our TVs are landscape.
However, then covid hit, and tiktok became the popular video platform... and everything reversed.
That’s kind of my point, if they were trying to fein authenticity, they failed by shooting in landscape.
My point is, pre-tiktok shooting landscape video was basic use 101. Maybe your grandpa would shoot vertical, but your teenage kid would know to turn the phone sideways. So I'd say it's either "bare minimum competence 2018 and below", that yeah I guess became "near professional" post tik tok. But to me it just says amature who hasn't paid attention to current media formats.
Because I'd feel that someone who was "professional" would have shot it vertical for tik tok today, as that's the platform to reach new people.
And who the fuck actually records video in landscape mode
I dunno, people who understand how to film and take photographs?
Billionaires and their ghouls pretending to care for the people by doing pseudo-vigilante stuff instead of fixing the structural problems they themselves help create and maintain is on brand for Batman.
Honestly, henching for Batman's villains can be pretty good if you choose the right Boss.
- Penguin pays well as long as you do good work and stay on your best behavior around him.
- Working under Joker directly is dangerous, but working alongside his crew to pull off a big job can work out. Joker can be pretty reliable if his teammates show him respect. Joker would love to do a job against Trump or Musk.
- Working for Ivy can be okay if you're female. If you try to sign up with Ivy as a dude, she'll probably brainwash or kill you on the spot.
- Working for Riddler can be okay if you can look stupid. That guy loves to be the smartest person in the room. He might let your paychecks bounce, though.
- Working for Two Face all depends on how lucky you are. If you're lucky, Two Face will be happy to give you a good share of the loot.
- Black Mask is a bigger believer in swift punishment than Penguin. If you fail him big time, Black Mask will kill you and the other guys on the job with you in a horrible way. Penguin will spare you, but he'll make you wish he killed you. Aside from that, you can make good money working for him.
- Scarecrow has a hidden benefit for his employees - he wants to spread his fear toxin as much as possible, so he may reward you for furthering his research if you test his fear toxin on people, and record the results.
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Ra's al Ghul would probably be good for mercenary work especially if he takes a liking to you. If you are lucky he may even give you access to a lazuras pit.
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Bane is smart enough and generally honorable enough that if you proved useful he would be unlikely to kill you, he may even be willing to work with suggestions and critique.
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Honorable mentions for a non Batman villain. Snowflame you get more or less free access to all the cocaine and your boss will remember your name.
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Dishonorable mention, the Penny Plunderer. He would pay you only in pennies.
Working under Joker directly is dangerous, but working alongside his crew to pull off a big job can work out. Joker can be pretty reliable if his teammates show him respect. Joker would love to do a job against Trump or Musk.
Are there forms of joker that don't kill their henchmen on whims and for laughs?
Something I would note here, mostly this is only covering the "would the boss kill you directly". which is also kind of missing the second danger, IE even if there's a boss that would never personally kill you, certainly you also have to factor in the fact that any boss will throw you on the front lines of a war, throw you under the bus so the police are busy arresting you while they get away etc...
Yes, the version of Joker from the Harley Quinn show. That guy threw Batman in jail for tax evasion, and otherwise seems to be a decent guy to work for (post Season 1).
Joker from Telltale is also a decent guy if you're decent back.
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