While I can’t necessarily disagree with your correlation≠causation argument…

I could just as easily claim that vehicle fuel economy improving during the 70’s caused a decrease in female suicides.

Better gas mileage probably contributed a more than zero amount to that decrease.

Infinite money and access to unscrupulous doctors combined with mental illness and body dismorphia caused by years of abuse will do that to a person, go figure.

My first time shutting down a factory at the end of second shift for the weekend. I shut down the compressors first, and that hard stopped a bunch of other equipment that relied on the air pressure. Lessons learned. I spent another hour restarting then properly shutting down everything. Never did that again.

Personally, it’s amusing at best. In the same way as the girl in Jurassic Park using “Unix” to hack the system.

That being said, I still give mad props for the development that occurred during that era.

The joke is that a couple of drunk guys enduring an eternal winter came up with something better than silicon valley could.

Yeah, that happens. That’s why they make block heaters. The moral of the story is don’t be a dick about people not knowing everything about their vehicle. I still argue with some of the smartest people I know about filling their tank before severe weather hits. We’re not all on the same level, most people just expect it to work.

Speaking of knowing the pitfalls, how did you manage to run out of coolant my friend? That’s day one of owning a beater.

Why do you think the dog was complicit with the distraction tactic