Hackers Steal MLB Star Kris Bryant's $200K Lamborghini by Rerouting Delivery

I'm not saying people can't like what they like, or spend money on what they want, I just want to relate a personal history that by happenstance, formed my outlook on stuff like fast cars.

When I was a kid, my older brother raced motorcycles and cars. This was back before computers in cars, when carburetors were in cars. He worked on his engines all week long; he learned and perfected his engine rebuilding, his welding, learned to paint, he was inspired by magazines, and had his cylinders bored out, ports ported (yes, 2 strokes), etc. etc. Then he'd race on weekends and see how he did; it was hardscrabble, but there was something holistic about it. It wasn't me, I didn't do it, but it cured me of ever wanting, or really, ever feeling entitled to.

Just having a bunch of money and plunking it down on a Lambo, without knowing how to work on it yourself? just seems stupid. You bought it, it's like using a computer without knowing how to configure it, and wanting everybody to look at you doing it.

You're a great baseball player. You know more about baseball in your muscle memory than I will ever come close to even intellectually. Why buy an uncomfortable mid engine sports car that you can barely see out of, can't get a blowjob in, will definitely get speeding tickets in, probably wreck, and possibly get killed in or worse, kill somebody else in?

buy a comfortable car, it will have plenty of power. That exoticar is not you, you're pretending, just like a hollywood or hedgefund douche. Yes, you can do it, just sayin, don't.

You want to race? ok, go all in. Sadly, you'll probably never catch up with real racers, like Michael Jordan never did much on the baseball field, but at least you can be authentic doing that and not just a celeb poseur, push pedal, go fast, in places where you're not safe for other people.

It’s the same reason you buy a Rolex. A quartz watch can keep time better. It’s about signaling status and it’s a bonus that it’s fun to ride.

Anyone can wear a Rolex as well as anyone else. That’s kind of the point: they’re mass-produced, reliable (as such things go), automatic mechanical watches. And you don’t endanger anyone by wearing one.

It’s debatable if you’re endangering someone’s life depending on how the gems were mined.

  “Any time we can get back somebody’s vehicle that’s been stolen, that’s a win for us.”
  He added, “We would treat it no differently if it was someone’s F-150 versus a
  Lamborghini.”

Why do they even bother lying like that?

People aren't their job. and exotic cars aren't race cars.

Strangely though, people make assumptions about people because of their job, or the car they drive.

> buy a comfortable car, it will have plenty of power.

And if it doesn't have plenty of power, you get to have the pedal to the floor a lot more often. How often can you floor a real sports car with power? Not very often if you want to keep driving it.

I don’t think it’s a lie. An F-150 is only 3 times cheaper than a Lambo, and there are thousands more F150s around, they can’t afford to be cavalier about recovering them.

I think they would have put just as much effort into recovering Kris Bryant's F150 as they did his Lamborghini.

The great majority of Rolex watches are sold with synthetic jewels in the movement, and no natural stones.

The tiny amount of gem decorated watches they sell are all sold with diamonds certified by the Kimberley Process, which isn't perfect, but is literally the UN standard.

Endangerment adds value though to the gem though. It’s been changed to cut, carat, clarity, and casualties for quite some time now. You can get certificates of authenticity which confirm mine laborer demise. It’s pretty incredible.

The Casio, it does not have the pussy magnet

Well played sir :)

Some people like a project and enjoy the "problems" that come with it.

Some people like a product and to have something that just works.

My first thought was that it's a tautological statement: people are spending not that far from 100k on some F-150s

A better example would have been someone's used, beat-up Corolla, but then the truthfulness would be a little slipperier...

Yeah, it's basically that.

I would spend my money on something else though, Volkwagens aren't that great /s

>It’s about signalling status and it’s a bonus that it’s fun to ride.

Which is amusing because the only thing you can know about someone with a car like this is they have $200,000 less in the bank than before they bought it.

I remember reading that more than half of all Ferrari sales are financed and that most Ferrari owners have a net worth of less than a million dollars.

It seems that people are willing to strain their finances to signal status.

> I'm not saying people can't like what they like, or spend money on what they want

Proceeds to tell people can't like what they like and what to spend their money on...

> Just having a bunch of money and plunking it down on a Lambo, without knowing how to work on it yourself? just seems stupid.

Why? Think of all the money you've spent on food you didn't grow or cook yourself, water you didn't treat yourself (unless you live entirely off the land yourself, in which case, bravo).

> Why buy an uncomfortable mid engine sports car that you can barely see out of, can't get a blowjob in, will definitely get speeding tickets in, probably wreck, and possibly get killed in or worse, kill somebody else in?

Tons of assumptions here, a couple of which can be applied to any vehicle.

> buy a comfortable car, it will have plenty of power. That exoticar is not you, you're pretending, just like a hollywood or hedgefund douche. Yes, you can do it, just sayin, don't.

Big ole yikes here. Step away from the keyboard for a few hours and chill.

> You want to race? ok, go all in. Sadly, you'll probably never catch up with real racers, like Michael Jordan never did much on the baseball field, but at least you can be authentic doing that and not just a celeb poseur, push pedal, go fast, in places where you're not safe for other people.

Glad you've deemed yourself the authority on what makes a "real racer" and who is "authentic".

You sound bitter over people with money spending it on luxuries.

>Why buy an uncomfortable mid engine sports car that you can barely see out of, can't get a blowjob in, will definitely get speeding tickets in, probably wreck, and possibly get killed in or worse, kill somebody else in?

Have you heard of “having fun”?

Safe things are boring.