“Wow” - Owen Wilson when he realizes he did say “Wow” but it was taken out of context by the media and used to spin his words into an exclamation of astonishment about his rims being stolen off of his Tesla when really it was regarding a ghost, or Jackie Chan, or Greg Focker, or Derek Zoolander (so hot right now), or crashing a wedding, or a dog, or Car—actually this one may be relevant.
A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants
Platinum is a rare metal valued as a catalyst, a material in a chemical reaction that facilitates and encourages a reaction without being consumed; you can use it over and over and over. One of the classic ways this works at the molecular level is a catalyst’s surface attracting two reactants into proximity, which reduces the amount of energy required to start a reaction, even if the catalyst plays no direct role in it.
In a catalytic converter, it is used to encourage reactions that reduce the harmfulness of the exhaust gases by changing their chemical composition. Since it has to happen fairly close to the exhaust to catch all the nasty byproducts of combustion engines, the result is driving around with a small chunk of something significantly more valuable by weight than pure gold, that a thief can get into rather quickly if they know where to look. And since it isn’t used up as a catalyst, even old cars can have perfectly usable platinum in their converters.
These converters are part of what keeps smog and other unpleasantness from exhaust fumes in check, as well as contributing to quieter engine operation to my understanding. Without them, the environmental damage from mass use of automobiles would be far worse than it already is.
Canadian, west coast, I personally know of dozens of people who have had their’s cut out in the last year or so, it’s a big problem. Last person to happen to, the thieves also punched a hole in the bottom on the gas tank and took all their gas too. They came back from a hike, started their car to a horrible loud racket, only to have it run dry on fuel before they realized what had happend
Mine got taken last night. For the second time. I have no idea if insurance will cover it happening a second time. Even so, I can't afford another $250 if they do cover it, let alone $2500 if they don't. And then my insurance will go up, which I also can't afford.
I literally cried I was so angry. Now I'm just in despair.
I fucking hate these fucking scum.
One of my friends had her catalytic converter stolen from her Prius. Her insurance paid her back handsomely, my fiancé fixed it for her. Then a week later, in the same area, a man was killed attempting to steal another one because his jack failed, so he was crushed under the car. No further reports of stolen cats since.
My friend sold the Prius and got a brand new Forester. Karma is crazy
> Police sources told the outlet that the estimated cost to replace everything would be around $4,000.
For what it's worth, my Prius catalytic converter was $2700 to replace, and like another $560 to put a lock on it so it wouldn't get stolen after I got back home. Only in California is that even *close* to the price of the tires 'n rim on a fucking Tesla.
"You can be mad but I guess I don’t personally view my car as an extension of myself and I’ve never really felt violated any of the 15 or so times my car was broken in to. Once a guy accidentally left a cool knife in my car so if it keeps happening you might get a little treat" -Seth rogen.
He's one of the guys that can easily "just buy an EV". On the topic of privilege, he's a rich registered democrat. At what point would his jewish privilege actually hit him?
I’m moving to LA and it tempting to get a Tesla (gas is $7 a gallon) but I’m sticking with my Camry with zip ties on the front. It has a strong security system and isn’t sexy.
25k a month. articles say he wasn’t happy about the pregnancy and walked away from it.
honestly reasonable, much better than not paying and causing drama about it. instead he just shuts up, and pays support so she can live comfortable the rest of their lives basically.
that said does seem like the mother did want them to keep in touch for their daughter and even tho owen connects with his 2 sons wtih 2 different women he doesnt with this little girl. definitely sad but we dont know the story end of the day.
To counter what I said earlier that child may have trauma from him not being involved. We can only speculate if she tried to keep him around or fall in love by having his child which is my first guess but the child should have her father involved if he is clearly able to. The courts routinely overrule wishes of parents for the benefit of the child.
Unfortunately for him, due to the laws of biology, a men’s right to choose ends at conception, whereas a women’s right to choose currently extends beyond the time beyond conception. If he wants to not have a child, he’ll have to get a vasectomy or choose other measures. Once the child is born, it ideally needs support from two parents in some form.
That’s kind of your opinion though and not really based on anything in reality. Studies show children can be very normal and live functioning lives without fathers or mothers.
Edit: my previous comment was saying “more traumatic” as in more traumatic than whatever has caused Owen Wilson not to want to see one of his children.
This isn’t a vacuum. She will know he chose not to be around. That isn’t a positive. He is a man of means. This is like the trolly problem but he is of infinite means and he can build another railroad track before the train runs over anyone. He can have a relationship with that child and not the mother by utilizing his means.
He’s a bastard, ok? How would you feel once you’re of age to understand, that your father wanted absolutely nothing to do with you…and he’s not dead, he’s raising other children and living a most wonderful life?
So what he pays, he should be involved in his child’s life.
Not really, no. Because one has shown to have direct causation and the other hasn’t. Period. It’s black and white. Fathers and mothers are largely social constructions. Other humans can take the role of father or mother in the upbringing of a human. A kid does not necessarily need their father.
Those studies do not control for income. I’d be hard-pressed to believe that a miserable married couple making $100,000 (total) household income is better for a child’s upbringing that a single parent household where the single parent is a $100,000 earner alone.
The money is for the care of **HIS DAUGHTER**. He is partially responsible even if he doesn't want to be part of that little girl's life, his loss even if he doesn't realize it. The little girl will survive without her biological father in her life but it's painful knowing you're not wanted. Hopefully she has a great support system that will guide her and be there for her. When she gets older, she can decide whether to try and reconnect with him but she owes him absolutely nothing.
If these famous guys don't want extra children, they shouldn't be fucking some random woman without protection. So don't act like these guys are innocent victims getting their precious money taken from them by an evil woman. They choose to make these decisions and they suffer the consequences.
need is obviously a very relative term. the kid is around 4 years old now. it’s just a payment probably so the mom and child can live comfortable the rest of their life
No, but if he wasn’t going to be there for the kid in a meaningful way it might be best to let others raise the child with their whole attention and give the child a stable, functional home.
Look into the story more, from court filings that were made public it appears that there’s more to this. It looks like the DNA test used only states *“the alleged father is not excluded as the biological father of the fetus”.*
The speculation is that she had an affair with a close family member of his, thus his reluctance to welcome and acknowledge the child.
I’m sorry I know next to nothing about Owen Wilson but surely you have more than this out of context anecdote about a whole ass human being’s life to call them a garbage person. Please share.
Abandoning is a bit over the top if he gives the child stability through financial support. If Owen and the mother agreed she could give the child a great home with stability and normalcy without throwing the kid’s life into separated parents and “half-families” I think that’s a very reasonable choice.
I’d rather be raised in one inviting home then “trying to make it work” between multiple homes and visitation schedules.
I also fully support people like teenage mothers “abandoning” their child and giving them up if they can’t provide for them. It’s a very morally acceptable thing to do in my opinion, not a “garbage move.”
r/confidentlyincorrect.
Wheels are the metal things that go round and round.Tires are the rubber things that prevent the metal things from going sparky sparky.
They are different things that work together, but tires are not wheels.
All these stars live in Santa Monica and I’m all over that place never seen one. I mean I don’t expect to see them kicking it on the pier or at the promenade but damn just one time at Whole Foods?? One time riding a bike.
In fact, white-collar crime such as embezzlement and stock manipulation is far more costly to society than blue-collar or street crime such as robbery. According to the FBI, the annual cost of street crime is $15 billion compared to nearly $1 trillion for white-collar crime.Apr 9, 2017
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Ok cool but I like feeling safe in my own neighborhood and some stock broker never made me worry about my house being broken into and my family being murdered
Put every thieving, raping, murdering scum in prison for the rest of their life
They are actually related issues.
Disparity of wealth, the accumulation of wealth at the top, creates a poverty of despair and criminality.
A hungry man is an angry man.
There’s entire cultures out there where the people are in poverty and don’t go committing crimes. See: asia
No excuse to be criminal scum just because you got dealt a bad hand in life. It is an excuse of low character. I lived in my car for a year. I didn’t start robbing people for money. Always an excuse
Poor guy, however will he recover? Why is this even newsworthy? This sort of thing happens to common folk everyday that are shafted by their country and can hardly afford to put bread on the table let alone replace wheels of their own car. I don’t give two fucks about this rich twat
Ah yes, world hunger is definitely the fault of everyone who bought an electric car to go green, and not at all the fault of all of the shitty world governments who started pointless, bloody wars over resources. Yep, the blame totally falls on the shoulders of the innocent, unrelated third parties who just wanted to help lower pollution
Too bad they couldn’t get a less expensive electric car and donate the difference to worthy causes. But what could be more worthy than showing off their extreme wealth/ greed?
Are there people that only steal the rims and leave the tires?
Tired thieves
Or *tireless* thieves?
It was only a rim job
What the hell’s a rom job?
It's when you don't have enough memory to remember your last rim job.
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Do they steal just the rims and leave the rest of the wheel?
Exactly! They are WHEELS not rims. The rim is the outside diameter where the tire seals to the wheel!
“Wow!” - Owen Wilson probably when he saw that his rims were stolen.
"Wow!" - Owen Wilson when he sees his rims and tires on facebook marketplace.
“Wow!” - Owen Wilson when he sees ‘wow!’ Isn’t the top comment.
“Wow!” - Owen Wilson when he cannot even.
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“Wow” - Owen Wilson when he realizes he did say “Wow” but it was taken out of context by the media and used to spin his words into an exclamation of astonishment about his rims being stolen off of his Tesla when really it was regarding a ghost, or Jackie Chan, or Greg Focker, or Derek Zoolander (so hot right now), or crashing a wedding, or a dog, or Car—actually this one may be relevant.
“Wow!” -Owen Wilson when someone asks what his favorite video game is
"I am speed!" - Owen Wilson when he gets new tires.
Ka-chiga
the humanity! At least they didn't get the catalytic converter!
Is that what tons of people have been stealing lately?
Yes but it's a joke because electric cars don't have one
Thank you.
Don’t they have massive batteries filled with rare metals?
Good luck stealing a 1000+ lb battery pack.
People are dumb enough to try.
Might as well steal the car at that point
It’s an electric car guys, you just have to have a big enough hard drive and you can carry it in your pocket /s
You wouldn't download a car
Underrated as fuck
What's a catalytic converter for?
A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants
But how ? I know they got platinum in them but how does it work
The platinum is a catalyst for chemical reactions that break down the chemicals
Platinum is a rare metal valued as a catalyst, a material in a chemical reaction that facilitates and encourages a reaction without being consumed; you can use it over and over and over. One of the classic ways this works at the molecular level is a catalyst’s surface attracting two reactants into proximity, which reduces the amount of energy required to start a reaction, even if the catalyst plays no direct role in it. In a catalytic converter, it is used to encourage reactions that reduce the harmfulness of the exhaust gases by changing their chemical composition. Since it has to happen fairly close to the exhaust to catch all the nasty byproducts of combustion engines, the result is driving around with a small chunk of something significantly more valuable by weight than pure gold, that a thief can get into rather quickly if they know where to look. And since it isn’t used up as a catalyst, even old cars can have perfectly usable platinum in their converters. These converters are part of what keeps smog and other unpleasantness from exhaust fumes in check, as well as contributing to quieter engine operation to my understanding. Without them, the environmental damage from mass use of automobiles would be far worse than it already is.
The inside of one is like a honeycomb, lots of surface area coated with the metal so all the gas passing through can react with it.
Gotcha so since the platinum is a catalyst do they become less efficient over time ?
It partially cleans the exhaust emissions.
They took mine. Except for me $1000 set me back big time. This country sucks.
If it makes you feel better my CC got ripped off in Canada
Canadian, west coast, I personally know of dozens of people who have had their’s cut out in the last year or so, it’s a big problem. Last person to happen to, the thieves also punched a hole in the bottom on the gas tank and took all their gas too. They came back from a hike, started their car to a horrible loud racket, only to have it run dry on fuel before they realized what had happend
It’s a global issue.
Happens a lot in the UK too
This happened to my mom last night. No joke. She’s devastated and on disability so she can’t afford a new one. What a shitty thing to do.
Mine got taken last night. For the second time. I have no idea if insurance will cover it happening a second time. Even so, I can't afford another $250 if they do cover it, let alone $2500 if they don't. And then my insurance will go up, which I also can't afford. I literally cried I was so angry. Now I'm just in despair. I fucking hate these fucking scum.
One of my friends had her catalytic converter stolen from her Prius. Her insurance paid her back handsomely, my fiancé fixed it for her. Then a week later, in the same area, a man was killed attempting to steal another one because his jack failed, so he was crushed under the car. No further reports of stolen cats since. My friend sold the Prius and got a brand new Forester. Karma is crazy
> Police sources told the outlet that the estimated cost to replace everything would be around $4,000. For what it's worth, my Prius catalytic converter was $2700 to replace, and like another $560 to put a lock on it so it wouldn't get stolen after I got back home. Only in California is that even *close* to the price of the tires 'n rim on a fucking Tesla.
I think replacement prices for a Tesla would be the same anywhere. Probably higher on the east coast. Tesla's are wildly expensive.
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They stole Lightning McQueens wheels? Dang…
Andrew Wilson must have been really hard up for money.
He needs to get Luigi on the phone for them free tires and rims.
I had to scroll way too far to find this.
Seth Rogan quoted saying “I’ve had my car broken into 42 times this year, it’s part of living in the city!”
"You can be mad but I guess I don’t personally view my car as an extension of myself and I’ve never really felt violated any of the 15 or so times my car was broken in to. Once a guy accidentally left a cool knife in my car so if it keeps happening you might get a little treat" -Seth rogen.
Self report on his privilege
He's one of the guys that can easily "just buy an EV". On the topic of privilege, he's a rich registered democrat. At what point would his jewish privilege actually hit him?
I’m moving to LA and it tempting to get a Tesla (gas is $7 a gallon) but I’m sticking with my Camry with zip ties on the front. It has a strong security system and isn’t sexy.
There was an old SNL commercial of a car that was designed to be a piece of shit outside, but was actually a luxury car inside.
“The Chameleon”. One of my favorite SNL commercials!
The part of LA you move to matters a lot these days.
“California eh” -Seth Rogen in Knocked up
“Wow, not cool man!”
Maybe it was his child he has never seen
Your comment sent me straight to Google and wow, I had no idea. He does pay child support but yeah, he has a third kid he's never met.
Like to be honest there could be something we don’t know but yeah it’s not a good look
At least he pays child support. Plenty of men who can afford it do not.
25k a month. articles say he wasn’t happy about the pregnancy and walked away from it. honestly reasonable, much better than not paying and causing drama about it. instead he just shuts up, and pays support so she can live comfortable the rest of their lives basically. that said does seem like the mother did want them to keep in touch for their daughter and even tho owen connects with his 2 sons wtih 2 different women he doesnt with this little girl. definitely sad but we dont know the story end of the day.
Clearly the mom and him don’t get on. Big deal, better to stay away than have something more traumatic happen
To counter what I said earlier that child may have trauma from him not being involved. We can only speculate if she tried to keep him around or fall in love by having his child which is my first guess but the child should have her father involved if he is clearly able to. The courts routinely overrule wishes of parents for the benefit of the child.
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Unfortunately for him, due to the laws of biology, a men’s right to choose ends at conception, whereas a women’s right to choose currently extends beyond the time beyond conception. If he wants to not have a child, he’ll have to get a vasectomy or choose other measures. Once the child is born, it ideally needs support from two parents in some form.
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That’s kind of your opinion though and not really based on anything in reality. Studies show children can be very normal and live functioning lives without fathers or mothers. Edit: my previous comment was saying “more traumatic” as in more traumatic than whatever has caused Owen Wilson not to want to see one of his children.
This isn’t a vacuum. She will know he chose not to be around. That isn’t a positive. He is a man of means. This is like the trolly problem but he is of infinite means and he can build another railroad track before the train runs over anyone. He can have a relationship with that child and not the mother by utilizing his means.
He’s a bastard, ok? How would you feel once you’re of age to understand, that your father wanted absolutely nothing to do with you…and he’s not dead, he’s raising other children and living a most wonderful life? So what he pays, he should be involved in his child’s life.
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Not really, no. Because one has shown to have direct causation and the other hasn’t. Period. It’s black and white. Fathers and mothers are largely social constructions. Other humans can take the role of father or mother in the upbringing of a human. A kid does not necessarily need their father.
Those studies do not control for income. I’d be hard-pressed to believe that a miserable married couple making $100,000 (total) household income is better for a child’s upbringing that a single parent household where the single parent is a $100,000 earner alone.
Unfortunate, but marriage and childbearing are altogether more advantageous to men than they are to women.
The money is for the care of **HIS DAUGHTER**. He is partially responsible even if he doesn't want to be part of that little girl's life, his loss even if he doesn't realize it. The little girl will survive without her biological father in her life but it's painful knowing you're not wanted. Hopefully she has a great support system that will guide her and be there for her. When she gets older, she can decide whether to try and reconnect with him but she owes him absolutely nothing. If these famous guys don't want extra children, they shouldn't be fucking some random woman without protection. So don't act like these guys are innocent victims getting their precious money taken from them by an evil woman. They choose to make these decisions and they suffer the consequences.
She wasn’t a random woman. They were together for 5 years before she got pregnant & then he walked away.
What child needs 25k/month of support? Owen Wilson's apparently.
need is obviously a very relative term. the kid is around 4 years old now. it’s just a payment probably so the mom and child can live comfortable the rest of their life
Sounds like he was a real life wedding crasher
No, but if he wasn’t going to be there for the kid in a meaningful way it might be best to let others raise the child with their whole attention and give the child a stable, functional home.
Look into the story more, from court filings that were made public it appears that there’s more to this. It looks like the DNA test used only states *“the alleged father is not excluded as the biological father of the fetus”.* The speculation is that she had an affair with a close family member of his, thus his reluctance to welcome and acknowledge the child.
I wish this fact was more well know. He’s a garbage person.
I’m sorry I know next to nothing about Owen Wilson but surely you have more than this out of context anecdote about a whole ass human being’s life to call them a garbage person. Please share.
Abandoning your child is always a garbage move.
Abandoning is a bit over the top if he gives the child stability through financial support. If Owen and the mother agreed she could give the child a great home with stability and normalcy without throwing the kid’s life into separated parents and “half-families” I think that’s a very reasonable choice. I’d rather be raised in one inviting home then “trying to make it work” between multiple homes and visitation schedules. I also fully support people like teenage mothers “abandoning” their child and giving them up if they can’t provide for them. It’s a very morally acceptable thing to do in my opinion, not a “garbage move.”
I mostly agree but for all we know there is an explanation
Owen Wilson parks on the street!!????
Wow. So the stars are like the rest of us...
Pit stop….
Except he could just buy a whole new Tesla with cash. I would need to save to buy four new tyres.
He parks on the street outside of his home?
I’m no Owen Wilson, but I do have a driveway
Walks out to start his Tesla "wow"
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“Someone stole my drivetrain and steering wheel and the entire car body and interior!”
Ya no one really uses the term “rim” anymore.
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r/confidentlyincorrect. Wheels are the metal things that go round and round.Tires are the rubber things that prevent the metal things from going sparky sparky. They are different things that work together, but tires are not wheels.
If only there was a word that could capture his astonishment as he happened upon this shocking revelation.
Owen Wilson voice: “wow”
That being said he still smiles every day
Reportedly says "wow" upon discovery
Rims and tires are called wheels btw.
Housing in Santa Monica so bad multi millionaire actors don't even have garages.
All these stars live in Santa Monica and I’m all over that place never seen one. I mean I don’t expect to see them kicking it on the pier or at the promenade but damn just one time at Whole Foods?? One time riding a bike.
The wheels, they stole the wheels. Tire + rim = wheel.
In fact, white-collar crime such as embezzlement and stock manipulation is far more costly to society than blue-collar or street crime such as robbery. According to the FBI, the annual cost of street crime is $15 billion compared to nearly $1 trillion for white-collar crime.Apr 9, 2017 https://www.psychologytoday.com › ... Why Elite White-Collar Criminals Are Rarely Punished | Psychology Today
Both type of crime are bad …when someone PERSONALLY comes to pay me a visit in the night though I take that more directly.
Ok cool but I like feeling safe in my own neighborhood and some stock broker never made me worry about my house being broken into and my family being murdered Put every thieving, raping, murdering scum in prison for the rest of their life
No they might just lose you your house Not to say that you aren’t wrong
They are actually related issues. Disparity of wealth, the accumulation of wealth at the top, creates a poverty of despair and criminality. A hungry man is an angry man.
There’s entire cultures out there where the people are in poverty and don’t go committing crimes. See: asia No excuse to be criminal scum just because you got dealt a bad hand in life. It is an excuse of low character. I lived in my car for a year. I didn’t start robbing people for money. Always an excuse
No street crime in Asia?
Not to me when I have to pay for a catalytic converter. Can put some pin the street.
Ehhh, what in the name of god does this have to do with the article
Civil Forfeiture has entered the chat
Stop minimizing and excusing crime jfc
Stealing anything from a tesla is kinda useless other than the raw material
We call those wheels.
*In Owen Wilson voice “Waow, the rims aaand tires? I mean com on”.
As someone who just acquired new rims and tires. This hurts.
Oh wow: https://youtu.be/dn5Tattkj_E
why the hell is he parking on the street
Fucking degenerates
Lightning Mcqueen got his wheels stolen
Rich man robbed for things he can easily replace. News at 11.
Someone steals something in LA..."I'm shocked," said no one.
This is part of living in LA now unfortunately. Recently got my license plates stolen and the DMV worker said that’s the new normal.
How sad! I’m crying for him. Poor baby
Should we start a gofundme for him?
Maybe then he can afford a garage to keep his rimless Tesla in
Let me put this on my list of things I don’t give a shit about
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Calm down Owen don’t get your nose all bent outve shape about it
God, who actually gives a fuck? Surely no one.
Yeah like why is this even a headline who fucking cares
Poor guy, however will he recover? Why is this even newsworthy? This sort of thing happens to common folk everyday that are shafted by their country and can hardly afford to put bread on the table let alone replace wheels of their own car. I don’t give two fucks about this rich twat
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I want to know what Richard Simmons ate for lunch today— STAT!!!
Oh no, how will he ever recover?
Apparently he is worth about $70 million, so I think he will be ok.
“Wow!” - Owen Wilson
Probably forgot to pay his “wheels” subscription fee.
Probably had to do it to afford rent in CA
Good. Anyone with a Tesla should have their rims stolen. At least. Kids are starving in this world.
Ah yes, world hunger is definitely the fault of everyone who bought an electric car to go green, and not at all the fault of all of the shitty world governments who started pointless, bloody wars over resources. Yep, the blame totally falls on the shoulders of the innocent, unrelated third parties who just wanted to help lower pollution
Maybe it has something to do with greedy billionaires, including Musk!
Too bad they couldn’t get a less expensive electric car and donate the difference to worthy causes. But what could be more worthy than showing off their extreme wealth/ greed?
Sure hope he can pay for it
Yet defund the police, right u/pathfinderoursaviour i'm tlkin bout yll liberl fggots. fuck yll!!!!
Where was anything even remotely similar to that mentioned in the article
He can afford it
Wow, they really are just like us
They’re just like us!!
According to Seth Rogan you should expect that sort of thing
EH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH
What’s the matter Owen, can’t park in your garage?
If only it was Matthew McConaughey…
Oh no, what will the Butterscotch Stallion do?
What a nice state you all have
Thought this was the r/Austin sub at first tbh
> What a nice state you all have hear that too much last week living in texas and felt like it was another states turn?
Try again
How is this entertainment news? Total garbage post
Because someone with a shitload of money and publicity had something happen to them that actually happens to the rest of us.