#Thinner (1996)

[supercriminalbean]

Hey look I made gifs. No they aren't great but my first time so yay.

[cleoenfaserum]

This Diet Is Bananas

BILL NYE SAVES THE WORLD S01E08

In episode eight of Bill Nye Saves the World, titled "This Diet Is Bananas," Bill Nye delves into the world of fad diets and examines the science behind some of the most popular trends. With the help of fellow experts in the field of nutrition and health, Nye takes a scientific approach to debunking and demystifying the questionable claims made by many fad diets and the industries that profit from them.

1-link https://ok.ru/video/332810357334

SOPHIE THATCHER as IRIS Companion (2025) Dir. Drew Hancock tumblr source midge-maisell Jan 11

Burning calories ...

2-link https://youtu.be/vCORDl4bqDE

I asked AI GPT the following question, what movie could you recommend dealing on the subject of OBESITY and this is what it suggested or said:

A great movie that tackles the subject of obesity is Super Size Me (2004), a documentary by Morgan Spurlock. In it, Spurlock eats only McDonald's food for 30 days to examine the effects of fast food on health. It explores obesity, diet, and the fast-food industry's impact on public health.

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he claimed to consume only McDonald's food, although he later disclosed he was also drinking heavy amounts of alcohol. The film documents the drastic change on Spurlock's physical and psychological health and well-being. It also explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit and gain.

See the documentary below...

3-link https://youtu.be/x3VnhYL7NEo

AI GPT continued to say: If you're looking for a fictional take, The Whale (2022), starring Brendan Fraser, is a powerful drama about a man struggling with severe obesity and personal trauma.

The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. The plot follows a morbidly obese, house bound English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, whom he had abandoned eight years earlier.

4-llink https://youtu.be/KCWQaEjSk4A

Well, another suggestion by AI GPT which is the one I liked most is the following

Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) The film takes us to an obese lawyer who accidentally kills a Romani woman is cursed by the woman's father to rapidly lose weight.

Watch film below ...

5-link https://ok.ru/video/2572739217977

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[gabibunni]

Roy Harper & Piercings

There’s not enough Roy love or ideas out there. I just finished reading the Arsenal special (1996) and he’s just been catching strays :(

I think that if comic book writers and artists could expand more on a previous character's appearance, there would be more tattoos and piercings involved. However, that’s not really the case.

Here’s my personal headcanon on what types of piercings Roy would have since he got tattoos already.

Nose: I think he’d have a simple nostril piercing, but the jewel would be a small star because Lian picked it out for him. It’s silver with even smaller gems covering the shape.

Mouth: I feel like an ashley, snake bite and tongue piercing would match his charm. The ashley piercing would be small, round with a blueish black tint so it stands out from his complexion. The snake bit would be similar in design but thinner and have more of a shine. I don’t think he’d wear them all the time considering his job so he’d have those clear plastic ones. The tongue piercing would be a bright blue, one that’s almost cyan. It easily catches anyone’s eyes and can derail a conversation.

Ears: A simple lobe, upper lobe and industrial would be his go two. It would mirror both sides. The upper lobe was done when Lian was getting her ears pierced and they did them together so she wouldn’t feel so alone. The industrial is there because he found a cool angel wing design and couldn’t help himself.

These are just little think pieces I had about him because he was in a band so I thought that was cool too.

[godhandler]

Rent A BF!

#3 | young toji fushiguro x reader | fluff, mentions of prostitution, aged and sometimes offensive terminology | 800 words

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22nd May, 1996

You’re probably one of the worst customers Toji’s ever had. 

Perfect Princes Escort Services placed their escorts hierarchically. At the top of the food chain were the Gojo-Geto pair, so high in demand they could pick their own customers and set their own prices. Perhaps Nanami could’ve asked for the same benefits if he hadn’t demanded that 401 (k) instead. 

Newcomer runts like Toji sat snug on the bottom rung. You were actually his first high-paying customer, but he’s starting to wonder if it’s really worth it. 

“So, tell me about your family back home, Toji-kun.” The candlelight from the romantic dinner table reflects the burning curiosity in your eyes. “Got any siblings?”

Like hell I’d tell ya. 

“Don’t have either, miss.” Toji forks a mussel open and dumps it all over his spaghetti. He doesn’t bother plastering a polite smile on. He has no incentive to: you’ve already made the mistake of pre-paying for 10 days, and he highly doubts that you’ll extend the contract with him any longer. Nanami once told him– when moderate efforts do the job, moderate efforts are all you should put in– and Toji decided to brand it into his heart. 

He’s very invested in spiral-mixing his shellfish into his spaghetti when the sound of you scoffing cuts into him. 

You scoffed at him. You scoffed. At him. 

Red-hot rage flashes to his skull before reason has a chance to. Triggered instinct– white knuckle grip bending the fork– shoulder tightened in anticipation of an arm drawn to sma–

“Like I’d believe that.” Unaware of the danger you’re in, you’re smiling so sweetly at him. No condescension, no ill meaning. “You know your forks, you weren’t raised in a barn.” 

“Huh?” 

“Your tastes are dogshit, who mixes oysters and pasta? But even when you’re not trying, your dinner table etiquette is so proper. You leave your dinner fork on your plate and pick your oyster with the oyster fork, you keep your wine glass diagonally to your left, you know the difference between a bib and a lap-napkin. I bet you’ll eat the dessert with the tiny spoon too, O Prince Toji.” 

No longer a weapon, the fork returns to its duty of gingerly shovelling food to Toji’s mouth while you add, “And we don’t even use forks that much. You were raised into money then. Let me guess, a runaway second son of a renowned clan who fell into debt or drugs?”

For a long time, the only sounds are of the cutlery scraping the china. A habitually thoughtless speaker, you slowly sink into a mortified guilt of touching a nerve not meant to be exposed to the air. I was only joking around (that’s quite a horrible apology) or maybe Geez, I didn’t think you'd be so sensitive (even worse). After all these years, apologies are still so hard for you to manage. So you just slip this one word out: “Sorry.”

Toji doesn’t look at you. “Think you’re so smart, knowing so much about me, huh? I know about you too.” 

“Like what?”

“No,” he shakes his head glumly. He’s not angry exactly, more like the topic provokes like a popped blister. “You’ll complain to my boss.”

“I won’t, I promise.” 

“Fine, then.” And he sets his stoneheavy eyes on yours. They're deep green, you notice, the colour of an old lake. “These aren’t oysters.” 

“Huh?”

“It’s a fucking mussel. I don’t know how you can confuse the two.” He picks an unopened one up and pries it open with a nail. “See? It’s so much smaller and thinner than an oyster. Oysters taste like strong salty boogers, but mussels–” He scoops the flesh out, drops a bit of marinara on it and hands you the fork. It’s good, you realise, the gentle flavour of the mussel carrying the pasta sauce well. “–Mussels taste like the ocean.” 

A minute passes as you chew, apology taking shape on the tip of your tongue: “I’m sorry I got too much.” 

“Apologise for shitting on my taste in food too.” 

“Fine, Toji-kun, I’m sorry I called your tastes dogshit. Maybe shellfish and pasta do go together.” 

“That’s right, miss.” He cocks his head to the side, grinning like a troublemaker. “I wouldn’t expect you new money to know about delicate tastes that much.” 

And you can’t help smiling as well. “That easy to read?”

“I’m just observant.” He taps his temple. “Your family wasn’t poor but you struggled sometimes, you’re actually left handed but you trained your right hard to work too, so now you’re ambidextrous, you had two younger siblings possibly sisters, you don’t actually like either spaghetti or mussels, you over-steep your tea, your watch is 19 seconds late, you have a rash on your left thigh, you need to moisturise your hands more and learn to blend your foundation into your neck, and your family died recently.” He leans back against the chair and burps. “There, we’re even now.” 

You’re left gaping at him. 

“... Anything else, Toji-kun?”

“You have pasta in your teeth.” 

Toji left the second session with a distinct sense of victory.

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a/n: pancakes are the bane of my existence. they taste just fine without putting things on top (not too sweet is the best compliment) but noooo you just have to ruin it with syrup or butter. and then u have to cut it with a fork and knife. its useless, its wasting fucking time. my hands could just hold it like a burger and finish the whole ordeal quick, even chopsticks maybe if they're not too heavy. fork and knife is decidedly the worst way to eat pancakes.

[livingforstars]

Searchlight Beams from the Egg Nebula - January 29th, 1996.

"The dramatic and mysterious looking object revealed in this Hubble Space Telescope image is known as the Egg Nebula. It is an aging star about 3,000 lightyears distant, entering its planetary nebula phase of evolution. Surrounded by an expanding cloud of gas and dust, a dense cocoon of dust (seen as the dark band running diagonally across the center) encloses the star itself and blocks it from direct view. The searchlight appearance is created as light from the star shines more easily through the thinner parts of the cocoon. Dust particles in the expanding cloud scatter and reflect the starlight, making the beams visible. The sharpness of the HST image reveals a wealth of detail, which will help to understand this complex and spectacular part of the stellar lifecycle."

[homestuckreplay]

Webcomics at Day 100 #1: Kevin & Kell

Pages read: 9/3/1995 – 9/3/1996 & 4/13/2009 – 8/18/2009; about 380 pages

Reason for selection: Best I can tell this is the oldest webcomic that’s still running as well as among the first ones made. It updated every weekday from 1995-2000 and every day since then without breaks, totaling around 4500 strips as of 2009 and 10,000 strips as of 2024. This webcomic is older than I am and has been around for over 90% of the internet’s public history. While not originally intended as a ‘furry comic’ it quickly gained popularity among furries, who are an important internet subculture. K&K meetups happened at furry conventions in the 2000s.

Current status: This comic is an eternal truth of the internet

Content warnings: predator/prey dynamics

Overall thoughts: I think this strip is charming. It’s functionally identical to a newspaper strip, and there’s nothing about its presentation that couldn’t be done in print – which makes sense as its creator was already a newspaper cartoonist before starting this. Being published on the internet allows readers easy and instant access to the archives without having to buy the newspaper each day, although the sections I’ve read don’t take advantage of this by having long running storylines that require reading the archive. There is overall continuity, but jumping from 1996 to 2009 wasn’t super confusing. At the time of writing this the website is quick to load, well organized and really easy to navigate, so it’s no work at all to just start reading and get lost in the comic.

Content wise, the strip features anthropomorphic animals living in modern society (humans appear to be mythical creatures?) and includes a lot of jokes about animal traits manifesting in school, work and day to day life. Some specific jokes such as the hedgehog character getting stuck to things with her many spines are used often. Quite a few jokes rely on the fact that a significant portion of society are killing and eating the other portions on a daily basis, which is written in a lighthearted way but won’t be to everyone’s taste. I’d also describe the comic as ‘boomer humor’ in some places. Bill Holbrook began writing the strip in his late 30s so is older than the average early webcomics artist, and writes about family and technology from that perspective. The content also focuses on both nontraditional relationships and traditional family dynamics, and the ways these rub up against one another, while avoiding any genuinely controversial topics.

I love how Holbrook draws rabbits – Kevin and baby Coney’s designs are adorable to me and are the visual highlights of most strips. The character R.L., wolf and CEO of Herd Thinners Inc., is never shown in full – only his drooling mouth, fangs, and hands clasped on his desk are shown, which kicks ass as a villain design. Holbrook is also really good at conveying a character’s overall mood or vibe just through their body language in a still image, which is impressive considering how many different species he’s working with. The comic began in black and white and switched to color in 2000, and while I don’t think the color significantly improves the strip, it does make it easier to distinguish between characters of similar species as the cast has grown.

Connections to Homestuck: K&K doesn’t use the affordances of the internet (such as including gifs/sound in the comic) but it is definitely about the internet. It’s established imemdiately that titular couple Kevin & Kell first met and fell in love online, and that Kevin’s job is the system operator for the ‘herbivore forum.’ Kevin attends an online high school reunion, daughter Lindesfarne (INCREDIBLE character name) attends a virtual prom, and son Rudy stays in touch with his long distance girlfriend via email. Jokes about online life being inferior to digital are rare, and spending a lot of time online is normalized within the world of the comic, a decade or two before it became normalized in the real world.

K&K also plays with the boundary between digital and real space, and commonly depicts a character typing something into the computer to cause a physical effect in the world far away. Computers physically react to the digital content they are used for, such as Kevin’s computer starting to grow leaves and plants when he spends too much time on the herbivore forum, and digital phenomena are represented physically such as this depiction of a firewall:

I don’t think Rudy and Dave are the exact same archetype but Rudy does wear sunglasses 24/7 and is a different flavor of above it all coolguy whose feelings aren’t as secret as he thinks.

Continue reading? Probably! Despite being loosely drawn archetypes I did start caring about the characters quickly, enjoyed reading enough to go well past day 100, and have marked my place to come back to. It’s sweet and low effort entertainment that I can easily see myself digging into when I’m tired or sick.

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[supercriminalbean]

Half this movie is just unsub Dave and God I'm a whore I can't breath. Please he so caring and violent and swearing and oh I need him

[augment-techs]

Tag Game: Write Down Your Favorite Movies from every year since you've been born, then tag five other people:

Tagging: @lordkingsmith @skyland2703 @ajgrey9647 @mouthful-of-glass @regaliasonata

1991: Rover Dangerfield; The Silence of the Lambs; Fried Green Tomatoes.

1992: Ferngully; Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation; The Muppet Christmas Carol; Batman Returns; A Few Good Men.

1993: The Thief and the Cobbler; Searching for Bobby Fischer; The Secret Garden; The Good Son; Sailor Moon R: The Movie; The Wedding Banquet; The Nightmare Before Christmas; We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story; The Piano; The Fugitive; Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey; Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

1994: Camilla; Baby's Day Out; Camp Nowhere; Speed; Eat Drink Man Woman; Forrest Gump; Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle; Clerks; Nell; Lassie; Thumbelina; The Swan Princess; The Pagemaster.

1995: MMPR: The Movie; Se7en; Balto; Casper; Babe; Copycat; Party Girl; It Takes Two; Gargoyles the Movies: Heroes Awaken; Now and Then; The Indian in the Cupboard; Jumanji; A Goofy Movie.

1996: Bound; Thinner; Fargo; Carpool; Muppet Treasure Island; Daytrippers; Mary Reilly; Matilda; Romeo+Juliet; The First Wives Club; Harriet the Spy; The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

1997: Princess Mononoke; Artemisia; Jungle 2 Jungle; Kiss the Girls; Spice World; Anastasia; Cats Don't Dance; Dante's Peak; Liar Liar; Hercules; The Beautician and the Beast.

1998: Quest for Camelot; Rushmore; Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island; Babe: Pig in the City; The Prince of Egypt; Small Soldiers; Felidae; Cats; The Rugrats Movie; The Parent Trap; Billboard Dad; A Bug's Life; Antz; Sliding Doors.

1999: The Haunting; Flawless; Tarzan; Wakko's Wish; The 4th Floor; The Virgin Suicides; Sleepy Hollow; The Other Sister; In Dreams; The Sixth Sense; Anna and the King; The Mummy.

2000: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; Hanging Up; Eye of the Killer; 28 Days; Miss Congeniality; Beautiful; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Pollock; The Gift; Titan A.E.; Bring It On; Center Stage; The Cell; What Lies Beneath; Bless the Child; An Extreme Goofy Movie.

2001: Spirited Away; Don't Say a Word; Planet of the Apes; Thirteen Ghosts; Millennium Actress; Jeepers Creepers; Osmosis Jones; The Others; I am Sam.

2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron; Bend it Like Beckham; FeardotCom; Treasure Planet; The Pianist; Carrie; The Hours; HP and the Chamber of Secrets; Panic Room.

2003: Uptown Girls; Gothika; Pieces of April; Tokyo Godfathers; The Triplets of Belleville; Jeepers Creepers 2.

2004: Collateral; Jersey Girl; Mind Hunters; Shrek 2; The Aviator; Speak; Mean Girls; Stage Beauty.

2005: Rent; Transamerica; Sin City; Romance and Cigarettes; In Her Shoes; Breakfast on Pluto; The River King; HP and the Goblet of Fire.

2006: She's the Man; The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; The Devil Wears Prada; The Black Dahlia; Pan's Labyrinth; Lady in the Water; Monster House; Little Miss Sunshine.

2007: Juno; Zodiac; Reign Over Me; Knocked Up; Into the Wild; Sweeney Todd; The Orphanage; Ratatouille; The Darjeeling Limited.

2008: The Dark Knight; Wall-E; The Fall; Iron Man; Let the Right One In; Changeling; Horton Hears a Who; Smart People; Eavesdrop; Sunshine Cleaning.

2009: The Lovely Bones; Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy's Big Picture Show; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Away We Go; Brief Interviews with Hideous Men; Corline; 500 Days of Summer; Confessions of a Shopaholic; New York, I Love You; My Sister's Keeper.

2010: Megamind; Black Swan; The Illusionist; The Runaways; Babies.

2011: Faust; Sleeping Beauty.

2012: Wolf Children; The Woman in Black.

2013: The Wind Rises; Mama; Monsters University.

2014: The Boxtrolls; Batman: Assault on Arkham.

2015: Inside Out; The Blackcoat's Daughter.

2016: I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House; The Tower; A Silent Voice.

2017: Power Rangers; It; The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales; Loving Vincent; The Lure; Spider-Man: Homecoming; Split; The Breadwinner; The Shape of Water; To the Bone.

2018: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms; Mirai; Black Panther; The Tale; My Little Goat; Gotham by Gaslight; Love, Simon; Isle of Dogs; Underdog; Venom.

2019: It Chapter 2; Little Monsters; Saint Maud; Batman: Hush; Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus; The Nightingale; Black Christmas; Doctor Sleep; The Legend of Hei; Reign of the Supermen.

2020: Wolfwalkers; Batman: Death in the Family; Soul.

2021: Encanto; Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko; The Green Knight; The Black Phone.

2022: Clerks III; Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Roald Dahl's Matilda.

2023: The Boy and the Heron; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

2024: The Day the Earth Blew Up: a Looney Tunes Movie; Inside Out 2; The Wild Robot.

2025: Sinners; The Ugly Stepsister.

[boag]

My mom has been referencing the movie Thinner (1996) my entire life bc she saw it on tv once when she was like 17 and I’ve never seen it . So for her birthday rn we smoked a blunt and we’re drinking tequila Red Bulls and watching Thinner (1996)

[fandomsideworks]

favorite horror movies– thinner (1996)

after an obese attorney hits an old woman with his car, he finds himself cursed by her father to grow 'thinner'.

[brokehorrorfan]

Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its Thinner Blu-ray, which releases on January 23. Based on Stephen King’s 1984 novel, the 1996 horror film is directed by Tom Holland (Child’s Play, Fright Night).

Holland co-wrote with Michael McDowell (Beeteljuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas). Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna star with Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, and Bethany Joy Lenz.

Special features are listed below.

Audio commentary by producer Mitchell Galin and actor Joe Mantegna (new)

Audio commentary by film historians Lee Gambin and Aaron Dries (new)

Audio commentary by director Tom Holland and actor Joe Mantegna

Interview with director/co-writer Tom Holland (new)

Interview with actor Lucinda Jenney (new)

Interview with special make-up effects artist Vincent Guastini (new)

The Magic of Special Effects Make-Up featurette

Theatrical trailer

TV spot

Still gallery

Based on the riveting best seller, Stephen King’s Thinner stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna in a story of supernatural terror as one man faces a countdown to the ultimate excruciating payback. A 109-year-old Romani man (Michael Constantine), hell-bent on revenge for the death of his daughter, exacts a shocking curse that compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out from this bizarre and relentless torture, the accursed man must find a way to reverse his predicament, though death is quickly becoming his only option.

Pre-order Thinner.

[alanshee-keeper-of-realms]

Incidents on the Chronological Tree of Warner and Disney for my Off the Animation Table AU

1934-The Warner Siblings then known as James, Theodore (Teddy) and Angelina are imprisoned in the Tower upon causing a fire at the Warner Lots that took out 15 acres, 2 million (34 Million) in property damage.

1946- Max Goof is Born to Marcy and Goofy Goof.

1948- Bugs in a similar way to Tex Avery loses his sight in his left eye after something is thrown with toon logic and permanently damages it has to relearn a majority of his Tricks majority.

1959- Bugs and Daffy get married in a non legal ceremony

1966-Walt Disney Dies

1973- Donald, Panchito and Jose are caught off guard when they find 2 eggs viable Camilo and Maria hatch a month later.

1980-Tex Avery Dies

1983 Marcy Goof wife of Goofy is killed when a barrel of Thinner falls on her as a result of Goofy tripping over it, Disney quickly hushes the incident up.

1992- The Warner Tower Collapses leading to the rediscovery of the Warner Siblings. This is also when they were adopted by Bugs and Daffy while they recovered from the injuries received, Wakko is diagnosed Diabetic at this time. Dot is left with a permanent disability of her left leg due to damage to her spinal cord, Yakko is left with lung damage as a result.

1996: The Warner Siblings Parents are identified as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Ortensia the Cat after Ortensia identifies them and shows evidence in the form of photos and memories.

2003: After numerous years of keeping an eye out and testing, Wakko is the first toon diagnosed with a previously thought to be Human only genetic disorder Prader Wili Syndrome.

2011- Mickey and Oswald get into a fight outside the Disney Studios fracturing their relationship

2016- Bugs involved in hit and run incident

2023-Kidnapping of several Disney Kids occurs, Marian Mouse, Mickey and Minnies Eldest Daughter is Born, Max and Yakkos Eldest daughters Lillian and Blair Warner-Goof are Born a month after Marian.

2027- Mickey involved in Car Accident, Walter Mouse is born a month after.

2039- a Holiday firework misfires while being loaded at Disneyland the noise mistaken for gunfire fire spooks the crowds leading to a Crowd Collapse in Disneylands Mainstreet USA. Minnie Donald Panchito Jose, Max and Yakko, along with several of the kids are involved. Marian the eldest Daughter of Mickey and Minnie looses her right leg Yakko is paralyzed from the chest down,

2043- Henri Warner-Goof only Son of Yakko and Max, overdoses leaving him with permanent epileptic seizures.

[sngl-led-auto-lights]

Will aftermarket LED headlights damage your car's electrical system?

Short answer: Aftermarket LED headlights rarely damage modern cars, but they are a real risk in older vehicles if improperly installed or poorly designed. Here is a breakdown of potential electrical issues and protections:

⚡ Automotive Electrical Risks Circuit Overload (Older Cars):

Older wiring (pre-1980s) used thinner halogen wire (60-100W per bulb).

Most LEDs consume 15-50W per bulb → actual load is lower, only peak power consumption is higher.

Risk: Cheap LEDs without electric cooling fans or drivers can cause LEDs to fail or trip computer errors due to poor cooling. Example: A $15 LED bulb may only last a few months before failing.

Voltage Spikes and Ripple:

Substandard LED drivers can feed “dirty” current back into your vehicle’s systems. LED driver with intelligent IC, which can be compatible with 99.5% vehicle models, and help you avoid from led light flicker issue and radio interference .

Harmonic distortion may interfere with analog sensor, radio or ECU signals in pre-OBDII cars (before 1996).

Short circuit:

Poor insulation or loose soldering in cheap LED lights can cause poor contact or even short circuit.

Consequence: Blown fuse, burnt headlight switch or melted wiring harness (common in older cars with weak insulation).

CAN bus system error (modern cars):

Most cars after 2008 detect the health of the bulbs by pulse resistance check.

Insufficient LED resistance → can trigger false "bulb off" warnings or disable safety systems.

Solution: Add CAN bus decoder (load resistor) → but these decoders consume extra power and cause overheating. A built-in all-new CANBUS system is a must for high-quality LED lights to avoid dashboard error reports.

🔋 LED Installation Electrical Safety Checklist Problem | Risk Level | Solution

Fuse Compatibility | Low | LEDs consume less current → Generally safe Alternator Load | Low | LEDs save about 50W vs. halogen → Reduce load Wire Harness Melt | High | (Older Models) Use Relays + Good Wire Harness ECU/Radio Interference | Medium | Choose EMC-certified LEDs (Check FCC/CE Marks) Grounding Issues | High | Sand Erosion Near Ground Points → Secure with Dielectric Grease

📊 Power Consumption Comparison (Dual Headlight System) Bulb Type | Power Consumption | Current (12V System) Halogen (55W x2) | 110W Total Current | 9.2A Good LED (70W x2) | 140W Total Current | 10.8A Cheap LED (18W x2 + Fan) | 36W Total Current | 3A

Note: Low Wattage LED Headlights + The cooling fan may have poor heat dissipation design cost and effect, and cannot guarantee the service life. At the same time, the high-power LED integrated circuit system and heat dissipation cooling system that directly replaces the halogen lamp are designed, so low brightness, low power and short life LED solutions are forced to be selected!

🔧 Key protection measures for old cars Install relay harness

Bypass the aging headlight switch → Power directly from the battery.

Prevent the switch from melting (for example, Jeep CJ, Volkswagen Beetle).

Add series fuse

Install a 10-15A fuse close to the battery → Sacrificial protection. Avoid using "CANbus" bulbs on cars before 2000

Unnecessary resistance will increase heat → Burn out prematurely. Test voltage drop

Measure the voltage of the headlight socket:

11.5V at idle? → Safe.

<10.9V? → Upgrade the circuit.

🛡️ Recommended safe LED brands For vintage cars: https://sngllighting.com/ (EMC shielding, new decoding system, excellent heat dissipation cooling system).

Modern/old hybrid cars: https://www.philips.com.au/c-m-au/car-lights/led-headlight-upgrade-kits (built-in surge protection) and https://sngllighting.com/ (intelligent IC led driver built-in a all-new CANBUS system).

Avoid: no-name LEDs on Amazon/eBay that don't have EMC/FCC/CE/ROSH certifications.

💥 Real failure example 1980 Mercedes 240D owner installed cheap LEDs:

Result: Fan shorted → headlight switch smoked → dashboard wiring burned out ($900 repair).

Cause: Ground wire dropped → voltage spiked to 18V.

✅ Safe Installation Steps Measure the base voltage of the headlight connector.

When installing the light, apply dielectric grease to all contacts.

For vehicles manufactured before 2000, use a relay harness.

After installation, test all electronics (wipers, radio, turn signals).

Bottom line: quality LED lights won't damage your electrical system if you: Buy certified bulbs (FCC, CE, DOT);

Use relays in vehicles manufactured before 2000;

Avoid underpriced brands. For peace of mind, high-output LED lights are still the safest retrofit option for classic cars. 🧰

[runwayrunway]

i really love your review of condor's stripey look. it could have been good, if only it wasn't bad

Yes precisely. It genuinely comes so close to being so-bad-it's-good but it just isn't quite ostentatious enough to stick the landing, in my opinion. I still respect that they tried something, but...

I will say, having looked at a lot more pictures of the condor planes it also depends pretty dramatically on the plane. Like, just the jarringness of the design as well as the aesthetics. The brighter it is the more offputting it looks and it looks a lot better on longer planes that make the stripes look thinner.

But, like, it's just...they really needed to let this idea bake for a bit longer. It feels like they had this great concept and ran with the first implementation of it they could think up, and I just think I would have brainstormed it a bit longer! Designing liveries isn't my job but I just cannot get over how haphazard a lot of these feel!

It's worth noting that in a broader way a lot of liveries are designed solely in-house rather than by professional design firms. Like obviously there are exceptions, most notably Landor liveries, which I think are pretty widely beloved. There are a few stinkers in my opinion, like the 1989 and 2002 JAL liveries, which I have covered, and the 2001 British Midland livery, which I haven't, but a lot of the Landor designs out there are like...the few really good takes on Eurowhite. A couple of other Landor liveries I've covered are the 1996 VARIG livery, which I think is alright, and the SAS belly stripes livery, which I like a lot. I have a bunch of them in the queue, but anyway, the point I want to make here is: Lufthansa's design, save for the font, was apparently done in-house. Southwest used like five different design studios and extensive focus-group testing and I think the difference is really apparent. Like, you can definitely stumble on something good without hiring a professional - I seriously doubt Flair shelled out for outside help - but I feel like we can take a lesson away from this: outside designers can make bad or even terrible liveries, and in-house designs can be pretty good, but you really do probably want to slow down and have an actual design process where you get at least a bit of a second opinion.

Sorry for taking this simple ask and turning it into an essay, but I've really been thinking about this a lot - both the condor thing and the Southwest spending a fortune on making sure their new livery was good - and the sort of general phenomenon of not even trying that made me so mad I started this blog.