Hanging out with The Autopian
jive_t
Cool, I wasn’t aware of this and will enjoy catching up. Jason and I live in the same town and have crossed paths a few times. No surprise he’s a really nice person.
cwhartman
@jive_t He really was. It's nice when the people whose work you've been reading for years turn out to be exactly like you expected.
MackReed
Longtime fan. They’re my kind of car nerds.
cwhartman
@MackReed It's pretty amazing what they've built with that site, but they have definitely put in the work. Independent journalism in the internet age at its finest!
I’m a sucker for a fix-it story
ardgedee
@jive_t Oh wild, where in NC? I'm always impressed by the famous people who live in Durham that I've never, ever crossed paths with. That I know of. I'm pretty nearly celebrity-blind. Despite being a fan of Superchunk for decades, my wife had to point Mac McCaughan out to me when we attended one of the Mergefests. He was working the gate and took our tickets. He's also, like, 6'4".
Member of both mltshp & autpian
jive_t
@ardgedee Chapel Hill. I had no idea who he was at the time but had seen a Pao (Nissan) around town and was very intrigued. Finally caught it parked at the grocery store and caught him walking out with his kid. Talked about the car and where he got it, didn't even make introductions. Backtracked through a few articles to figure out who he was by searching for information on the Pao later that evening.
carnivorouskale
Huh. I read the autopian on the regular but it never occurred to me to, like, interact with the site. I'll look for y'all in the comments. Cheese ball avatars?
ardgedee
@jive_t [googles Nissan Pao] Oh wait -- that's *his* car? cool!