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    • mikespin
      mikespin last edited by mikespin

      What’s round on both ends and has peepee in the middle? Yes, you, Oppo. And you’ve finally gotten what’s coming to you, you friggin’ mutts. Ah c’mon, you know I love you. Oh go screw, ya pricks, ya. O wait, you’re still here? Heh heh. Sorry. You rock.

      Hi, I’m Mike Spinelli. I started Jalopnik back in 2004 because I had no other prospects. I wrote stream-of-consciousness blogs about cars, and somehow that became a real media property. I didn’t profit off of it at all. I was poorly paid and what “stock options” I had in the original Gawker company have folded into Nick Hogan’s porn startup or whatever, but I’ve been dining out on having started Jalopnik for 16 years, so it’s been a net gain.

      But we're here about Oppo. You guys have been through a lot. You started out as Jalopnik’s right arm and burrowed your way in, becoming more like a spleen or gall bladder. By that I mean you’re probably important but no one knows what you do. You’re filled with gross things like pus or bile, as the case may be, but the host would die without you, or maybe it wouldn’t. Heh heh. Is that funny? I haven’t known what’s funny since 2006.

      No, really. You guys are important. You helped find Torchinsky’s Beetle, you made copyright infringement a content strategy, you fought a land war in Asia. What the hell do I know what you did? Whatever it is, I’ll always love you, at least until I don’t, because I’m a withholding sonofabitch who doesn't know how to love.

      But It's not about me. Oppo has always been like the “kids in the hall” for Jalopnik. I guess sort of like the “I’m Crushing Your Head” Canadian “Kids In The Hall,” but more like the New York "kids in the hall" like Mel Brooks and Woody Allen who fed one-liners to the senior writing staff of Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” back in the '50s, hoping to win entrance to the “big room” where the full-time writer big shots hung out.

      Just like those guys, many notable Oppos found entrance into Jalopnik’s big room. Among them, Mark Twain, Sheriff Lawrence Hodge (no relation) and a second grader we all came to know as Aaron Brown.

      Wait, is this a roast? It’s not? Shit. Sorry. You guys are great. I hope this new Oppo becomes as lousy with dangling modifiers and copyright infringement as the old Kinja Oppo was. By that I mean, best of luck. We’re all counting on you.

      trivet davesaddiction Vondon302 Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist phenotyp 6 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 50
      • MasterMario
        MasterMario last edited by

        "you made copyright infringement a content strategy"

        Yup, that pretty much summarizes oppo. lol

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        • trivet
          trivet @mikespin last edited by

          @mikespin said in Best of Luck, You Mutts:

          We’re all counting on you.

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          Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
          Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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          • davesaddiction
            davesaddiction @mikespin last edited by

            @mikespin YOOO - thanks for checking in.

            I was the guy that kept telling you to get a haircut all those years; glad it finally sunk in.

            Hope to see you around.

            manual . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

            mikespin Stef Schrader 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 3
            • Vondon302
              Vondon302 @mikespin last edited by

              @mikespin Ha. One of my last posts on Oppo was a kids in the hall sketch.

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              • Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist
                Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist @mikespin last edited by

                @mikespin thanks! With any luck maybe one day in the distant future we can rescue Jalopnik from the herb.

                I keep buying Land Rovers because I don't have a problem and I can quit anytime I want.

                Jim Spanfeller is a herb.
                https://www.jimspanfellerisaherb.com/

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                • mikespin
                  mikespin @davesaddiction last edited by

                  @davesaddiction I knew it! My barber, Speedy, thanks you. (RIP Astor Place Hairstylists.)

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                  • Exage03040
                    Exage03040 last edited by

                    Well wouldn't you know? I sat on a pin during The Drive this morning!

                    ToT: https://opposite-lock.com/topic/49581/this-or-that-205

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                    • mikespin
                      mikespin @Exage03040 last edited by

                      @exage03040 Serves you right!

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                      • phenotyp
                        phenotyp @mikespin last edited by

                        @mikespin Hoooooooleeeeee shit! Man, I was with you jamokes from the start. You, Loverman, and Davey spoke to me in a way that no one else knew how to, or was brave, or foolish enough to. Plus you drove an MR2 Spyder, like me.

                        Fuckin A. Nice to hear from you.

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                        • WhoIsTheLeader
                          WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

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                          We've always been this. Thank you. I don't think Jalopnik's entirely rid of us yet. The vast majority of us won't get writing gigs as a big shot full time journalist but this sort of journalism lite sure is fun.

                          Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                          • Arch Duke Maxyenko
                            Arch Duke Maxyenko last edited by

                            There's the response! Thanks, Mike!

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                            • Bandit
                              Bandit last edited by

                              Am I suppose to respect the authority of a person Google calls Mike Spinelli - Film Actor? Thanks for checking in and ensuring The Drive has good content. I expect your hair to fully grow back out by your next post.

                              1981 Pontiac Trans Am
                              1993 Chevy Corvette
                              2019 GMC Canyon

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                              • Thomas Donohue
                                Thomas Donohue last edited by

                                What's next, a DeMuro check-in? All the quirks and features of 'The Hyphen'...

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                                • mikespin
                                  mikespin @Bandit last edited by

                                  @bandit Whoa. That's weird. Google must know something I don't about that lost weekend back in '03.

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                                  • Chariotoflove
                                    Chariotoflove last edited by

                                    I LOL’d reading that. Thanks for stopping by to christen/sendoff/lift your leg on our new ship Oppo.

                                    Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                    • Jb boin
                                      Jb boin last edited by

                                      Indeed !

                                      Slight off-topic : It would be interesting if there is a way to embed TheDrive articles in here.

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                                      • The Crazy Kanuck
                                        The Crazy Kanuck last edited by

                                        Are you really Mike Spinelli if you don't have long hair, or are you Mike Spinellis clone that has short hair?

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                                        • RallyDarkstrike
                                          RallyDarkstrike @mikespin last edited by

                                          That was EXCELLENT, nice to see you here @mikespin - we wouldn't be here without you fools! 😄

                                          '09 Hyundai Accent | Loves 2-cyl FIATs, old Euro, Eastern Bloc & kei cars!

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                                          • Stef Schrader
                                            Stef Schrader @davesaddiction last edited by

                                            @davesaddiction said in Best of Luck, You Mutts:

                                            @mikespin YOOO - thanks for checking in.

                                            I was the guy that kept telling you to get a haircut all those years; glad it finally sunk in.

                                            Hope to see you around.

                                            so this is YOUR fault

                                            The Drive's Resident Zündapp Janus Stan

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                                            • The Crazy Kanuck
                                              The Crazy Kanuck @Stef Schrader last edited by

                                              @stef-schrader said in Best of Luck, You Mutts:

                                              @davesaddiction said in Best of Luck, You Mutts:

                                              @mikespin YOOO - thanks for checking in.

                                              I was the guy that kept telling you to get a haircut all those years; glad it finally sunk in.

                                              Hope to see you around.

                                              so this is YOUR fault

                                              F in the chat.

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                                              • mikespin
                                                mikespin @The Crazy Kanuck last edited by

                                                @the-crazy-kanuck Or am I @Spinellis_Hair and this is all just a simulation?

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