He's right. There are many coping mechanisms, and whoever originally made the "dead behind the eyes" comment was probably offended by some of the humor used to lighten the situation.
Working in EMS for nearly ten years I've seen a lot of bad things, and behind closed doors, with only other EMS people around, a lot of jokes get made to cope with it. If we couldn't the weight of our jobs would crush us. If family members and the general public were privy to some of what is said they'd probably be pretty upset, and a comment like that could result.
I tend to agree. I can wait until the next day, or even the next weekend usually for any product launch, no matter that it's going to make my life simpler, more organized, balance my checkbook, walk my dog, etc.
You're right, knowledge needs to maintained and nurtured, just like everything else. But unless you expect everyone, everywhere to be completely omniscient, you have to cut people some slack. NOT EVERYONE IS INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE SAME THINGS YOU ARE!!!
Yeah, but I'm a low end torque (instead of horsepower) kinda person, and I'm pretty easy on the accelerator, so diesel wins for me. If too many people started buying diesel here prices would climb too, because we're not set up to produce enough for widespread passenger car use.