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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Their widespread use encourages gentrification and further contributes to societal and climate problems. I agree with you about cars on like a general level but if rich people didn't have cars they'd use helicopters or palanquins instead so cars really are not the main problem here.
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A super common trait of depression is just to rationalise it by reasoning that the world really is that bad and you are just being clear sighted. It is a self perpetuating disease.
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May 22, 2021 20:07
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Manager Hoyden posted:Not really understanding why goons start from the premise that the world sucks but okay Would you like a list? Strategic Tea posted:A super common trait of depression is just to rationalise it by reasoning that the world really is that bad and you are just being clear sighted. It is a self perpetuating disease. I mean life is suffering, but suffering isn't life. We all fail at stuff and go on, as best we can, because it's the only thing we can do.
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May 22, 2021 20:14
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I know I'm not depressed because I have a job, work out almost everyday, interact with people, etc. Stuff like that, that I didn't do at all back when I'm pretty sure I was depressed tho never diagnosed.
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May 22, 2021 20:15
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PHUO: The world is the best it's ever been and if you're in a privileged enough position to be reading this rather than starving to death you really should start blaming yourself instead of the world for how unhappy you are in it
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May 22, 2021 20:20
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Manager Hoyden posted:PHUO: The world is the best it's ever been and if you're in a privileged enough position to be reading this rather than starving to death you really should start blaming yourself instead of the world for how unhappy you are in it I can be sad for other people who aren't in as advantageous a position and try and help. The belief that somehow "the world is great, shut up" is actively opposed to this. The fact that there are still people starving to death when we have food enough for all is but one example of why things are a tad hosed and the world isn't as good a place as it should be.
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May 22, 2021 20:24
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Manager Hoyden posted:PHUO: The world is the best it's ever been and if you're in a privileged enough position to be reading this rather than starving to death you really should start blaming yourself instead of the world for how unhappy you are in it This really is a philosophical question. If you say the world is at it's best because there are more humans living comfortably, ok, that is a metric. Think of it as a video game, if you quaff a potion that gives 10x stats in everything for 1 minute and then you die, you would be the best you've ever been for a moment, and then the potion runs out.
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May 22, 2021 20:29
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Do you people think the world is about to die Is that what the death potion is in this metaphor
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May 22, 2021 20:41
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Manager Hoyden posted:Do you people think the world is about to die I would assume that doverhog is talking about climate change. The idea being that it is an inevitability that our own mode of living crashing back and causing untold harm across the world. It might not be one you subscribe to, but it is one that a lot of folks hold.
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May 22, 2021 20:46
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Not like right now, but we are living in a global extinction event, and as global warming progresses it's just gonna get worse. Most of the fish are dead and the ones left are full of micro-plastic. I'll admit to being a pessimist so maybe Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, who control a ridiculous and constantly increasing amount of wealth and political power, will save us, but best not hold your breath. *it's not gonna be the end of life, or even human civilization, but the current path is likely to hit a wall doverhog has a new favorite as of 20:57 on May 22, 2021 |
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May 22, 2021 20:48
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Car Guys are worse than Gun Guys. Counterpoint: car owners generally don't fantasise about driving their car downstairs in the middle of the night to kill
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May 22, 2021 22:19
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Florida just legalized driving through a protest running people over.
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May 22, 2021 22:34
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Guyver posted:Florida just legalized driving through a protest running people over. ... I withdraw my counterpoint.
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May 22, 2021 22:43
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To be fair, the circle of people who fantasize about “justifiably” murdering people with a car fits entirely in the circle of gun owners on a Venn diagram.
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May 22, 2021 23:51
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I said in an ideal world. Those people are institutionalized or reformed in the ideal world. Typing this I realize what a Stalin I'd be if I had dictatorial powers
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May 23, 2021 00:46
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Sunswipe posted:Counterpoint: car owners generally don't fantasise about driving their car downstairs in the middle of the night to kill No they just fantasize about running over protesters, cyclists, or people who cut them off in traffic.
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May 23, 2021 00:54
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Any society in which I can be watching Starship Troopers within 90 seconds of deciding to do so is basically heaven
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May 23, 2021 01:01
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Manager Hoyden posted:Not really understanding why goons start from the premise that the world sucks but okay It is a vampire
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May 23, 2021 04:27
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Cyclists do not belong on the road anymore than cars belong on train tracks or motorcycles on sidewalks
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May 23, 2021 04:30
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Gaius Marius posted:Cyclists do not belong on the road anymore than cars belong on train tracks or motorcycles on sidewalks Cyclists belong on the road. However, cyclists who don’t follow the rules of the road should receive very expensive tickets. If you blowing through a stop sign or red light to save 30 seconds could make someone a murderer, it should come with a very hefty fine. That said, bike lanes are really nice when available.
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May 23, 2021 04:35
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The Idaho Stop should exist everywhere except at specific intersections where conditions dictate otherwise.
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May 23, 2021 04:39
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Captain Monkey posted:Cyclists belong on the road. Also all bicyclists need to wear helmets at all times and I can’t believe there are people out there that think they shouldn’t.
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May 23, 2021 07:55
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Gaius Marius posted:Cyclists do not belong on the road anymore than cars belong on train tracks or motorcycles on sidewalks Bicycling is a terrible form of transit. I suspect that the reason why municipalities build bike lanes is to appease the left-wing constituents without having to spend the huge amounts of money on real non-car transit.
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May 23, 2021 11:54
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Phou: “grindy” gets used as a pejorative for video games too often. Sometimes it’s nice to be able to sit down with a game and kind of zone out and feel like you made progress.
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May 23, 2021 12:04
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Bike lanes are bad and literally everyone hates them. Either build separate bikeways or accept that cyclists will ride on city streets.
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May 23, 2021 12:16
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We need more bike lanes and we need to dump way way more money into public transport so there will be less traffic for me specifically when I drive.
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May 23, 2021 12:52
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The problem really isn't cars, it's the lovely suburb sprawl that forces people to use cars. In a proper city you can walk to the closest metro or tram stop and get to everywhere you need to go.
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May 23, 2021 12:58
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I've lived in cities where it's like that and I still prefer having a car. You get to go whenever you want instead of following a schedule, you get to not deal with other people, and you aren't limited to buying/bringing only what you can carry in one trip.
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May 23, 2021 13:03
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There is a trade off, yeah. On the other side is that you don't have to buy a car, maintain it, find parking, etc. and also all the environmental stuff.
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May 23, 2021 13:10
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Cars are pretty nice when there’s a pandemic in the air, not gonna lie.
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May 23, 2021 13:11
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I like Star Wars novels. I think the Legends continuity stuff is neat, and I'm eternally disappointed we'll never see the Yuuzhan Vong.
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May 23, 2021 13:44
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Yes some of my friends that live in the city don't have a car and are able to walk around and do everything themselves just with Transit and that's cool. But I live out in The burbs and I have a house that's a little too big for me and was like half the price of renting in the city and I just drive to work early in the morning so it's pretty great.
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May 23, 2021 17:53
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Also all bicyclists need to wear helmets at all times and I can’t believe there are people out there that think they shouldn’t. Only nerds wear Helmets. Platystemon posted:Cars are pretty nice when there’s a pandemic in the air, not gonna lie. yeah I eat rear end posted:I've lived in cities where it's like that and I still prefer having a car. You get to go whenever you want instead of following a schedule, you get to not deal with other people, and you aren't limited to buying/bringing only what you can carry in one trip. gently caress cars, everything should be within walking distance. Not bus distance, not subway distance, not taxi distance. If there's something more than five miles away it should be functionally non existent
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May 23, 2021 23:38
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I thought only nerds wore helmets and now I have brain damage. Sometimes numbers taste like sounds. Wear a helmet.
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a ninth century European peasant post posted:If there's something more than five miles away it should be functionally non existent
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May 24, 2021 00:34
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I feel like the solution to the kink at Pride discourse is that whenever someone objects to people being too sexual at Pride, you simply respond with "Yeah, I hate seeing people be so shameless at Pride!" And if they keep trying to argue you just keep responding with variants on that until they stop talking.
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May 25, 2021 18:31
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Being Elon Musk or Bill Gates sucks more than being Joe Rogaine or Howard Stern.
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May 25, 2021 18:54
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Being Joe Rogan seems kinda awesome. Just sit around chatting to your friends all day getting high and getting paid millions for it.
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May 25, 2021 18:57
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Robobot posted:Being Joe Rogan seems kinda awesome. Just sit around chatting to your friends all day getting high and getting paid millions for it. Yeah I mean I'd rather be dead than any of the four but I was just comparing.
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Ngl I love joseph rogan I don't really pay attention to anything he does but man he is good at making twitter garbagebabies piss their pants with impotent rage just by being successful and living his best life
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