PunnyName

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I’m a filthy fucking socialist.

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PunnyName,

Replace each instance of the word “economy” with “rich people’s yachts” and this comment makes a LOT more sense.

PunnyName,

It would be dead

PunnyName,

Seems like old man Netanyahu should be the focus of your ire…

PunnyName, (edited )

Careful now, this is part of the thinking that people [backwardly] use to proselytize for more charter schools, homeschooling, the dissolution of the Department of Education, and a host of other stupid ideas.

They’ll see this and say, “yeah, they shouldn’t even be required to go to school! so they have to earn a wholesome Christofascist education” or some other nonsense.

Nevertheless, I agree. Food should be a right for everyone.

PunnyName,

Hence “not the onion” subreddit and Lemmy instance

PunnyName,

You know what the difference between a million and a billion dollars is?

About a billion dollars.

Not to mention, your comment kinda glosses over the systemic racism that this country is built on.

PunnyName,

How about both problems are still an issue?

Billionaires shouldn’t exist. All billionaires are bad.

And the US is still a racially divided country because we can’t get our shit together due to systemic racist issues that are still here.

PunnyName, (edited )

Most places are not set up for bikes. Bike lanes are largely an afterthought, placed between traffic and parking, making an accident all but inevitable.

You can basically run over a cyclist and kill them with few to no repercussions, because we just don’t have enough safeguards in place to protect cyclists from drivers driving off, never to be heard of again.

The vast majority of the US is not cyclist friendly, it’s a hazard.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName,

It’s legal to ride on the road, and often either required, or the sidewalk is terribly designed to permit cycling.

Not to mention, you’re blaming the victims of car wrecks. This is how car-centric the US is, where we blame the cyclist piloting a 30 lb machine, not the driver piloting a 2000 lb machine.

PunnyName, (edited )

Most sidewalks aren’t properly designed to accommodate cycling in an efficient and safe manner for all who would use them.

Let’s not blame the cyclist for getting hit by a car, and instead build proper infrastructure so cars / cyclists / pedestrians all have their own path. Everywhere.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName, (edited )

It IS dangerous to ride your bike in the US, because we are so car-centric, that we don’t have good and effective infrastructure for cars, cyclists, and pedestrians in proximity to one another.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName, (edited )

You’re forgetting about the humans in cars (again, we’re so car-centric in our thinking, we often only consider what’s outside the car).

Additionally…

No human is a good driver. Not a single one. Even top Formula 1, NASCAR, or the super fast off-road drivers. Because human evolution hasn’t caught up to the advances of how a car can perform.

Traveling 30+ mph [48 kph] is not something humans are evolved to do well. Our visual acquisition, muscle response, and even the way our organs slosh about in our body do not equate to good driving capability. We aren’t a Peregrine Falcon, or any other bird that is better at moving faster.

Globally, 3700 people die every day to car wrecks. That’s 2.5 every minute. And yeah, we’re trying to mitigate that with better in-car tech, but fewer cars on the road would help mitigate that even faster.

Don’t blame the cyclist. The onus of responsibility is on the drivers, since they’re the faster vehicle.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName, (edited )

Which is why we need infrastructure for bicycles. And we are terrible at providing that infrastructure, which is why the US is terrible to be a cyclist.

Sidewalks aren’t even safer, because of that very mention of visibility. Cars don’t see a bike while they pull out from a lot or driveway, and can easily hit the cyclist, and then blame the cyclist, and they get away with great bodily harm or murder.

We need better infrastructure for bicycles. And stop thinking with such car-centric attitudes. Because right now, all I’m getting are responses talking about how it’s the cyclist’s responsibility to not get hit, and that’s blaming the victim, again.

Think outside the box [car], dammit.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName, (edited )

And if the driver sucks? Why is the safety of the cyclist only the responsibility of the cyclist?

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName, (edited )

Sidewalks are terrible. We need designated bike infrastructure.

And fewer cars.

Edited to add: Here’s a simple basic proposition. With curbs each between cars / bikes / pedestrians. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/925aa561-c763-4f54-b1b9-4ea9dee2d3db.png

PunnyName,

Being charged for a crime is not guilt of said crime.

PunnyName,

Title

PunnyName,

They make more money from real estate. They can pay more, and charge less.

PunnyName,

I’m still hoping for a holiday movie.

PunnyName,

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PunnyName,

And for a certain group of people, their houses get fucked with by cops using a variant of this.

PunnyName, (edited )

So why are you watching someone else blow shit up?

Point
Of
View

PunnyName,

Cults. Look at any cult. The police, military, religions, patriotism, Branch Davidion, etc. All cults, all full of people who shouldn’t be part of it because it’s against their best interests.

PunnyName,

USA has always been bad. We aren’t over that. If anything, we’re just getting fucking started.

PunnyName,

Says someone who doesn’t understand, or interact with, the political process.

Vote local. Canvas. Look at candidate histories and platforms. Work with candidates you support. And any time a ranked voting system is up for a vote, VOTE FOR IT.

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