Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
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Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
2d ago
How long after sunrise or before complete sunset do you need to turn on headlights, and what amount of rain should you?
I remain baffled by people that don't just turn on their headlights as soon as they turn the key.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
2d ago
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Yes, obviously, and not doing so is antisocial behavior. You don't actually know if nobody is around! Develop good habits and stick with them on autopilot.
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Generally yes, with the caveat that a slow roll through an all-way stop at high visibility intersections is basically fine.
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No, too many American speed limits are poorly set. I would prefer well-set speed limits that were rigidly enforced to ensure smooth traffic flow, but that does not match the current state of affairs.
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Yes, although I don't actually condone tailgating. Certainly understandable behavior with left-lane campers though!
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Ambiguous - guilt doesn't enter the equation for me here, only risk.
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No, I try to be consistent and ethical in my choices. For example, I am willing to miss my exit and go to the next one rather than cutting someone off. Risk mitigation is critical to me in driving.
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Yes - cyclists breaking laws is much more tolerable than motorists doing so and people that want to hold them to the same standard are being ridiculous. Cyclists rolling stop signs is completely fine, for example.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
3d ago
Perhaps it's Pollyannaish but I wish that we could do our shaming in a more dignified, and less clearly antagonistic way.
I just don't think this is how shame works. If what you're doing deserves to be treated with dignity and without antagonism, you should not be shamed! In fact, it will probably be very difficult to shame you if you actually know that you're conducting yourself in a dignified fashion and feel strongly that the people who suggest otherwise are in the wrong. I don't think it's plausible to accurately convey that people should not wish to turn out like Aella without flatly saying that she is an unshowered prostitute and thus should not be treated as a serious person.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
17d ago
Fortunately, she did tell me that she liked it when I went on infodumps.
For guys with the inclinations we have, it is an absolute imperative to marry women that at least sometimes enjoy the infodumps. Having the desire to share information rejected as uninteresting is the kind of thing that a guy can only take so many times.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
25d ago
I also didn't know anyone that died. My octogenarian grandparents got it and were fine.
Opioids on the other hand... well, I was from a poor rural town. A couple old friends that I have very fond memories of apparently got hooked on something and died, although the specifics are murky.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
25d ago
I continue to dislike that as the primary metric of doing better during Covid. The important way that Sweden did better is that they engaged in fewer human rights violations, which is much more important to me than how many elderly people passed away of natural causes.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
25d ago
We can just count total deaths. A bunch more people died than usual. We don't really tend to miscount how many people died.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
25d ago
During the same period, roughly 15 million Americans died in total. I just really doubt that the average person can notice an ~8% increase in death rate, particularly when most of the people dying aren't people that you're very surprised died. My position remains that basically nothing should have been done other than expediting the vaccination schedule even further for those that would plausibly benefit from it and I've never seen anything that makes me think that position is even slightly wrong.
Maybe the real lesson is that evenly distributed deaths just aren't very noticeable even if they're statistically relevant.
Walterodim
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25d ago
I don't have any inclination to sleep in the middle of the day, but if I wanted to spend an hour doing something where I was sure I wouldn't inadvertently fall asleep I'd either go for a run or play some vidya.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
26d ago
Seconding @pigeonburger, I'm not even packing light! I always have a laptop (Macbook Pro, not even a slim one) and iPad. I'll usually have two pairs of shoes in the bag (running shoes and dress shoes). Running clothes, dressier clothes for work, a hat for running, a warm hat for chilly days, and more.
I'm with you on overpacking for driving trips because it just doesn't matter - throwing another bag in the car is pretty much the same thing as doing one fewer. On flying trips though, it's just unreasonably convenient to have the soft-sided bag to avoid ever needing to even gate-check a bag. I wouldn't quite go so far as calling it a virtue to figure out travel economy, but it's something in that direction.
Wheeled luggage came about shortly after the Women's Rights Movement made it more common for women to travel on their own, and whereas a typical man would feel weak if he avoided carrying his own luggage, a typical woman would feel foolish if she didn't.
The typical man should still feel this way. Traveling with something like a Cotopaxi backpack is superior for the vast majority of applications to the point where I wonder how so many people got psyopped into using these unwieldy rollers that I watch them fighting to fit into overhead compartments.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
27d ago
At least until there's a volunteer manpower shortage and they either pay someone to comply with the onerous amount of boring administration or they wind the requirements back.
The bureaucrats and politicians won't be sad about that either. People that aren't on the payroll don't have the same levers to pull and thus lack the same sort of patron/client relationships that political types thrive on. Oh, sure, there might be budgetary problems, but that usually just resolves as a referendum on property taxes that everyone dutifully agrees need to be raised.
Unreasonably fun with incredible bragging rights. Let's go!
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