The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
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The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1hr ago
If only there were other transportation methods that scaled better.
Indeed, there are not. If you think NJ traffic is bad, NJ Transit brings whole new levels of bad.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1hr ago
This was apparently blue-on-blue though. Can't avoid that by sorting, unless the sort becomes fractal.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
6hr ago
"Should be" and "is" are different, and many cars don't have rear view cameras. Mine does not, for instance. They were mandated in 2018. In fact, people backing up into a parking spot tend to take several tries at it, blocking traffic the whole time.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
6hr ago
There is payoff for "defection", and it's not even prisoner's dilemma payoffs. If you're "nice" and let people in front of you who you could have beaten out, they will typically be slow and sluggish drivers who hold you up. If someone aggressively cuts you off, they will typically want to be going fast and won't hold you up (but not always, the asshole who cuts you off and slows down is prevalent, though his natural territory is Pennsylvania)
The common thread between LA and NJ is there's just too damn much traffic.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
6hr ago
I also do this, I had no idea anyone would deride it.
The problem is backing into a parking spot takes a fairly long time and thus backs other people waiting to get to their spot.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
6hr ago
If you regularly do this, please put the international symbol of the road hog (four linked circles in a horizontal line) on the back of your car so I know what to expect.
Huh, I would have thought it was a roundel, quartered azure and argent, within an annulet sable.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
7hr ago
Only Americans could design their society around cars and then get mad at each other for having the audacity to... drive cars nearby.
New Jersey. We don't get mad, we get even.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
9hr ago
"Mr. Bonesaw" is the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia; he's not a literal nobody. The Washington Post may not have noticed him until he chopped up a journalist, but he was already Crown Prince at the time.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
9hr ago
In moderate traffic and above, doing something similar requires progressively greater slowdowns in order to merge successfully, frequently resulting in a jam.
Once traffic is too heavy for it to be free flowing with one less lane, you will get a jam and there is no merging technique which will avoid it. The difference between the zipper and merging early in that case is the shorter length of the backup and the impossibility of getting ahead by going down the closing lane.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
9hr ago
It's giving information to the enemy (i.e. other drivers who don't want you in front of them). This can sometimes be used tactically, as when the car you are slightly ahead of in the lane you want to be in has a barely-adequate-to-merge gap in front and behind. Signal, they move forward to block, tap brakes (or just let off acceleration) and slide in before the guy behind him can do anything.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
9hr ago
That argues against demographics mattering. Both Iranian and Arab Islamic populations show affinity for the strictest Islamic governments.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
20hr ago
Iran killed any of the old less-Islamic elites who didn't get out while they could. But the populace supports the Ayatollahs. In less batshit Islamic countries, there's always a struggle against popular more-batshit Islamists. Iran doesn't have that problem because they occupy the batshit pole.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
22hr ago
It's the batshit Islamists who have the populace behind them, even if the elites are more moderate.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
22hr ago
Jordan and the UAE are monarchies (like the Saudis), so they don't necessarily align to the preferences of the people. I expect Bosnia and Indonesia just haven't reached bottom yet.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
22hr ago
As long as Israel and their western support bloc shows absolutely no love or friendship for the Persian people, they're not going to throw the Ayatollah out and replace him with western moderates, they'll replace him with a hopefully more competent Ayatollah.
They follow Islam. They're not going to throw the Ayatollah out unless he's too liberal for them, which isn't going to happen. Islamic people like Islamic government, the stricter the better.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
23hr ago
You're in Finland, though, where the 4-lane divided highways are signed at 100 km/h or less... and some of the 2-lane undivided ones are signed at 100 km/h too. And unlike the US under the double-nickel, most people obey, company vans notwithstanding.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Does Gaza value the life of a Jew equally to one of its citizens?
Probably, if you consider absolute value. They'd definitely accept more than one Gazan killed in exchange for killing a Jew.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
How long after sunrise or before complete sunset do you need to turn on headlights
Meh, my car has auto headlights; whatever it does is close enough. As for the rain, there's no legal requirement so long as I don't turn on my windshield wipers, but I stick to auto there too (tempting as it would be to maliciously comply by wiring it up so turning the wipers on turned the headlights on, even on intermittent, I haven't)
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
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LOL no
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Nope. But at least look!
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They should be treated as minimums in most conditions.
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No, there are other reasons to ride in the left lane and cutting you off or riding your bumper is obnoxious though occasionally acceptable (e.g. if you're forming a rolling roadblock by riding alongside someone in the right lane)
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Eh, maybe feel a little guilt
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No, what's good for me is good for them
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Are the traumatic memories of life under the Shah, fifty years ago, really still so fresh that the Iranian people will continue to roll the dice on the Ayatollahs?
No, but Islam is that powerful.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
I know the Persians are a civilized people, so they may not resort to brute force violence.
LOL. You know, the storming of the US embassy and the ensuing hostage crisis is in fact within living memory.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
We didn't have Lockerbies for a long time before that.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Aside from Puerto Rico and Hawaii, I'm pretty sure the climate is unsuitable for cocoa. It appears there is commercial cocoa production in Hawaii and Puerto Rico (also the Virgin Islands and Guam), and also some basically hobby growing in South Florida. I was talking about crops which are grown in the US now, though. Get rid of migrant labor and cereal grains aren't going anywhere, but a lot of fruit might become too expensive to grow in the US.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Indeed, once you're outside an urban grid, there's often only one road (or two, where one is a limited-access highway) which goes where you want to go without going WAY out of your way. If you want to go from e.g. Urbana, MD to Hyattstown, MD (both suburbs of Washington DC) on a bicycle, MD 355 is it. Mostly two lines, mostly narrow/nonexistent shoulders, speed limit varies from 40 to 50 but mostly 50mph.
And yet you praised /u/Hadad for writing a flowery effortpost.
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