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everyone i've heard use the term 'terf bangs' had terf bangs in 2012

― flopson, Monday, May 7, 2018 1:02 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if u tweeted this... it would bang

― goole, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 2:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

im 2 chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ70uUp9eWo

into the chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb9FwlubyIQ

If only because our thousands of years of human civilization don't exactly make for a coherent and watertight counterargument.

― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:09 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

heres a controp- this is patently a bucket a shite. most things are amazing.

I actually agree with you! But I'm not sure my subjective POV of the sitch is a particularly strong counterargument, either.

its all any of us have man ;_;

people who look like they should be called fiona are usually called fiona

Anyone who has a child is a psychopath

Straight people are lying to themselves

Nobody should have been born

xp. about what?

Leftists should do political assassinations in America

Christians worship death

Terrorism is acceptable and unremarkable

Garlic is an overused ingredient.

Straight people are lying to themselves

Only because everyone lies to themselves.

Garlic is an overused ingredient.

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:55 AM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

too far

I was going to say, garlic is a fucking a+ ingredient and a bag of 6 bulbs won't last long in my house, and it's good for you - allegedly.

Yep, exactly what I'm talking about

just sayin, when the vampires come we'll be safe

How does anyone drive

this ^^^

it necessitates some amount of cybernetic dehumanization.

the US sees 30k+ fatalities a year from motor vehicle accidents and this number has been climbing ever since the invention of the automobile.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/US_traffic_deaths_per_VMT%2C_VMT%2C_per_capita%2C_and_total_annual_deaths.png/1920px-US_traffic_deaths_per_VMT%2C_VMT%2C_per_capita%2C_and_total_annual_deaths.png

the US sees 30k+ fatalities a year from motor vehicle accidents and this number has been climbing ever since the invention of the automobile.

i support the idea of no one ever driving again, but that's not what this graph shows. it shows the total number of annual deaths peaking in the late 60s at around 55K, then steadily decreasing (with undulations) in the decades since. seat belts were apparently a good idea. and of course it's misleading to just look at total deaths, since that's driven by population/total drivers rather than how safe it is for an individual to drive. for that you have to look at rate statistics, such as deaths per million people or deaths per VMT, both of which are shown in the graph above as steadily decreasing for many years.

euthanasia laws should be greatly relaxed

I think people should have their drivers licenses taken away for some offenses that currently just get them a ticket. And some should have them taken away for longer or even permanently.

How does anyone drive

Rural areas in the USA absolutely require driving. More to the point, USA mass transit systems have been woefully neglected and underfunded, especially in small to mid-size cities outside the eastern seaboard, but also in a lot of big USA cities. I hope other nations are doing better at it than we're doing here.

They are, apart from the UK, of course.

Relocate all rural Americans to cities. Teach them to build mass transit.

^ sayin’

How does anyone drive

― flappy bird, Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:23 PM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

get behind the wheel & put the pedal to the metal

the US sees 30k+ fatalities a year from motor vehicle accidents and this number has been climbing ever since the invention of the automobile.

I'm not sure this counts as a controversial opinion but the graph you posted says the exact opposite.

How does anyone drive

Rural areas in the USA absolutely require driving. More to the point, USA mass transit systems have been woefully neglected and underfunded, especially in small to mid-size cities outside the eastern seaboard, but also in a lot of big USA cities. I hope other nations are doing better at it than we're doing here.

― A is for (Aimless), Monday, May 21, 2018 1:57 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no i know that, my question wasn't a moral question, just practical. i know you learn it and get over it but every time i've been behind the wheel of a car i just can't handle it. driving down a busy two lane street with cars coming in the opposite direction was just terrifying. it's been 8 years.

can you manage as a passenger?

yeah no problem at all, which i realize makes zero sense

cars are so awesome. go wherever you want. take anything + anyone with you. blast music. fresh air smacking you in the face. want to buy a pumpkin or a dresser or a surfboard while you're out? toss it in the backseat. driving is so easy it's automatic, you barely have to think about it tbh. complete & total freedom.

It's fun! Boston had lots of narrow 2-way street with cars parked on both sides, plus people constantly double parking. You get used to it quickly or die trying.

i know. i'm not proud of it. it's been very limiting re: certain things (particularly being a musician and lugging amps & gear around in taxis)

I'm with you, flappy. Driving freaks me out.

Though I also get motion sick very easily and don't much like being in cars at all.

yeah its completely fear-based and not moral for me too. im slightly better as a driver than a passenger though.

I love being driven – I get my reading done!

i drove for like four years of my life and it never stopped freaking me out

I only like trains. All other mass transportation is mind numbingingly boring and constrictive.

otm, trains >>>>

drivings great

tho i got rid of the car last month tbf

I just get freaked out on the highway when everyone is driving 2-ton SUVs like 88 mph through mountains. Normal speeds, I feel fine about. Maybe if cars could only go up to, say, 60 mph?

Many US cities also 'require' driving bcz shit mass transit.

otm. my six mile commute requires a car because the bus route necessitates two transfers and takes nearly two hours. oh, it also doesn't begin until 8am, and work starts an hour earlier.

Six miles? Get a bike!