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MoodyRaincloud
joined 1 year ago
[meme] Being forced to drive isn't freedom — it's a government-mandated lifetime subscription to oil
As usual this has become yet another tribal issue where you either defend the car or defend walking and biking.
You can do both without your head exploding. I know. Shocker.
Most people who ride bikes just ride bikes. And a minority are what you call "cyclists".
You're lumping them all together and are part of the problem. Dick.
Death by a thousand cuts though. I had to sit a co-worker down and go over his finances because he never learnt at home or school. The amount of €10-25 monthly subscriptions this guy had meant he spent about €500 per month on those. On top of buying everything on payments because he never has any savings.
It's another example of making use of the flawed human psyche which can't keep track of the little things.
Those are indeed special situations where cats are basically an invasive species.
Here in Europe the correlation between cats and bird population is not so strong. While destruction of habitat and the crash in insect numbers are the big culprits.
Housecats were actually keeping the bird population healthy for decades by eliminating the weak. Of course now that habitat destruction and toxins made entire populations weak it is a problem.
But removing housecats to solve it is akin to drinking out of paper straws to solve plastic pollution. It helps, but it doesn't do anything substantial.
Your yard in your summer residence then. Jeez
Honestly, how much TV can someone watch before it's just a blur of all same same but different movies, series and whatnot?
Everyone is different though, for example I can't for the life of me watch any series to completion. Sometimes not even the first episode. But I can lose hours trawling through all I can find on Sphagnum moss.
You are sold escapism, because you can't escape.
Hey. You are the one reducing what I'm saying as a sweeping all encompassing statement about someone's humanity.
I'm saying that not being bothered to say hi and bye doesn't make you an introvert. An introvert is someone being comfortable with his inner self and preferring deeper contact with few than being a beacon of energy in a crowd.
If you can't be bothered saying hi to a stranger, of course you are still human. It's just not necessarily a trait of an introvert. Its Part of another character trait or the state of mind you're in.
You might be more than introvert. You can be shy, anxious, anti-social. A grumpy curmudgeon. All things extroverted people can also be.
Also saying hi and bye or an acknowledging nod are not small talk.
The numbers went up since the mass adoption of electric bikes. This caused especially elderly people to drive twice as fast as they could before, with heavier bikes they can't control as well and they generally don't wear helmets.
The next big problem are young people doing what young people do but now with electric assistance