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> You might think I must live in a sketchy area to encounter such people. Well no. One was a specialist doctor at Stanford hospital and the other worked at Appl
by thatfrenchguy 6y ago
> You might think I must live in a sketchy area to encounter such people. Well no. One was a specialist doctor at Stanford hospital and the other worked at Apple. But they both lied
You must have been upper middle class for either too long or not long enough to not thing upper middle class folks can be sketchy as hell :-).
> Of course it might seem that having cameras has nothing to do with being an EV. But some EVs do have a lot of cameras, and that’s part of the cost people complain about, but it’s also part of how the car has much lower total cost of ownership. It should be factored in when making cost comparisons, just like the lower maintenance costs you point out.
Yeah, you can have a dashcam in any car ?
- arbitrary_name 6y agoRich white people are sketchy as hell because they stand a lot to lose and generally can get away with pulling shit. I should know, I'm a sketchy upper middle white guy who recognizes his privilege.
- wernercd 6y agoI'm an upper middle class white guy. I have no "privilege's" except being blamed for stuff by my skin color by those who claim to be fighting racism. I have what's called "results" of hard work, good decisions and a healthy dose of luck to go from the poor kid of a single mother on government cheese and living on family couches to making a good salary at a good job. I earned my place - I wasn't "privileged" into it. The only REAL privilege I have is being an American - and that's color blind. The top 1% globally make 30k/year and that's the vast majority of Americans. And I'm not ashamed of that... I'm proud of it - as I should be. Any attempts to place race as a factor is done by what we love to call... racists.
- cycrutchfield 6y agoIt's sad that you have a blind spot as to the benefits that have been afforded to you by society that others do not have. And, of course, since you cannot experience what life is like on the other side, you will continue to have this blind spot and deny that you have it.
- hunter2_ 6y agoEven if you're right on average (this is not establishing a position on whether that's the case, but hypothetically if you are), there are exceptions. Not recognizing exceptions is an issue even in this scenario. There are places where being white isn't advantageous, not only places one may travel to, but where one calls home.
- czbond 6y agoPeople focus on the white privileged males.... ignoring that the U.S. is full of uneducated, broke, white males with little going for them. The country is like 70% white... so of course on a numerical basis you're going to come across more well to do whites than other races. But as a white male - the U.S. did repress the Japanese, American Indian, Muslim, Black, Jewish, Hispanic etc in large swaths, and numerous other minority races in localized areas.
- wernercd 6y agoand, around the world, those groups repress others. It's almost as if it's a human condition not limited to "white". As a white male, I live in a country where I'm surrounded by successful people of all stripes - color, race, ethnicity, sexuality, etc, etc, etc. Do we have a perfect history as a country? no... but we also provide opportunity to all - and we have POC in EVERY level of society. From cops to Presidents.
- cycrutchfield 6y agoTIL that electing Barack Obama ended racism in America
- wernercd 6y agoTIL that I said something I never said... (Hint: I never said Obama ended racism... in fact, I wouldn't say that because his policies and his party have made racism WORSE with their identity politics and making everything about race.)
- socialdemocrat 6y agoI don’t like the term myself, but I think it is fair to acknowledge that plenty of people are disadvantaged due to their skin color, race, religion etc. For instance I know I have more opportunities because I am white, belonging to western culture and culturally Christian (I am an atheist by celebrate Christmas and all that), than I would have had if I was black or muslim while living in the West. But this is not uniform. My opportunities if I looked Asian would likely be very similar to looking white. It isn’t a mystery that a culture favors people looking like themselves. Had I grown up in Japan I am sure I would have been at a disadvantage for not looking Japanese.
- babesh 6y agoDisadvantage is due to far more than skin color, race, religion, etc... I think there are wide swaths of 'white' America that are disadvantaged as well.
- socialdemocrat 6y agoBorn into poverty is also a disadvantage. Having a handicap is a disadvantage. And I recognize that otherwise I would not be a social democrat. And that is why I advocate social democratic policies such as reducing inequality. Giving everybody equal access to health care, education etc. But the point is we should recognize the disadvantage somebody faces and seek to help rather than belittle it by saying “other people have problems too”
- babesh 6y agoStop the white adjacent bullshit. There is a substantial Asian underclass. Your opportunities if you looked Asian would only be very similar to whites if you were upper middle class Asian. The difference is that some of those lower and lower middle class Asians who make it go up through the educational system (work hard and study culture). That is why so many Asians defend magnet schools. How do you think many of them rose up from poverty? The lower and lower middle class Asians don’t initially have the same networking opportunities or social access that whites do. Also whites from disadvantaged backgrounds often face different difficulties.
- cycomanic 6y agoI think this is quite a common reaction for someone white coming from low socioeconomic backgrounds and making it to a good wealth. This is quite an achievement, more than 40% of children born in the lowest wealth quartile stay there. I believe it stems from the feeling that the talk of white privilege is taking something away from this achievement, so there is a counter reaction. To that I say that yes breaking the circle of poverty is a great achievement, but acknowledging that others have factors that make it even more difficult does not take away from this achievement.
- natch 6y agoI never mentioned race. It didn’t enter the picture here [Edit: as far as I can tell but... the stuff can be subtle]. fwiw the doctor wasn’t white. Entitled, definitely. I do understand your point and would agree that white privilege is a thing.
- frongpik 6y agoWhat's "white privilege"? A secret spell that a white dude from a trailer park can pronounce to summon wealth?
- ineedasername 6y agoFor me, being white in a mostly black HS but mostly white teachers & principle, "white privilege" ended up meaning I could skip out of study period to get a sandwich at a deli next to the school and come back and eat it, and the teacher would just smile and give a little laugh. Black kids got detentions for shouting in the hallway and all kinds of minor things that I also did, and never got detention for.
- sangnoir 6y ago> What's "white privilege"? A secret spell that a white dude from a trailer park can pronounce to summon wealth? Unfortunately, it doesn't confer any mana. However, the white dude's stats for "culture fit" during interviews get buffed (+2 Luck), medical staff tend to believe him when he says he's in pain (+1 Health), and if he's ever in front of a judge, he gets a lighter sentence than those with darker complexions (+2 Charisma).
- pepperonipizza 6y agoFrom a non-american point of view, I don't understand how a racist comment like this can be tolerated. Generalization like this is one of the reason why your country is so divided lately.
- flippinburgers 6y agoRace has nothing to do with sketchiness.
- zwily 6y agoYou can have a dash cam in any car, but having several cameras around the car recording is more rare. (And very helpful in case of an accident)
- natch 6y agoHaving the cameras active even when the car is parked and you are not anywhere near the car is even more unusual. But super valuable in my opinion.
- BurningFrog 6y agoThis will be standard soon, and is one of many reasons we will always be filmed by several cameras when in public in the future.
- thatfrenchguy 6y agoLikely doing this will become illegal in the future, given it's fairly creepy.
- m1sta_ 6y agoIs it creepy that my eyes are almost always open when I'm in public?
- passerby22 6y agoNot unless you've 8 of them all across the whole world's cities streets. And an eidetic nemory. Now, that's creepy. But seriously, a street recording is not forbidden in many countries, right?
- franklampard 6y agoWas about to say the same. In my experience these privileged people are the most likely to pull this kind of tricks. Maybe because they have been so privileged throughout their life that they feel entitled to not taking responsibility
- seandoe 6y agoPlease, people are people. The "privileged people are the problem in this world" rhetoric is getting old.
- reilly3000 6y agoSorry to bore you. Its just, you know, we're living in the middle of history's largest income inequality[1]. Yes it is a problem for civil society and the rule of law when money and power get to elude justice and equal rights. People who unfairly abuse privilege are problematic, they are not 'the problem'. Not being held accountable is a privilege, and it is leads to highly anti-social behavior. It means laws exist only for lower classes. It means laws don't really exist, only power. Carry on, my beleaguered friend. [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/aracheology-wealth-inequality-180968072/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/aracheology-wealth-in...
- babesh 6y agoI encourage people to read "The Life of Greece" by Will Durant. It resonates with our times. They also had wealth inequality. Sometimes, it resulted in the poor and wealthy fighting. This fighting was often very brutal with each side putting the other to death. Once in awhile, an enlightened leader would come who would put into place a system for greater prosperity for all.
- AmericanChopper 6y agoThe suggestion that modern society has greater inequality than we had under feudalism is certainly the most laughably ridiculous thing I’ve heard today.
- natch 6y ago> Yeah, you can have a dashcam in any car ? How about eight cameras covering pretty much all angles, that are always on, even when parked?