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wow. this thread is microcosm of how wild and polarised the internet can be.
by cal_dent 11mo ago
wow. this thread is microcosm of how wild and polarised the internet can be.
- greenavocado 11mo agoIt's pure facts. I used to live in a city where me and my wife were terrorized by homeless people on the light rail. Now we live far away from public transportation and no longer have to worry about the safety of ourselves or our children and our neighbors are fantastic people. Car dependency and castle doctrine is essential in a low trust society with a legal system that puts violent offenders right back on the street.
- Tostino 11mo ago[flagged]
- tomhow 11mo agoPlease avoid personal swipes like this on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- giraffe_lady 11mo agoMoving in a private vehicle is statistically the most dangerous activity an otherwise healthy young person routinely participates in. Your family is almost certainly at higher risk of death and serious injury now because you based this decision on your perception of safety rather than evaluating the reality of it. Speaking of "pure facts."
- greenavocado 11mo agoI have more than 200,000 miles accident free and my kids are doing fine. Living in a city with unhinged maniacs on drugs was way more dangerous.
- array_key_first 11mo agoRight, except it wasn't, like objectively. Like factually. As in its not up to your opinion. Driving is more dangerous, and it's not even close. For example, in NYC you're over 100x more likely to die in a car on the roads above the subway than on the subway.
- greenavocado 11mo agoI'm glad we understand that risk isn't evenly distributed and this also applies to driving
- array_key_first 11mo agoIt does, but not much. When you drive, your life is in thousands of people's hands. Only the most naive of the naive can believe being a safe driver means they won't die in a car wreck.
- giraffe_lady 11mo agoI've been sharing needles for 20 years and I'm fine so far what's your point.
- postflopclarity 11mo agoyou are not correctly evaluating the risks you take by driving. it wasn't more dangerous. but ok.