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This is peak bean soup theory on HN. Always has to be at least one commenter, "but what about my highly specific scenario? All the other people benefiting are

This is peak bean soup theory on HN. Always has to be at least one commenter, "but what about my highly specific scenario? All the other people benefiting are an aberration to my specific need or wild singular example" Fund SNAP, not discount game meat through the deaths of others.

probablyStimmed 13d ago
Nailed it. Adding the fact that the majority of HN comments are negative or at least at odds with the post, HN is a bean soup fallacy/theory/dilemma generation system.
consumer451 13d ago
Agree 100%. Also, hitting a deer at highway speeds can lead to the death of the occupants of the vehicle. This is not some country road! This is an actual win-win scenario, for humans and wildlife.
ducktoysleftout 13d ago
SNAP is funded. Food pantries are abundant. Nobody is eating roadkill to survive as a matter of necessity. If you’re eating carrion that’s probably a lifestyle choice and indicative of some mental illness. A wildlife overpass is certainly not going to be cheap, but I could see the road user safety benefit penciling out over the life of the asset. I wonder why you would send the animals over (and span the whole roadway) rather than under (cut and cover a box culvert). Either way, it would be nice to see this better funded for rural America.
- ghostsigns 13d ago
  The lives of the animals also matter. On a related note, they don’t send them under because most wild animals do not like enclosed tunnels and would not use them.
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- Terr_ 13d ago
  > SNAP is funded. Disregarding the weird roadkill thing: "Funded" isn't necessarily a meaningful determination, since Congress providing 100% funding for $5 that zero people are eligible to receive would also be "fully funded." In 2025 Republicans slashed its budget by the biggest cut in history, and today participation is the lowest in 17 years. I doubt any of us honestly believe the drop is because everybody's financial situation has gotten way better right now, or because groceries got cheaper. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-people-are-losing-food-assistance-as-the-harmful-2025 https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-p...
- gausswho 13d ago
  The CBS article (https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/largest-wildlife-overpass-north-america-colorado-reduce-wildlife-collisions/ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/largest-wildlife-overp...) mentions there's one large overpass which gets all the attention, but also there's five underpasses. There's a photo of some deer using one towards the bottom.
- DANmode 13d ago
  > Nobody is eating roadkill to survive as a matter of necessity Wrong. Especially in places that culturally frown upon wasted food / meat.

probablyStimmed 13d ago

Nailed it. Adding the fact that the majority of HN comments are negative or at least at odds with the post, HN is a bean soup fallacy/theory/dilemma generation system.

consumer451 13d ago

Agree 100%. Also, hitting a deer at highway speeds can lead to the death of the occupants of the vehicle. This is not some country road! This is an actual win-win scenario, for humans and wildlife.

ducktoysleftout 13d ago

SNAP is funded. Food pantries are abundant. Nobody is eating roadkill to survive as a matter of necessity. If you’re eating carrion that’s probably a lifestyle choice and indicative of some mental illness. A wildlife overpass is certainly not going to be cheap, but I could see the road user safety benefit penciling out over the life of the asset. I wonder why you would send the animals over (and span the whole roadway) rather than under (cut and cover a box culvert). Either way, it would be nice to see this better funded for rural America.

ghostsigns 13d ago
The lives of the animals also matter. On a related note, they don’t send them under because most wild animals do not like enclosed tunnels and would not use them.
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Terr_ 13d ago
> SNAP is funded. Disregarding the weird roadkill thing: "Funded" isn't necessarily a meaningful determination, since Congress providing 100% funding for $5 that zero people are eligible to receive would also be "fully funded." In 2025 Republicans slashed its budget by the biggest cut in history, and today participation is the lowest in 17 years. I doubt any of us honestly believe the drop is because everybody's financial situation has gotten way better right now, or because groceries got cheaper. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-people-are-losing-food-assistance-as-the-harmful-2025 https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-p...
gausswho 13d ago
The CBS article (https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/largest-wildlife-overpass-north-america-colorado-reduce-wildlife-collisions/ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/largest-wildlife-overp...) mentions there's one large overpass which gets all the attention, but also there's five underpasses. There's a photo of some deer using one towards the bottom.
DANmode 13d ago
> Nobody is eating roadkill to survive as a matter of necessity Wrong. Especially in places that culturally frown upon wasted food / meat.