bancars

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by bancars 7y ago
The first amendment only covers political speech. The government can and does censor things like profanity and pornography (there’s a reason why you can’t say “fuck” on the radio). Advertising isn’t political speech and wouldn’t (and should
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by bancars 7y ago
Follow the money.
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by bancars 7y ago
“So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning
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by bancars 7y ago
Honestly? We don’t even have to try. It’s a tragedy of the commons thing: life forms will reproduce and spread until they die off. Smear some bacteria in a Petri dish and the same thing happens. A lot of it has to do with reproductive healt
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by bancars 7y ago
I guess “the car slamming itself into highway barriers” is the bar for safety nowadays.
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by bancars 7y ago
I don’t see anything in there about tents, though.
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by bancars 7y ago
Do you have proof of this?
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by bancars 7y ago
That’s an awfully easy position to take when you don’t have to work at an Amazon warehouse. How many times have you been fired for using the bathroom?
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by bancars 7y ago
I’m really confused why “maybe make it impossible for this to happen” is so controversial. People fuck up sometimes. Kids are tough. And as peddlers of technology the onus is on us to make people’s lives better, not worse, which includes ha
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by bancars 7y ago
People say it isn’t practical because it isn’t, and that’s why we don’t do it. [1] [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-cant-we-extra...
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by bancars 7y ago
> Debt forgiveness punishes people who worked their ass off to pay their loans off. So we should just continue burdening people into the poorhouse (or worse)? I feel for everyone burdened by ridiculous student loans (I am one of those pe
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by bancars 7y ago
This is typically what laws are for. Sadly, those of us in the Land of the Free will probably have to wait a decade or two to get anything reasonable, so I fully expect this trend to continue as-is for now.
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by bancars 7y ago
You’re incredibly fortunate then. Count your blessings but please don’t discount the experiences of those of us who have been victims of abuse by drivers on the road. Thank you.
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by bancars 7y ago
We need to give this argument a rest. Cycling infrastructure has everything to do with availability and very little to do with hills. I don’t avoid biking to work because of the hills, I avoid it because it’s treacherous.