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by jseban 4y ago
This is 100% true. People like to pretend that the higher equality in sweden actually means that rich people share with poor people, but in reality it's the working middle class that pays the price for it. And it leads to a more classi
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by jseban 4y ago
> this is totally subjective to one's level of discomfort and/or laziness. Being forced to do activities that are uncomfortable and strenuous = bad. The whole point of our society is to transcend this. There are a million ways
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by jseban 4y ago
It doesn't matter if you regularly do it, most people do not . We live in a democracy and we should not spend tax money and public space to accommodate for a small minority of enthusiasts who like to be inefficient, despite our whole
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by jseban 4y ago
Most Amish people just ride a horse and it's just fine. Yeah so what, it's obviously impractical and we have better options. The amount of adult dutch people who cycle to work in the rain is a small minority.
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by jseban 4y ago
It is an issue to have your hands, feet, head and face soaked in freezing water for 45 minutes. > experienced no issues having a change of socks + shoes Oh so now you have to carry extra shoes and socks all the time, "no problem&quo
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by jseban 4y ago
> In NL you very frequently see teens riding with 3 people next to each other talking That's illegal and dangerous. > you can easily do hands-free phone calls if you wanted No you can't because of the wind noise.
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by jseban 4y ago
> it's doable with the right gear and clothing It's doable, but it's also the most time consuming and impractical way of transportation, compared to the other options, so therefor it's bad. Just because you can find a
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by jseban 4y ago
Raincoats work when you are walking, and the rain comes from above, but not when you are cycling, because the rain comes from the sides, and below. It's really complicated to cycle in the rain, especially in cold winter rain. You have
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by jseban 4y ago
> but people still cycle as it is easy, fast and cheap some people do cycle, but most people do not, because there are other options that are easier and faster.
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by jseban 4y ago
> and people also cycle a lot in Finland despite the cold Yeah and how much is this exactly? Even with perfect cycling infrastructure it's something like 12% of trips. Go to finland or sweden in the middle of the winter, observe the
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by jseban 4y ago
> Too hot, or too cold, or too rainy. Or too windy. And more importantly, it's too slow and have limited range. Bonus point for also being the most boring mode of transportation since you can't talk to your friends or use your
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by jseban 4y ago
There's a lot of flexibility in how much living space a person is using also, it's an order of magnitude difference depending on how much money they have. People used to live a whole family in a one room apartment, and now we have
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by jseban 4y ago
How? Because you are (forced) to take a second dose of a vaccine that's not needed, which makes you sick and gives you heart inflammation. That's how.
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by jseban 4y ago
The WHO and it's director has an enormous amount of centralised global power on this matter, which anyone would argue is ridiculously dangerous and disproportionate, especially considering how many scandals and investigations the WHO h
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by jseban 4y ago
Well it's questionable when that personal freedom is part of the same society's constitutional law. In that case, there would be no limits at all to what a society can and can't do, just declare martial law at any time for an
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by jseban 4y ago
That's not really how debates work.
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by jseban 4y ago
> It was like any other shot, why risk covid if you can get the vaccine? Because the (second) shot makes you really sick, and in many cases with lingering heart inflammation. Why do that to yourself, when you have a really good chance of
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by jseban 4y ago
Yep, it's just inflicting suffering also to the healthy in a misguided and desperate attempt to improve a situation by making it more "fair". When in reality the total amount of suffering is just increasing many times, which
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by jseban 4y ago
> Is the amount of spike protein in the body during an actual infection larger? I.e. is it not still better to get vaccinatet rather than infected? The question is rather: Is it a good idea to get a second vaccine dose although you have
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by jseban 4y ago
> To me, one of the basic rules of social etiquette is never talk about religion or politics Yeah I agree, I'm also surprised, never talk about religion/politics, health or money, those are private matters shared with people yo
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by jseban 4y ago
> What "special status"? It simply is how the world is, as we've seen over all of history. And we are trying to move into the future, not the past. Are nuclear families really so important and successful that we need more
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by jseban 4y ago
Haha ok so church has no power. And people can never be free, they must be institutionalised, and we should use shortening of working hours to just move them to a different institution that is even more old fashioned and increasingly failin
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by jseban 4y ago
No, but I'm arguing that it's very unreliable, often fully backfires and becomes actually destructive, and that in our modern society there are other factors that are much more relevant to people's success in life, and blood
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by jseban 4y ago
What if a person not related by blood will give your kids better chances? What says that the parent will necessarily be the "best" person for their child through their whole life, and not someone else? That's arbitrary. You s
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by jseban 4y ago
You assign an enormous amount of special status to certain people who you happen to be related to by blood, and that's arbitrary. It works when it works, and it doesn't work when it doesn't. What natural law says it's be
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by jseban 4y ago
I agree about the criticism against long working hours, but it's unfortunate I think to use the nuclear family as an example of another superior example here, to shove people further into another old fashioned failing arbitrary power s
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by jseban 4y ago
Well you have the burden of proof for these extraordinary claims, in what way is this different from the pitch of a cult?
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by jseban 4y ago
Yeah this annoys me to no end how tech people pretend that they have casually invented peace on earth, and act like it's the most obvious thing in the world. "Of course large groups of people simply just get along perfectly and ef
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by jseban 4y ago
You might be correct in that you more accurately describe reality, but it still doesn't make any sense, and you have to do some serious gymnastics with both definitions and language, which just further illustrate what a big problem thi
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by jseban 4y ago
Yeah I agree, and the most ridiculous part is that they still have architects, team leads, product managers etc who now really do nothing other than riding the gullible software developer

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