FireRetardant

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

Its not about facts, its about him being a populist politician appealing to as many suburban voters as possible.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

She's welcome to listen to what she wants, i was just surprised the respect she had for him given he wants a world where she wouldn't have rights.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

My queer, female co-worker was mourning him and binge watching his content recently. I mentioned i was surprised she would listen to him given his views and she basically rebuttaled "uhm actually he does respect women, see he interviewed some porn stars and only fans girls."

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yea but those solutions won't work here because north america is too big /s

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We need to readdress the planning and design landscape as a whole. Its very resistant to change because these have been the standards for years and planners arent brave enough to try something new, or they don't get approval when they do want to challange the status quo. We have to start trying new solutions because the current standards arent only unsafe, they are unsustainable from both an economic and environmental point.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The article does address this some, but the cost of bringing just 1 road up to safer standards is more than operating a dozen cameras. We've been paving, zoning, and expanding unsafe roads for decades, its gonna take time to reverse that. One decent solution recommended is to use the revenue from the cameras to improve road safety, this is what my area does and I support the cameras.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

10% over is a very conservative estimate there.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Some people driving through a neighbourhood and they are five, 10 kilometres over, they are getting nailed. It’s not fair. So, I’m dead against this photo radar that they have.

Ford is upset that people are being caught and appropriately punished for breaking the law. Imagine if we had this attitude elsewhere, oh it was just fraud of 5-10% of their profits (okay bad example) or oh it was just 1 or 2 assaults.

He also complains that hes seen speed traps outside of school zones, as if school zones are the only reasonable place to enforce a legal speed limit. I swear car dependancy is slipping into the point of becoming a mental illness.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my area they use the revenue from the cameras to fund those kinds of improvements.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Not like we tax motorists adequately anyway

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thats not a stupid application. Schools shouldn't have lower speeds only during school hours. The amenities the school provides such as greenspace and playgrounds means it attracts pedestrians and children regardless of time. Noon on easter sunday could mean time to walk the dog, go to a playground with cousins, or walk down the street returning from church or a restaurant.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure its just hate and the vast majority of them don't even know what medical science can do for a trans person. The vast majority of people who transition do not regret it which leads me to believe the treatment is more than some depressing impossible goal.

 

I've been having some minor issues with comments. Once a comment thread gets longer than 3 or 4 comments, accesing those deeper comment chains becomes very inconsistent/impossible. The "view more" button to see the rest of the comments will sometimes just disappear or do nothing when pressed. When accessing deep threads from my inbox or profile it will start at the top of the comment thread and fail to load/access the deeper comments, including the comment I used to navigate to that thread. Has anyone else had similar issues or found solutions?

 

The past couple updates whenever I'm browing "all" with sort set to "hot" the first few pages of scrolling is accurate but then it turns to posts that are 6months-2years old. This is only after 1-2 minutes of scrolling. Has anyone else had this issue?

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