brianary

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[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

That's not how I read it. Se my other reply.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

That argument applies to virtually the entire country, zoned specifically to sell cars, with few recent exceptions. I'm not blaming the mom for that situation, I'm not sure why anyone would think that. This is just another death that seems to at least partially implicate big oil, big auto, and corrupt politicians.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

I think you have confused several things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

The portion of people that have these vehicles and fit the very narrow use case that it specifically satisfies is observably very small. People that don't need a truck often can rent one. As mentioned by others, many of these trucks aren't particularly good at what they were ostensibly built for. As my grandfather might have said, "those are just for sellin'".

Judgement is fair, partly because these trucks only exist because of the scam legal definition of "light" trucks, partly due to the climate impact, but most immediately because of how dangerous they are to everyone else.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 13 points 8 months ago

At first I was annoyed, until I realized "drop" is an antagonym.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why simp for American healthcare?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The risks of sodium aren't universal (some people appear to have immunity), and were exaggerated by the sugar industry.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 52 points 8 months ago

"Just Kidding" Rowling

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

Hmm, that's a good point. Washington finally relented, they were a hold-out for a long time.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everyone should also get a procedurally-generated theme song.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Military, sure, but driver's licenses are state-level, not federal. Health care has been using birthdate like a password (one that is largely publicly available) for way too long now. At least financial institutions can use account numbers and financial history and code words, but even all that isn't great.

It's a messy patchwork, but I think at the time of the creation of the SSA, the US may have still thought of itself as a land of second chances. IBM numbering Holocaust victims probably didn't help the idea of a national ID, nor did the victim narrative of groups like the NRA.

I'm not sure if it's possible not to have a national ID anymore, so denial of it just forces a terribly kludgy implementation from whatever is around.

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