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The problem is all the states that handed their voter rolls over willingly.

No matter how irreversibly fucked we are, we can and will continue to get even more fucked every second we don't change our habits.

I would very much like to know what the sentencing guidelines are for negligent homicide in circumstances other than driving.

Not sure, but I think Medicaid pays for more than medicare does. My retired parents still have copays for stuff.

Reposting in the same community doesn't just deserve downvotes, it violates rule 5 and thus deserves removal.

But to the best of my knowledge, this article was never posted in this community before. !fuckcars@lemmy.world is not !fuck_cars@lemmy.ml or !fuckcars@lemmy.ca.

If that's incorrect, please cite the URL of the previous copy.

Been riding my 28 mph unlocked e-bike for years. ... I have to pedal to go fast...

I wouldn't call that "unlocked," I'd call that "switched to Class 3 mode." Yours sounds like it's still a legal e-bike, which makes it categorically different from the ~~"fast e-bikes"~~ illegal e-motorcycles that are actually causing all the problems.

THEY ARE NOT "FAST E-BIKES." E-BIKES ARE NOT FAST, BY DEFINITION. ANY BIKE THAT IS FAST IS CATEGORICALLY SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN E-BIKE, NAMELY, AN ILLEGAL E-MOTORCYCLE.

Actual e-bikes are being made illegal for shit they did not do because the powers that be cannot be bothered to understand the difference.

It is fucking despicable that even a publication like Electrek is contributing to the confusion with a shitty headline like that!

the way people who might otherwise choose a unique car

IMO the problem with cars is that people don't "choose" the color at all. They buy what's available on the lot, and what's available on the lot is almost entirely shitty neutrals because that's what dealers/manufacturers think sells because that's all that people could choose from because that's what was on the lot...

I don't normally buy new cars, but in 2019 I was going to bite the bullet and get myself a "BIFL" Toyota Tacoma. I knew exactly what I wanted: a manual transmission TRD Off-Road in Voodoo Blue -- that color specifically. But guess what: I do not have a Tacoma because Toyota could not and would not sell me that car. There wasn't a single one in that color available anywhere in the entire Southeastern US, and they would not take an order to build one for me. If I wanted to settle for some random boring color they had plenty, but not Voodoo Blue.

I ended up deciding that if I couldn't get exactly what I wanted it defeated the point of buying new at all, and got an old 2nd-gen 4Runner instead.

Anyway, point is that Toyota tanked the sale entirely by refusing to provide a bright color^with^ ^correct^ ^trim^ ^level^ ^and^ ^transmission^, and because I'm that stubborn. Most people are not like me and will settle instead, and that's how all the cars end up being boring, shitty colors!

I mean, just look at the garish blue reflecting pool.

Okay, but now imagine any of those buildings you cited painted teal.

(They work because they're the authentic color of the materials they're made out of and people interpret authentic as "correct," not because monochromatic is inherently good.)

Sure, if they're trying to appeal to liberals. But if they actually tried to appeal to the working class, they could win even "deep red" districts.