I think you misunderstood most of what doesn’t agree with you (purposefully or not).

Waymo is an investment.

So is public transport.

One is more effective and better for more people.

Why are we investing in Waymo?

You want to know what’s harmful to discussion? Pricks like you telling people that their opinion is irrelevant.

Your opinion about right now is irrelevant to the discussion of how things should be. It is not irrelevant in a discussion about right now, only this one. Every time public transport is discussed someone like you feels the need to say “it doesn’t work FOR ME (currently)!” OK… I’m not sure why we needed to know that. No one said it was great for everyone right now so you didn’t add anything to the discussion. It only is a distraction from actually trying to fix things for you. Sometimes this is on purpose and sometimes it isn’t. Either way, it’s harmful not helpful.