Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement

andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There is this meme about:
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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts, where they’ve gotten into accidents, the cars were on fire, they’ve been knocked out, they haven’t been able to get out of the vehicle,” he said. “My point is, even if the majority of people are saved, why do we keep forcing people to do things that they feel it’s their own individual right to make a decision?”

    Rhode Island state rep, 2011.

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    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      As a left libertarian, I have a hard time arguing against seatbelt laws. As in, I know they aren’t consistent with my ideology, but the outcomes of having these laws are so much better than not having them. The only thing that I can say against them is that they’re one of the more commonly used bullshit pretexts for initiating traffic stops. I rationalize this trade off and violation of ideals by pointing out that the government has created a fucked up transportation market by enforcing car centrism.

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      • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I think the argument is more about the impact on others. If you aren’t wearing a seatbelt, you become a projectile that can harm others - both in your car and outside of your car.

        In general, I agree that ideologically it’s a little uncomfortable to dictate personal choices, but when it comes to road safety I think the government has reasonable grounds to enforce certain expectations (same with things like insurance.)

        It is uncomfortable to give police more pretenses to stop people but road safety perhaps is one of those things we could have a hypothetical “good police force” take care of.

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    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t forget airbags have also killed people.

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  • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Where’d you get a picture off all my elder family members in one place!? (j/k)

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  People are emotional. They feel things, and then make up justifications for it afterwards. We all do this to some extent, in some contexts or others, but some people seem to do it the majority of the time.

  Someone who smokes and has a choice between admitting they fucked up, they’re hurting themselves and those around them, OR denying it so they’re just a persecuted innocent? A lot of people will go for the latter. It’s weakness and cowardice, but saying that won’t change their mind. If results are wanted we have to do the very arduous task of massaging their emotions and I kind of resent that thankless, endless, work. Even though I almost certainly am the same way about other things.

  Humans are a mess.

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  • thejoker954@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As a former smoker (now vaper) I understand and agree with non smokers about smoking inside.

    However the people who bitch about smokers outside in public piss me off.

    Yes my cigarette (now vape) is soooooo much worse than the exhaust of the thousands of cars /generators/construction equipment and so on that are constantly running all around us.

    But out of sight out of mind. They can’t see all that exhaust shit so it doesn’t exist - But those fucking smokers how dare they.

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I also get mad at people who drive cars instead of walking or taking mass transit, if that helps.

      But someone smoking near you makes your day undeniably, immediately, worse.

      If you’re sitting in a room that smells uncomfortably of cheese, and someone rips a juicy fart on your face, it would be unreasonable to be like “who cares about my shart it smells like cheese in here”

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes my cigarette (now vape) is soooooo much worse than the exhaust of the thousands of cars /generators/construction equipment and so on that are constantly running all around us.

      The problem is that nicotine itself isn’t a carcinogen, but increases the effectiveness of other carcinogens. So like, the nic is going to make that car exhaust/etc more harmful.

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    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t breath in exhaust either, fully concentrated. I have as much of a problem with diffused cigarette smoke as diffused exhaust, but I fucking hate smokers that make me breath in their second hand fully potent, carcinogenic, horrible smelling smoke.

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    • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I haven’t seen any car exhausts walking right next to me on the sidewalk though.

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    • scintilla@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have asthma and when I walk past a smoker it makes it harder for me to breathe for a while afterwards. I don’t have the same issue with vapes though so I don’t really care about those even inside of they smell nice.

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      • SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Some of us do struggle to breathe around vapes though. Not as bad as cigarettes but it’s still a problem

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    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I stop bitching about smokers when they manage to not throw their garbage everywhere.

      And yes i know, of course you are the one smoker that has a pocket ashtray.

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      • thejoker954@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Lol, I actually did when I smoked cigs. I can’t stand littering.

        I also manage to return my cart even in shitty weather ;)

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• NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Even better, people in the 80s when drinking and driving was made illegal: youtu.be/2xcQIoh3FQQ

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  • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Still meet plenty of people who drink beer in the car

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My step dad had like 4 or 5 DUIs. When I was in elementary school, me and my siblings would get the privilege of “helping” start the car by showing how awesome we were at breathing!

      Like, if you can afford the lawyers and coke off as the right kind of good ol’ boy it doesn’t seem to matter. I think at one point he got weekend prison. He’d drive us to school with a high ball sitting in the center console.

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      • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Lot of people in my town with “party plates”. Yellow plate with red letters to signal to cops that you are a frequent DUI fiend. No clue how youend up with those instead of just having your license revoked

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• Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Real men aren’t held back by anything! The belt restricts blood flow through the body! It’s a globalist conspiracy to turn our men into women!

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  • Cargon@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Imagine having a heart so weak that a little piece of fabric over your chest restricts your blood flow.

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  • Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Real Chad’s don’t let some dumb straps stop them from pumping blood like a REAL PATRIOT! B)

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My father was an anti-seatbelter up until 2010-ish, when he got a newer car with a better seatbelt system.

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• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aren’t belts not required in Utah

  Also there are pro-asbestos movements

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Required as of 2015 looks like.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Guess I’m just old

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• Wilco@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I am evil for this and I admit it.
  Seat belts laws should not be enforced on adults. A windshield dive is a good cure for stupid, I bet a lot of MAGA would literally go out like that.

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Trauma, potential physical harm to others. A whole set of reasons they should be enforced. I get what you’re saying though.

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    • Wilco@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh, I know it’s a bad point of view. In my defense I live in a no motorcycle helmet state. As long as you carry the insurance for it.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That is so fucking stupid lol. I guess you’re in a freedumb state?

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