ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
Driver entitlement episode 456: “what do you mean my death machine needs to have a remote kill switch???”
Insane.
You know, I’m not the biggest fan of personal vehicles, but if you want to talk about “death machines”, you might also spare some thoughts towards police brutality and whether cops can really be trusted to hijack people’s vehicles at will.
…nevermind that such a backdoor could be exploited by other parties also.
Just roll a pilot in one state and see how it goes.
Because I personally don't drink and drive, never have, never will, and I am sick and tired of being mandated to do shit because OTHERS are being dumbfucks.
4am@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Listen I get that there are disadvantages but you “fuckcars” people need to chill
ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
“Disadvantages” warrant a killswitch
psivchaz@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Car accidents cause about double the number of deaths in America as homicide, but no one ever says “you need to chill about violent crime.” Cars cause another 1.5 million injuries on top of that. Cars contribute around 30% of the CO2 pollution in America, but only the truly insane would say people need to “chill” about global warming.
Our entire public infrastructure was gutted, such that we went from a pioneer in public transportation to basically only being able to use cars because oil companies and car manufacturers wanted it that way. We have the least efficient, most expensive, most polluting, most stressful form of travel but it’s totally okay you guys because some people really like having a big truck that they can put truck nuts on and drive to the office in and it would be an infringement on their rights if we used taxes to build a fucking monorail or something.
4am@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You start with good points but then you fight a strawman of irrational reductivity. This is why no one likes you, it sounds like you need to stretch the truth and exaggerate to make a convincing argument. We all too used to being sold lies, and you make yourself sound like a liar, even though you’re really not.
Get some better PR.
psivchaz@reddthat.com 1 year ago
This is the best take I’ve ever heard. “Reality sounds too much like hyperbole, so no one believes it.”