FuglyDuck
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on what in the actual fuck 3 days ago:
Its in the name!
- Comment on what in the actual fuck 3 days ago:
Do chicken have horns?
- Comment on does anyone else have this impression of gruyere? 4 days ago:
Or… Époisses de Bourgogne…
(This is the cheese falsely stated to be banned on French public transit.)
It’s both super stinky and has a… striking… flavor.
- Comment on Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk 4 days ago:
I’m sure he brings that much value to the company.
They don’t have that much value from actual sales…so it’s gotta come from somewhere…
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
This you?
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
Being called out for a hypocrisy is not hate.
You were literally telling me not to tell be how to drive (which, while I came close, I didn’t actually do,) while literally telling me how to drive.
I understand many states have some form of “slower traffic laws”… and explained why that’s not relevant.
There are many reasons why someone needs to be in the left lane- taking a left-exit, or the left hand fork in a split, or, you know, actually passing people themselves…. Or seeing an eratic driver behind them making it dangerous to get over.
I have to assume that CA law also says something about running people off the road because they’re not going fast enough for you. Generally, I assume everywhere does- for obvious reasons.
Even if you’re right, that doesn’t give you them right to drive recklessly and tailgate people. Which brings me back to the original point I was making: the kind of people who are angry at having to slow down… are unlikely to be polite and civil- they’re already demonstrating harassing behaviors.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
IIRC, the felony reckless driving was lowered from +30 to +20, during Covid after it became clear how dangerous people were driving. We saw a massive spike in roadway deaths because suddenly people felt like they could do whatever.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
Wow.
I don’t care what “the algorithm “ says, and you’re a hypocritical asshole for telling me not to tell others how to drive while telling me how to drive.
Now to be completely clear: I will always drive in a manner I deem to be safe. Not you. Not the asshole tailgating me because he can’t be bothered to to leave 10 minutes earlier.
And I can assure you: driving 50mph in a residential area is not “safe”. And neither is 90 in a 70 during rush hour. These are both staggeringly dangerous and imo, people who do so are on the level of those who drive drunk.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
"What lane your in has nothing to do with speed limit… keep right… "
Left lane.
And your advice is actually somewhat incorrect, depending on the context your in. In more rural areas, sure. In more urban areas… there are dozens of reasons why you need to keep left- including taking a left exit.
Or, you know, like how at that speed your usually passing everyone else…
And just for the record, I don’t know where you are, but here… +20 is considered a felony. it’s incredibly stupid to drive that fast on a highway… never mind not on a highway.
people that go +20 and faster? They’re putting everyone’s lives at risk and statistically it’s only a matter of time before they kill someone. Hopefully something happens to teach them why it’s fucking stupid before it goes that far.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
What if we instead imagine the truck drivers politely asking you to move over? What if the ability to communicate freely with other drivers made the experience closer to walking in a crowd. I’m imagining something that allows all vehicles within a certain radius to hear one another so you can communicate with courtesy. I think a lot of road rage stems from our frustrations with our inability to communicate (and be held accountable) by the people around us.
Yeah. No. I don’t know where you are, but when someone is angry at the inconvenience of having to slow down to merely reckless speeds… they’re not going to be capable of civil discourse. If they were capable of civility… they wouldn’t have been angry in the first place.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 1 week ago:
I absolutely would not want an open channel to everyone around me. The potential for abuse is too high.
Imagine the giant trucks road raging because you’re in the left lane and only going +20 the speed limit. Or the old creeps hitting on teenagers.
And then there’s the privacy concerns. In order to connect to your car-specifically- it has to know your car is there. Which means your car is constantly putting out a beacon. This would be similar to how cell phones work - and are now being used by merchants and advertisers like Walmart to track where you go in stores.
And then there’s the security concerns of people pushing malware.
And then there’s the question of distractions from having to respond to people reaching out or shutting them up or whatever.
- Comment on Would one run faster without arms? 1 week ago:
if this were true then you’d see runners in Olympics and elsewhere not swinging their arms. also a pubmed.
- Comment on how do you deal with those characters fully convinced a job is something you have to enjoy? 1 week ago:
FWIW, if this kid is in his first real job, it is probably the first time anyone has told him it’s okay to hate your job. (Or at least, it love it.)
He may not be stupid, just being exposed to a new way of thinking he’s never heard. Of course he could be dumber than a box of rocks, too.
- Comment on how do you deal with those characters fully convinced a job is something you have to enjoy? 1 week ago:
Even if you love your job, you’re going to grow to hate it, to a certain extent.
Sure there will still be aspects you enjoy, maybe. If you’re lucky. But there will still be times you hate your job.
Like nurses might love that they save lives. But then there’s always that person who’s constipated and the giant turd in a bedpan. Take a guess which happens more often.
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 weeks ago:
where in my comments did I say everyone was a dick?
look at a large number of the older Superman panels. he’s frequently a dick to the people in his life.
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 weeks ago:
Okay. But…
People with superpowers are still people, and most people are a mix of good and bad.
And some people are absolutely vile (see maga, Johnson, Theil, Trump,)
And some are positively saintly. (See most dogs.)
You would expect superpeople to be similar. So if we see fascist people getting power occasionally and ruining the world; you’d expect superpeople to do so too
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 weeks ago:
but why the testicle chin?
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 weeks ago:
or rampant fascism. I don’t think Superman is a particularly realistic character- all powerful and only mildly a dick?
- Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world? 2 weeks ago:
same reason expanding the highways doesn’t relieve congestion. Induced Demand.
- Comment on Bought to you by the central limit theorem society 2 weeks ago:
you missed the joke.
2 out of 5 are drunk. The other two are cops. you’re the fifth.
I work nights and commute home around that time. I get pulled over once a month because a bored cop wants to see if I’m drunk for an easy arrest.
I would love it if people stopped drinking and driving; but I also don’t like my civil rights being violated. every interaction with a cop is a chance for bad shit to happen.
- Comment on Bought to you by the central limit theorem society 2 weeks ago:
They say two out of five people on the highway around barclose are drunk. The other two are cops. Which really sucks.
- Comment on Oh no my harvest is too bountiful 2 weeks ago:
I give it a month before we see the guy QQing about they types of people that hit on industrial engineers.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
reach out to the respective mods and report them. this isn’t trolling. it’s targeted harassment. you can report the entire acount on bsky, by going to their profile page and clicking the three-dot menu and selecting “report account.” that’s probably the best way to start. I think if there was no more dialog, or the account didn’t go poof, I’d follow that up with their support form asking for a status update. (and maybe dropping screenshots. If you don’t have screenshots, get them. )
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
So, you can speak to a public defender at any time you’re interacting with the criminal legal courts…this includes as a victim- under your right to legal counsel.
I would suggest asking someone at the court house.
They can assist you with far better advice navigating the shitshow that is the courts and may be willing to help get photos taken down.
- Comment on Are there video media (e.g TV shows, Movies, anime, video games, youtube videos, etc...) with a majority of the dialogue in an fictional language? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on big bird!! 4 weeks ago:
They really shouldn’t have cut pbs funding.
- Comment on Happy 20th anniversary to the Corrupted Blood incident! 4 weeks ago:
Dammitalltohellinahandbasket.
I feel old now. (I was there, Gandalf. I was there.)
- Comment on Does free healthcare access increase or decrease the need for medical personnel overall? 4 weeks ago:
staffing issues aside, generally, “free” healthcare (or rather, government provided healthcare) generally reduces the over all costs- in part, as you noted, by allowing far more prevention and efficiency. Also remember, in places with health insurance like the US, you also have staffing for the insurance agency, and the half-dozen agencies providing support to them, as well.
- Comment on What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair? 4 weeks ago:
And there were still plenty of people who took the class to watch porn, I imagine.
- Comment on what a legend 5 weeks ago:
