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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • Daveto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    31 year ago

    Flashbacks to when I lived in the UK and so much misinformation in the (failed) referendum to get it there.

    Made me realize: Consider the average voter and then consider explaining the merits of different voting systems to them. It’ll never happen.



  • OP using word ‘convinced’ is relevant here because whilst most people in USA ‘need’ a car (because there is no practical alternative to driving), they are being convinced every day that a private car is the only viable solution to transport in general…

    … and then of course you get everyone freaking out when someone has the audacity to suggest that installing a dedicated bike / bus lane would mean less people need a car, and that would save everyone time and money.

    Also while I’m ranting, I’m so over people harping on about how they can’t rely on public transit and that’s why they need a car. Like reliable and affordable public transport is some magical and unobtainable goal.

    But then when gas prices inevitably get crazy high, or they get in a wreck, or traffic is a mess then that’s just The Way It Is and in no way an indication that maybe everyone driving a personal car for every single trip isn’t the most reliable or sustainable way to run a city.







  • This. I’m a computer programmer, never been in a union, but after twenty years of startups I cannot believe how good it is to be at a small, stable, employee owned company.

    Only looking back do I realize that the people doing the actual work were never in control, and just how damaging that is.

    To pour you life and soul into building something (time, and time again), and then have it taken away from you again, and again.

    Never going back.