[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

By a continuation of this logic Izeland mislabeled on my map as "Spain"

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

Carbonara is an italian pasta, what you're think of is Chupacabra

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've followed the FuckCars community for a while (started on reddit). Being one of them car fuckers myself I would disagree. There certainly are people there whose thought process doesn't go much further than car = bad, but boiling the whole community down to that does a disservice to their more important points. I think most people there aren't so much advocating for less cars as much as they are advocating for policy and societal change toward a world where we aren't so reliant on cars. Obviously for a massive chunk of the world population (especially in North America) cars are a necessity like you said, but do they need to be? Wouldn't we all be better off if the world was less car dependent? We aren't saying that there should be no more cars, just that we shouldn't continue to design our cities in such a way that you need a car to live.

If you are interested in more about where the fuckcars comunity is coming from I would recommend checking out the youtube channel Not Just Bikes. All of his videos are great but I think this one is a good intro to the channel. I also like this one because it outlines a lot of the specific "first step" type things that could be much better (most applicable to north america). Also, his Strong Towns Video Series is really good if you have the time.

(here are a couple more because I can't help myself: Why it sucks to grow up in car-centric cities, How American cities are ponzie schemes, and His video about Stroads)

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submitted 11 months ago by Disk@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Not joking by the way, this was made by a conservative artist

Original twitter post: https://twitter.com/GPrime85/status/1697222846030721336

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Probably close to 0. The temple is not a very convenient place to get away with it (except for maybe the baptimal font changing rooms). It is far more common in the bishops office of normal church-buildings, in the home of local church leaders when the children are asked to visit, or in the home of the child when a local leader comes around for a lesson/visit.

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

That's what I thought. Cognitive dissonance is holding conflicting ideas/positions/beliefs. This can be a purely mental, for example someone believing that evolution isn't real because of their religion while simultaneously knowing that we have a common ancestor with chimps. It can also have a mixture of behaviors, like knowing that smoking is bad but doing it anyway or knowing you need to study/work but procrastinating anyway.

Where is the conflicting idea here? I think that telsa's are ugly. Now that could certainly be an emotion-loaded motivational bias which has changed my perception of the cars (motivated thinking). But fuck it, yeah I do motivated thinking just like everyone else. Just because you disagree doesn't mean that I have cognitive dissonance.

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

• I'm in this photo and I don't like it

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Complain? I would be shocked if 10% of quest users even know it's happening

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

There is no evidence that bartering was a precursor to currency, in fact the opposite is more likely the case. Bartering is used by people who already have an understanding of currency when they don't have money to use.

[-] Disk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I live in america and kids play in the streets all the time and cars are a serious danger. Most of our urban streets are smaller than this and the cars are going much faster. 14kph is less than 9mph, and the lowest speed limits in my area go is 25mph. When these trams are going slow enough to run along side, the danger of hitting someone that you didn't see in time is FAR lower. Even if someone did manage to get hit by a tram at this speed (or slower because they would likely already be hitting the breaks) they are much less likely to be injured. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you that they could both be dangerous but you are talking about the danger of trams vs cars as if they are equal. Most of the necessary safety measures are already in place (ie, the 14kph speed) and I am far less worried about kids running around in a world of trams than a world of cars.

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Turns out option 3 (reopening as normal) has been flooded with awards the last couple of days but despite what reddit claims these protests have been without a doubt community backed.

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