Glifted

I’m not going to write you an essay

There are good video essays on the subject by Benn Jordan, Not Just Bikes, and Adam Something that (mostly) are a good overview of the problem and their videos explain things better than I’m ever going to write

Also the eternal taxi idea just seems like a shit excuse for not building other transit options. Like why not build trains and bike lanes instead of that

From where I’m sitting that’s very far from reality for a whole lot of reasons. I’d be happy to be wrong (because cars are unacceptably unsafe as-is) but there’s a long way to go

Happened awhile ago. It was and is still a bad idea IMO

In the auto industry pennies matter. Inevitably some higher-up will convince himself that they can accomplish the same thing with just a camera and some software. Margins tend to be more important than quality. I’m not saying that’s right, its just what tends to happen

I work in vehicle testing, specifically on ADAS and autonomous driving features. One thing that gets overlooked with Waymo is the fact that that fucker has a 6-figure price tag on the sensing equipment on it. You’ll never see that on a production level vehicle

If you can afford I would get professional help. This is not something I have experience with personally but I’ve often heard of people not being able to process certain emotions so I would assume its somewhat common. A decent therapist would likely have a good understanding of how to help you navigate this.

If you can’t afford that then talking about on lemmy or elsewhere probably wouldn’t hurt. Even if we can’t offer much advice I figure writing it out like that could probably help you process your feelings on some level

I have a 2a. You can’t do GOS but you can mostly DeGoogle it

Boost on Android for me as well

I’m not hear to kink-shame. It was just surprising to overhear

Not an argument but I once heard my neighbor casually (but loudly) discuss with someone how she could only orgasm anally

Ahh thanks. I didn’t catch those were stars

I’m the caveman brain who needs this. They made this specifically for me

Hold up, whats with copy/paste galaxy bottom right? I know gravatational lensing is a thing but that just looks silly

Nestor Makhno and his Makhnovists weren’t perfect but I think its probably the closest we’re going to get to seeing a working anarchist society. It seemed like it worked for a short time.

Also note the mutial aid systems that spring up in the wake of some disasters could probably be considered temporary anarchist societies. Rebecca Solenit wrote a book about this but I haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet. A Paradise Built in Hell. I hear its good but I can’t say that with firsthand knowledge

I also have the 2a and I like it quite a lot. I like it even more now that I’ve (somewhat) de-Googled it

I mean I’m okay for now. The world is burning but none is affecting me yet (that doesn’t make it okay, I’m just trying be real about my situation) and I semi-recently landed a new job where people seem to appreciate me. It looks like we are weirdly very well positioned to weather the current storms and I got an email from management essentially saying “I don’t care who’s in charge, we are still a woke company”. Family is good. We have food, housing, and our health for now. It could be a lot worse. I’m sorry to anyone going through tough times. I wish I could fix it for you.

Edit: I gotta amend this a bit just to vent. I do increasingly feel isolated and alone. I have my immediate family (wife and kids) which is great. I highly recommended it if you can find someone. However, my wife is mostly apolitical and just tries not to think about things like that. I’m sure that reads bad but I’m sympathetic. She didn’t ask for any of this and is just trying to live her life. We’re also not into a lot of the same things. That actually would be nice if I had other people to share my interests with. Its nice sometimes to have things that are your own in a relationship. I’ve lost nearly everyone else to maga and culture war BS. I catch myself doing that thing that elderly people do where they talk too long to customer service people (not about politics, just small talk). I have no community and I don’t know how to find that

Sometimes I think I’m smart. Then I try reading about sub-atomic particle physics and realize I’m not.

I think it’s ideal if you can. It isn’t viable in a lot of US cities due to multiple factors but I am hoping that changes in the future

Buy a used car maybe? I’ve never bought a new car as they’re pretty out-of-reach cost wise and I say this as someone who works in automotive development.

The used market isn’t as good as it used to be but you can still get more for your money than you can with a new car

Check out a band called Pelican, especially their early stuff. It’s not exactly what you’re looking for but it might scratch that itch a little