jtrek

Yes. I've been saying for years that electric cars and self driving cars are solving the wrong problem. The problem is if I need a car to get groceries. The problem is I'm not safe on the street because of all the cars.

People who have never lived someplace that doesn't need a car are very eager to tell you how it won't work, though.

Happily using Linux at home. Played some elden ring today, and the original fallout last week. Did some writing in libre office. It's fine. And free. I never have to tinker with it.

I've had cases where I've moved the needle. Got someone to move from "I hate communism!!" to "I see where you're coming from. Capitalism has problems, I admit".

For some people, you need to let them feel heard and avoid being too antagonistic.

Some people are just trolls, though.

I really appreciate written words over video.

That post made me angry at how stupid the built environment is in most places.

You don't need to bring car usage to zero. It's a win to bring it down.

Maybe let local people decide what’s right for them instead of making blanket proclamations for everyone and every place?

Local, non-expert, people are famously wrong. You'd have everything paved over for more parking if you listened to them.

If they know the social media algorithms are harmful why don't they deal with that? Like Facebook tried to see if they could just make people sad by tweaking their algorithm (they could) and no one faced consequences.

The answer is money and corruption, I expect.

I don't know what it does on Lemmy but I'm clicking the gold star on this reply

Generally speaking, snakes only attack when they feel threatened.

Well, a lot of conservatives feel threatened. The fear isn't justified, but it's real.

I don't see who would buy it and it goes well for customers.

These megacorps shouldn't be allowed to get so big in the first place!

This is why dark souls is one of my favorite franchises. Most of them have you fighting stuff in minutes. If you wanna do the zweihander, you're basically set in 30 minutes.

Elden Ring suffers a bit by being so big, there's a lot more chores to do to get started.

Without jeopardizing your academics, prioritize rare things.

TV and video games will always be there. Your friend asking you to come play tennis won't. Go play tennis even if you don't think you'll love it.

Not easily and safely. You could try to talk to them, but most people are kind of brittle and will get defensive if you so much as suggest they are not saints.

Recognize that behavior in yourself, and try to be better. We're all vulnerable to getting defensive when we're wrong.