Perhaps you would prefer to live in a dystopia where the bread is full of sawdust and the milk is rotten.

If there are desperate unhappy people it will probably not go well. Our society produces a lot of desperate, unhappy, people.

But as construction moves forward, some drivers say the projects are creating frustration in the short term

Boo fucking hoo.

Would really like these newspapers to not waste time with idiots opinions. Idiot car lovers are not really qualified to speak on the topic. Quote experts. Stop platforming idiots.

You shouldn’t be allowed to sell “raw” cheese. It’s unsafe.

The people who did so should face charges analogous to, I don’t know, attempting to poison a bunch of people. Fucking nail them to the wall.

driver was charged with misdemeanor Causing Serious Physical Injury/Death by a Moving Violation.

That should not only be a misdemeanor

Hinds are from Spain https://hinds.bandcamp.com/album/leave-me-alone - they did a great show when I saw them

Arguably not rock or punk, but

I adore this doom from Australia. Holy serpent - Endless. https://holyserpentband.bandcamp.com/album/endless

More doom, from Belgium: https://wolvennest.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-path-to-the-light

I feel like most of the people with money would just play it up to be super cool instead of a dystopia. And given the Epstein stuff, not lightly edit it so the girl is of appropriate age.

One time a former partner and I were doing it in the morning. Sunlight streaming through the window. They’re on top. Everything’s great.

They’re on their period. They dismount. Some combination of biology and physics made my dick like slap back toward my stomach, and flick a huge splatter of blood into the air. In my mind it went in slow motion, shimmering and roiling through the sunlight until it hit the wall. I was like “holy shit that was amazing!!”

They were really embarrassed and ran off to the bathroom.

Cool. I don’t go upstate much, but good for them.

Capitalist hellscape. One of my pets scratched me in an awkward part of my leg. ICE horrors. War. Genocide. Other things removed from my immediate, personal, experience but make me sad or angry when I think of them.

Many reasons, all of them stupid and/or depressing.

Many are downstream from racism.

Saw No Men at a tiny show once. Great energy. Friendly people. Chatted with them for a while.

Saw screaming females a few times. The singer crowd surfs while doing guitar solos.

This year saw Caroline rose at a tiny packed venue. That was great. Love good crowd banter.

I don’t think “friends” works well as a binary yes/no. There are many different kinds of friends, Some people are like cacti and only need to be watered once a year. Other people are like… I’m not a gardener, but some other kind of plant that needs frequent watering. Some are weeds that will take over your entire home. This metaphor got away from me a little.

Personally, I follow a strategy of “when you have the energy, demonstrate the behavior you want to see.” So if you have the juice to handle an unsatisfying outcome, reach out to them like you’d want to be reached out to. Invite them to a party. Send them a funny meme. Whatever. They might flake. They might not respond. But you only do this when you can handle that disappointment. If someone’s been real flakey and you just can’t deal with it, you don’t have to go the extra mile for them.

It doesn’t help that the right infiltrates and murders left wing movements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Wars

I’m not a historian so I’m struggling to remember specific details. “People’s History of the United States” by Zinn includes many examples that went like “People wanted to organize for something better” -> “Capitalists said no, and had the police beat up and arrest people”

I already felt pretty good about not eating meat*. I think this would have have been a big motivator if I wasn’t already on board

*Ok, I’m kind of a half assed vegetarian. I generally don’t buy meat but if I’m at like a dinner someone else planned I might have some they cooked. It’s easier than going all the way to 100%, and has reduced my meat consumption by like 95%.

Fines gotta scale with wealth or some scumbags will think it’s just a $600 fee

The assailant should have their life ruined. Certainly lose their car and license.

The other person who just watched and walked away should suffer, too.

Natural consequence of capitalism.

People get defensive and stop listening, stop thinking. You tell them about all the bad things downstream from car centrism, they realize they drive a car, and then they emotionally decide you’re a bad person for “making them feel bad”

It’s a rare person who can tank “you’re making the world worse”

I don’t mind them. It’s important to remember that the current situation is absolutely, needlessly, devastating for people every day. Humans are emotional creatures. Facts like “XYZ people die every day from cars” don’t hit the same way “look at this happy woman! She looks like your sister! And now she’s FUCKING DEAD from a car” move the needle.

Of course, there’s also the backfire effect where something makes someone uncomfortable, so they reject it. Humans are really bad at reasoning.