Opinionhaver

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 28 points 2 days ago

You seem to be assuming that people would keep driving as they currently do if we removed speed limits entirely. I'd be willing to bet that this is not the case. Most drivers have a number in mind on how much they're willing to exceed the speed limit. For me that is 5 - 10kph, so if the limit is 60kph, then you're not going to catch me going 80. Without speed limits I probably would.

So why do we have such laws? Because they work. Not perfectly but to some extent.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was going to say liquidate my investments but to be honest I'm not sure I could even spend all the money in my bank account in 31 days. I don't even know what to buy. Beef Jerky and RedBull? I'd probably get my hands on some psychedelics though, maybe even hard drugs. One thing I would do is much more urban offroading with my truck since I no longer need to be worried about my license - or the truck. I'd probably go have a thai massage with a happy ending and try gay sex too because why not.

All in all I don't think I'd be living that much differently. I already know I'm going to die. I just don't know when.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

I'd love my fatbike to have both, belt drive and a gearbox. I barely even bother to adjust the derailleur anymore since I'm constantly banging it everywhere anyway. Gearbox would also give more clearance for 6 inch tire on the rear. Some innovation on the brakes section would be in place too since disc brakes don't seem to like water and mud but mine are getting plenty of both.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago

That's quite the number of assumptions you made there

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Reddit is more diverse. The same kind of cynicism exists there too but it's dilluted by all the other content so it's easier to ignore. Here that is less the case as majority of the content is news articles - granted that I haven't been to reddit for over a year so I don't know what it's like today.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Agreed. This is the most cynical corner of the internet I've ever been to, yet here I'm.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (20 children)

There's plenty of censorship here though. Some instances are worse than others but even on a community basis, your average moderator is just some random dude who is free to remove your posts/comments and ban you just because they don't like something you said and there's not really anything you can do about it.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fediverse as a technology yes but the userbase here does the opposite. By definition someone commenting on a message board is not a normal person because normal people don't do that, but to be commenting on a niche platform like this makes you hyper not-normal, and yes, that applies to me as well and I'm well aware of that.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago

It's hilarious how people turn everything into conspiracies nowdays, while at the same time dismissing every narrative they don't like as a conspiracy too. Just today, there's another thread about Gemini "refusing to discuss Bernie Sanders" while at the same time it gives the exact same answer when asked about Trump.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 91 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Isn't that what streamers are for?

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