Radfanwarrior

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
pomrania
prokopetz

I mean, it's great that the "what about emergency vehicle access?" hack is so effective when pointing out the deficiencies of proposals for walkable communities, but it kind of burns my ass that you need to take that approach in the first place. I don't know how many conversations about communities planning I've seen that go like this:

Walkable communities advocate: Here's a plan for a walkable community in which only public transit will be permitted – no personal vehicles of any kind will be allowed.

Disability advocate: What about access for physically disabled people? If your options are public transit or the sidewalk and literally nothing else, any disabled person whose needs aren't fully served 100% of the time by your favoured public transit framework is fucked, and there's no such thing as a perfect public transit framework.

Walkable communities advocate, whose brain shut down the moment they heard the word "disabled" and didn't process anything past that point: Oh, you silly cripple, the term "walkable community" doesn't mean you're only allowed to walk! How quaint.

I guess pointing out "well, if only public transit is accommodated, how are firefighters and paramedics supposed to access emergencies?" works because now they can imagine themselves being affected!

prokopetz

To address a few of the recurring whatabouts in my notes and DMs:

  1. This isn't a criticism of the idea of walkable communities in general. It's a criticism of the particular attitude toward walkable community planning which treats getting the number of privately operated vehicles all the way down to zero as a teleological goal. If that's not something you're in favour of, this ain't about you.
  2. I am, myself, physically disabled in a way that prevents me from driving but rarely hinders my ability to walk long distances. Every car on the roads vanishing in a puff of smoke one day would be hugely convenient for me. That doesn't mean I'd actually want that to happen; it ain't always about me.
  3. Consider the irony of jumping into the notes on a disabled person's vent post about having their concerns dismissed and insisting that you don't believe the scenario they're describing ever really happens. Really think about it.
manywinged
ripeteeth

One of my favorite things is taking someone to the Great Lakes for the first time - or describing how you can fly over them and see only hundreds of miles of glittering blue water and no coasts at all; how they have their own Coast Guard (the only lakes to do so); that the Earth's rotation steers their currents; that they're studied using ocean models; that they have wrecked more than 6000 ships - and watch them realize that the word "lake" is misleading and that they had no idea of the size and majesty of them at all.

ripeteeth

Some fun facts about her majesty, Lake Superior:

  • It has a surface area of 31,700 sq. miles, roughly the size of South Carolina or Austria.
  • It's incredibly deep and has enough water to cover all of North and South America to a depth of 12 inches.
  • Waves over 30 feet have been recorded.
  • Its deepest point is 1,333 feet, which is the third lowest point in North America
  • Its average temperature is around 36 degrees Fahrenheit (2 Celsius), which inhibits bacterial growth in bodies, diminishing bloating and gas, and frequently shipwreck and drowning victims to sink to the bottom and never be recovered.
br1cks-and-b0nes
agentukelele

The reason people often "wallow in their misery" is because all of the good things that will help them have been tainted by neglect and abuse.

Going outside regularly is good for you. Being Forced to go outside when you don't want to and being treated like you're stupid for not being super into nature is going to make you not believe that.

Exercise is good for you. Being told all of your feelings are "in your head" and exercise will get rid of any mental issue you have is going to make you not believe that.

Laying off technology is good for you. Being told by a parent that they wish they could break every piece of technology you own is going to make you not believe that.

You can't be mad at people who were force-fed poison and wonder why they aren't "trying to do better"

pomrania
bidoof

what farming items in mmorpgs has taught me: i used to think using ice trays to make ice cubes was free but after thinking about it i have to pay the electric bill to power the freezer so every moment that i’m not freezing new trays of ice cubes is a moment that i’m underutilizing the freezer and increasing the cost of ice cubes. i have to constantly swap out ice trays for new ice cubes on an hourly rotation on a 24 hour basis or else i won’t produce the maximum amount of ice cubes possible and will underutilize the full potential of my electric bill. i need to stop using all other appliances and utilities in my home to make more ice cubes

saccharine-tar

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pomrania

Transcribing the tags in the above image:

#I think about this post so much
#whenever a gacha game makes me feel pressured to waste time on a bullshit event I think:
#”am I enjoying this or am I making ice cubes’
#and then I quit the event lmao

manywinged
mist-the-wannabe-linguist

Stage 1: using your native language's idioms in English out of habit/lack of knowledge

Stage 2: using English idioms as much as you can to prove that you're good at English

Stage 3: using your native language's idioms in English because they fuck actually

hirkyy

“either take off your cross or put on your underwear” (ukrainian) to say that you can’t have both things at once is my favorite expression to ever exist in any language. i needed to put this out into the world so bad, im finally free.

tonbanereblogs

I'm gonna write some:

"you can't put doors to the countryside" referring to something you cannot control

"to honour which saint?🤨" A response to someone doing such a bizarre thing that you can only assume it's for a very specific god ritual (what my mom says when I'm caught cooking a full meal at 3am)

"my mouth is dryer than Christ's sandals" or nsfw version "dryer than a doll's underwear"

"never say from this water I shan't drink" like never say never.

"to write the dots on the i's" to make a negotiation very clear, point out flaws.

"you have to feed him separately" as in 'this person is a handful'

"it's like throwing daisies to the pigs" wasteful, or useless, unappreciated act

"no one gave you a candle in this burial" you don't have permission to talk/give your opinion

"it's like going to pee and not letting even a drop" pointless, absurd, waste of time

"when the devil is bored he kills flies with his tail" when someone you hate is suspiciously idle and seems innocent (and you KNOW!!! they'll do something)

"my saint went back to the sky" meaning you were so distracted/zoned out that you didn't even notice a saint had descended to help you until it left lmao

"I'm more tied up than a Roman's leg" (refering to Roman knee high sandals) it means you're very busy