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You're arguing with people talking about how things are currently by talking about how things could be or should be and how people should change how things are.
by DougMerritt 1y ago
You're arguing with people talking about how things are currently by talking about how things could be or should be and how people should change how things are.
That can be a great topic on its own, but it's not the same topic others are discussing.
And unless I missed it, you didn't say "let's switch the topic", you just went off in your own direction.
- bpt3 1y agoOf course they did. I've never met an online public transit advocate who didn't come off as a zealot, lecturing the uninformed masses about the obvious benefits that will come from joining them while dismissing any criticism or skepticism as ignorance.
- yeasku 1y agoAnd I have never meet an American that was not fat.
- bpt3 1y agoThen you haven't met many Americans. Unfortunately, I encounter many, many, many more public transit zealots online (and in person, though much less frequently) than I need to hear parrot the same talking points from fuckcars and NotJustBikes about the joys of living in an efficiency apartment and using a cargo bike to get my kids to and from their 3 different schools in the snow or blistering heat while ranting about vague "externalities" without ever providing actual numbers.
- yeasku 1y agoHow much do you weigth?