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Word art memes are back

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I used to feel this way until I was bitten by a horsefly. I’d rather have 10 mosquito bites than this

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Sources of entertainment have - by definition - more viewers and attention than Exxon’s office building.

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the whole point of firearms is that it’s deadly force. you can’t fire one at a person without being ready to take their life because it’s always a likely outcome.

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I find downvotes very useful to make sure hateful or otherwise harmful content doesn’t rise to the top, and I think that outweighs people overusing it where they disagree. That being said, the nice thing about federation is that I can just find another instance if y’all don’t want it.

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Great read! I always found Strong Towns’ critiques of North American suburban planning useful because they put things in terms that liberals can understand easily - essentially, that widening roads and encouraging low-density development ends up costing towns more money, and that we can provide better services to more people by building more densely with more mixed uses. I hadn’t looked into the actual recommendations of Strong Towns’ founder, though, and this article points out some real doozies that are good to keep in mind when using his critiques.

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this movie is weirdly based

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that’s not a problem with trains it’s a problem with unsustainable land use

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Cars. Not only are they getting bigger, with both higher weight and worse blind spots making them more dangerous, but the new technologies they are coming with make me uneasy. The touch screens to control everything from climate control to radio are bad enough, but now they even have social media apps installed! Plus all of the driving aids like lane departure assist up to “autonomous” driving means drivers are paying less and less attention to the road.

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