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[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

When it becomes really advanced (we could even do it now, actually), we replace all upper management jobs and leaving human work to human workers, e.g. customer service, healthcare, arts and culture etc.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago

Set up automatic bank transfers to chop your income into % parts: 5% play money, 20% savings, bills etc. do what works for you. Get rid of unnecessary subscriptions.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 70 points 2 months ago

Welcome to the new era of enshittification where you'll eventually have to subscribe to access or make posts, and none of it will be searchable on any search engines.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago

Subscriptions.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

When people find themselves in stress, they will always vote conservative to ensure their own survival. Right now, many young people can't afford housing, they have to spend more time working than living. This is not surprising.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Happy birthday. I turned 40 this week too. Yay us.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

I want complete control of my technology after I buy it. I don't want my phone to assume things that I like based on my input. If something goes wrong, I want it to be my fault because I enabled the wrong setting. I also want physical buttons. I miss those so much.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Japan has pretty strict gun control, don't they?

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Replace all roads with free mass transit. That should work.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

But all the lobbying has already happened - for decades - and nothing has changed. Fossil fuel companies have poured in billions over the course of decades, and still are, to counter lobby and spread misinformation to keep the status quo.

You're only seeing the 'performative' protesting in the media and not the lobbying because it's easy to report on, but in reality this movement is on its last legs. It is THAT level of desperation now.

Do you think they'd still be protesting if the government actually implemented the policies brought forward by climate scientists decades ago?

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

That's right! They're better off spending it on lobbying so they end up getting more money!

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago

To The Moon; Once you go through the experience of the story, there's really no need to replay again.

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submitted 6 months ago by Peddlephile@lemm.ee to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

I made this mini game as a way to process my absolute frustration of my local government favouring car transport and on street car parking, as well as almost getting run over by impatient drivers and cars parked in the cycling lane. I thought everyone here might enjoy it. It should run in your browser.

Cycling is a valid form of transport. It's not just a hobby.

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submitted 10 months ago by Peddlephile@lemm.ee to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

And we had a community feedback session on active transport accessibility last year which highlighted some key roads that could adopt bike lane infrastructure. One of these roads is scheduled for an upgrade but no allowance for bike lanes was considered.

The road was considered a danger to vehicles because of pot holes, not because there's barely any room to drive in a two way street. Forget cycling; there is no room to even squeeze between parked vehicles and moving cars, and a lot of them have a murderous attitude to cyclists.

We have 3 counsellors for a bike lane, and 3 against (citing exceeding budget, safety and accessibility concerns regarding loss of on street parking). There was a swinging counsellor who initially voted for the bike lane in one meeting, but then ultimately voted against in the next meeting because the bike lane went against the council code of conduct (going against majority of the resident's wishes to keep on street parking).

I'm just frustrated... My area is so anti everything except for cars, and it's so close to public transport and the city (less than 6kms). It's actually ripe for some decent active transport infrastructure but unfortunately cycling, for some reason, is seen as a 'rich' person's activity even though their super utes cost waaaaaaay more than what most people can afford.

At the last council meeting, there was so much hostility from the car owners, saying that getting rid of on street parking for cycling infrastructure was a waste of money, would stop deliveries and maintenance vehicles, and creates an unsafe environment where you'd have to walk 500m in the dark to your car. Any time cycling was mentioned, they'd yawn loudly or shout their opinions.

My local council has also declared 'a climate emergency' but actively working against cycling treating it like a hobby, rather than a legitimate form of transport. Stop the world, I want to get off.

Rant over.

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