[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To borrow a phrase from Steve Hofstetter, I've never flown a helicopter, but if I saw one in a tree, I could still be like "dude fucked up."

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago

maybe but they're less cool than non-oil ones

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 months ago

My car is a bicycle. Specifically it is a 2017 Masi CX Comp.

Why own a Ford when I have my Chevrolegs?

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 months ago

Who besides rich boys can afford to ride their bikes to work?

i bike to work in no small part because i can't afford to drive there

Single mothers getting their kids to elementary and middle schools?

in civilized countries, they can use a cargo bike (what the dutch call a bakfiets) to carry the kids. or the kids can ride their own bikes.

The elderly going to their doctors appointments?

many elderly people can still cycle. you may even see electric assist tricycles on the bike path in civilized countries. and of course elderly people also benefit from accessible and convenient public transit.

Working stiffs who can’t afford to live in downtown?

this is a real concern and i absolutely share your desire to build large-scale dense public housing developments in downtown around transit stations, as well as doing the same around more outlying transit stations such that taking public transit also becomes a viable option.

What do you think will happen to rents when is forced to get an apartment in one of the existing blocks?

wait, i thought you wanted to build public housing to address housing affordability? was that just me offering a solution, and not you? that's weird

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

my sister frequently sends me reddit memes and tried for years to get me to play league of legends

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

But a whole lot of them would vote for somebody who has.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

stupid pronouns

which is stupider, "he" or "she"

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

That money that's going to kids and families who need it is money that's not going directly to people who are already rich, and as such can only be made available during dramatic crises. Boring, ongoing crises, like the housing crisis and the poverty crisis and the climate crisis don't count.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

I would slightly rephrase this to "too little housing." Houses per se is not the answer, because just building more single family houses is not going to solve any problem that isn't going to be massively outweighed by other problems that are exacerbated, as we've seen over the past 70+ years of suburban development. Increasing infill density and allowing for "missing middle" housing and mixed use development is the way to go, at least as far as the problems faced by your downstairs neighbors are concerned. This also must be complemented by prioritization of public transit and active transport as preferred modes of transportation in cities, coupled with redevelopment of parking lots and a moratorium on any new freeway construction, as more traffic lanes always and only ever make traffic worse.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use this one frequently. That and "you're not wrong, you're just an asshole."

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

And it would be better for national unity if one party was allowed to get away with committing crimes without facing consequences?

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

he's really rich and has paid lip service to liberal ideas, that's enough

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