Crankenstein

Did you ever stop to consider that this person was in so much pain with no other alternatives that they might have done so out of desperation rather than simple ignorance?

It isn't "natural selection" when it was caused by systemic issues preventing the man from receiving adequate dental healthcare.

Stupidity? The dude is living in constant pain from dental issues and was just trying to not suffer.

Desperation is not stupidity.

It is stupid scary how a lot of what prevents people from doing the most outlandish shit is just being designed in a way that is mildly inconvenient.

It's also utterly depressing that the reason things don't improve is usually just because making those improvements would be mildly inconvenient in the meantime.

Studying wildlife conservation, and a lot of the studying on presenting findings to the government for policy decisions or to Garner public support is how to make it sound convincing. The key to it is to make it more convenient that whatever they are currently used to doing. That's it. If you can do that, you're almost guaranteed to get your policies passed.

there is a stark difference between "studies drugs" and "does the bare minimum research on the pharmaceuticals one puts into their body"

Seriously, like has that dude never heard of a NIMBY?

Drivers fight tooth and nail to prevent anything from being implemented if it means they incur even the most mild of inconvenience.

Exactly. Why are there 4 lane roads in pedestrian areas, especially so close to a school? Where is the pedestrian infrastructure so that this child could have walked safely?

I despise how people want to shift the blame to a child just walking to school and the parents who weren't even involved instead of the driver of a multi-ton death machine for not paying attention to pedestrians.

There is a pervasive ideal in this country that has been a core part of it since the Pilgrims landed: Puritanical Ethics of "punishment is Divine, to suffer is to be Holy"

Something is wrong? Punish the wrongness until it becomes righteous. If it doesn't work then punish harder.

It's how this country has always solved its problems. Label the other as wicked then beat them into submission.

Car-centric society has made it damn near impossible to walk.

Those six blocks you used to walk have all had their lanes widened into stroads, one converted into a thoroughfare, and no attention was given to pedestrian infrastructure so crosswalks, sidewalks or bike paths are almost non-existent unless you're within 2 blocks of the school.

We have literally built most of our cities, or redesigned older cities that used to be pedestrian friendly and walkable, into a wasteland of asphalt and concrete designed exclusively for personal vehicles.

This right here has childhood me screaming.

It's so fucking hard.

Life is just a loop of scrambling to be stable, struggling to maintain it, then inevitably falling back to square one when something knocks you out of the routine.

It was already silently revealed during the Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2.

No joke. Confirmed release for sometime this year.