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Why do people post things like this? And who cares? It doesn't matter; it antimatters.

Not unintentionally correct…because that was my very intentional point.

In spite of car manufacturers claiming seatbelts and air bags were unnecessary, the sheer number of resulting deaths caused us to actually do something about it. I don't look at the lack of driver's licenses as anything approaching a rosy past. I will never be sympathetic to the argument that a lack of common sense safety regulations which saves lives somehow grants us more freedom (other than to abdicate all of your freedoms instantaneously via early death, which overwhelmingly impacts the poor and marginalized); sorry.

He may get a short term gain

He was elected to run the government like a business; this is the CEO signature move.

Like all the car crashes that now require us to get a driver's license…; can't mow down the government if you're trained on the rules of the road!

People can't just use tools that impact the lives of others outside themselves in peace; smdh…

It's funny because, while not a 1-for-1 cultural fit, Mastodon's site structure has felt much closer to Tumblr's. I feel like the reason Twitter people keep saying Mastodon's insufficient (while, eventually, flocking to BlueSky) is that BlueSky offers a more similar UX, in terms of shunting you along algorithmically. I don't think there's any issue with Mastodon's UI (other than maybe PixelFed, I think it's the closest Fediverse project to other mainstream social media UI) but I suspect the UX isn't quite right for people expecting Twitter.

However, I, as a Tumblr transplant, felt right at home.

Hate that you put the sweet on the same plate as the savory but you did a great job: it looks delicious.

So…the proper correction turned out to be much less dire.

Very first reaction I had and thankful I wasn't the only one…

I mean, I have to assume they meant "oppose" and just mistyped.

Understanding disability thought and theory is one of the foundations of marginalization justice but one of the most invisible such that, once you understand certain tenants, it's impossible not to see the impact of their ideas in everything in daily life.

I mean, last insane homeless person I ran into threw his arm around me like we were lifelong buddies and told me all the things he'd seen that day that he found cool/interesting, not tried to assault me.

I was reading an article where he claimed he wasn't as hardline, as some, and his immigration policies were actually motivated by the guaranteed safety to everyone when we follow the rules (he gave the example of a migrant nearly dying from falling down a ravine during zir trek).

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Anyway, color me surprised~