Aesthesiaphilia

100%. One of the reasons I didn’t join a union as a skilled worker is that I don’t want to be locked into doing the same exact thing for the rest of my career.

Article does not explain why it’s called the Enchilada Trap. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Good for them! I’m glad they got an excellent contract!

But we need to keep in mind that “and benefits” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I looked at the contract, the pay is something like 30-40 an hour. Good, definitely a living wage, but not $170,000 good. People see that number and think it’s the salary.

I hope we get to that point too.

Most efficient route for an individual to get from A to B. Probably the least efficient as a standard for society when you factor in carbon emissions.

You are dismissing the experience of a group of people

No, I am dismissing the concept of basing reasoning - and policy - off of fear, or any emotion. When it comes to making policy and shaping a societal narrative, experience is good. Emotion, however, is very bad.

You could just not ignore what I said, maybe

Our job as sapient beings is to rise above things that scare us and still discuss them rationally.

I said

motorists

You said

some drivers

The brain rot cyclists I’m talking about think all drivers hate cyclists. Everyone knows these assholes hate cyclists. Some of the terminally online types think everyone behind the wheel is like them

Sure but that’s because they’re assholes, not because they own a vehicle. They’re like that outside of their Small Penis Cope Machines too. They litter, they’re rude, etc.

How else would you drive without getting in a wreck most days?

…what? Have you ever driven before? This behavior causes wrecks ALL THE TIME, it’s probably the #1 cause of wrecks. It’s definitely one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. Same applies to cyclists.

Are there people here who don’t know that?

Yes. Quite a few. Plenty of terminally online cyclists think motorists are intentionally trying to run them over, it’s insane. Like literal mental illness levels of persecution complex. Every time fuckcars pops up on my feed I see it at least once and call it out.

It was about to turn red for the cyclist. Meaning it was red for the cars.

In most of the US, there’s no separate lights for cyclists.

In any case, you’re missing that the cyclist did the equivalent of coming from an adjacent lane to cut off cars next to him. No car can anticipate that, from a cyclist or from another car.

I swear y’all are rotten in the brain

You think we drive around and sit in traffic because we just like doing it?

We drive because we have no other options. Driving sucks, almost everyone hates it, it’s just the most efficient option by a landslide in most of the US.

Exactly. I’ve been playing Bethesda games for ages, news like this makes me happy they’re keeping the stuff that works.

Because - and this is the only real answer you’ll get - Starfield is “cool” and “normies” are looking forward to it. Therefore, the “real gamers” must hate it, ESPECIALLY before actually playing it.

Same shit you see in any niche community. Buncha nerds hating on anything too big or popular.

Oh man I saw a wreck just a week ago, right in front of me, because some moron decided to come to a FULL STOP on a freeway on-ramp, turn their blinker on, wait until there were literally no cars in the entire freeway, then scurry over across all lanes into the far left lane and start doing 30mph

Guess who came up behind them doing 65mph?

Guess who panicked and swerved directly in front of them?

The shitty thing is, because it’s technically a rear-end, there’s a good chance the driver doing everything right will be found at fault.

Well,

1. SF cyclists are entitled douchebag tech bros. Just unlikeable as people. Cycling (or at least, being vocal about your cycling) seems to attract the worst kinds of people.

2. No one is targeting cyclists. That’s not a thing. It’s a persecution complex dreamed up because: see above.

3. SF Bay drivers are some of the worst in the country. No, you’re not being targeted by the person running you off the road. They just do that. All the time. To everyone.

If you’re going at a slow speed maybe. A lot of cyclist infrastructure is next to roads with speeds of 40, 50, 60 mph.

So a cyclist darting out in front of oncoming traffic bears no responsibility if they get hit?

The scenario they’re talking about is in a 4-way intersection. Imagine you’re driving straight through an intersection; you have a green light, everything is fine. Then out of nowhere on your right side a cyclist zips by in front of you. You have 0.3 seconds to see them and apply the brake and have your car stop. That’s not always feasible.