Wow, thank you for taking the time to give such thoughtful answers.

I have one more slightly more complex question, though, since I run into it occasionally and absolutely abhor it: do you ever have to use a scan-only pay-to-park or anything like that? You said you live in a rural area that has paper/physical things, still - does that imply that you never encounter these digital-only things? Or that maybe you do and just choose not to engage with them? If you don’t, what would you do if you did?

For example, you go into town and the available parking at a restaurant is pay to park, and there is no physical meter, only a scannable code on the signs everywhere, telling you you scan it and pay with an account at a website or through their app.

A wall parking garage I often really visit has a system that scans your license plate on entry. Then on exit, there is no booth anymore, but another camera that scans your plate at the exit. If you don’t have an account or haven’t paid, the bar blocking your way doesn’t lift. The system is designed to be interactionless, but only as long as you’ve made an account with a valid payment option on it.

RIGHT?!

Like, I am perpetually curious and interested in knowing more about other people, especially those older than me.

Being marked by red dye around my neck in public is incredibly hot to imagine

Though… Not sure about the safety of the dye… Ahhhhh

I’d retract the given status if I could, but that’s a slippery slope to some pretty dire evils that I don’t think are worth or necessary to cross into for now.

That is obviously very far sub-average, but hilarious (and kind of sad?) nonetheless.

I think self driving cars are about as intelligent as a minorly sub average 12 year old, in a near panic.

Which, yeah, that’s progress and it will get better, but is nowhere near responsibly deployable in comparison to the average human being, and nowhere near even a decent driver. The only thing self driving cars have for them, ignoring the ethical disasters, shocking amount of fascism, rampant destructive corruption, and signs of an increasingly unhealthy dystopian society, and only focusing on the technological side, is that they’re relatively consistent.

Which, effectively, could be considered for an emergency backup in a case where a human literally cannot drive and the benefits outweigh the risks.

Like, yeah, it’s getting there, but so is society at becoming a utopia. The difference THERE is that we can’t just not implement society, but for some reason, all the shittiest stuff humanity has ever encountered is being given infinite chances right now.

Dunno if that’s true or not, but the claim gives big “those slaves just love being natural slaves” energy.

=.=™

What the fffaaaa~

God what a mistake of a human

Hahaha

Haha

Ha.

Haaaa…

Hmmm

Oh no.

“Self driving cars only have to be smarter than the average human”

Cue Star Trek Enterprise s1 opening theme

Not a vegan.

Honey is a direct animal product. It is meant to feed them, much like milk feeds other cows.

I don’t get how that’s even arguable. I don’t care what you do and don’t eat, vegans, but honey is definitely an animal product. It’s not a product of flowers, it’s a product of bees. Veganism/vegetarianism are both already series of arbitrary lines drawn, though, so, whatever.

Also fish is meat, for those people out there. It’s an animal, you’re eating the animal: it’s meat. You can be a vegetarian that eats fish, that’s fine. You are all illogical to me. Morally right, rationally arbitrary and inconsistent and often hypocrites.

A lot of old (and new) comic book heroes and fantasy stories and Disney tales are like this unfortunately. The structural tropes that honestly most stories use and rely on are quite messed up. It’s really rare to find an actual good story these days, free of major problematic values or tendencies, and finding stories free of even minor problematic issues is even rarer.

Oh that’s messed up.

It shows that one person’s pure joy can be oppressive to others. And that a child’s innocence and whimsy is the only way. But, that those things are directly responsible for the lack of them in those who have lost their own whimsy in a zero-sum system of happiness.

Bleak.

Rising?

I guess even a shit Lake can get deeper

No you naysayers are a bunch of abusive sarcastic pricks. We corporations and policy makers are tired of being abused wahhhh now we’re going to ignore you even more and also tell everybody else to ignore you. Look at us solving problems. Centrism forever!

The real question is whether or not dog collar manufacturers know, and if they make changes or considerations in their designs so that humans can wear them too

I’m assuming, then, though, that you do have a computer, in order to receive emails and such. Too much in society is attached to having other stuff: mailing address, email, phone number, two factor authentication, running privacy violating software on Windows, etc…

If you’ve been doing it since the 80s, have there been eras that have really challenged your desire or whatever to not have a mobile phone?

Do you think life would be much easier if you did have a mobile phone?

Why do you not have a mobile phone?

Do you think other or younger people should follow your lead?

I’m so curious about your story. I’ve thought about it many times, and as much as I think the technology is super cool and amazing, I also really wish it wasn’t all but legally required to participate in so many aspects of society. It makes me wonder where you’re from and where you live and if you’re American or not.

Cross that road when it happens. Likely, next phone purchase will be a lot more annoying.

Aw, no shame over grindr. Love is love. Everybody has needs.

Adding a jump button in chess does not necessarily make it better.