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Can I quote that when people say “bOtH sIDEs” is a straw man and no one actually argues it?

It’s because passengers (mostly) use transportation to get somewhere, not to waste time. The benefit is the distance traveled, and the risk is death. If I had the option to travel to a city 500 miles away by bus or by plane, I would want to fairly compare my chances of dying by one method vs the other

I wouldn’t want to find out if traveling 1.5 hours by bus or 1.5 hours by plane was riskier. That would be apples and oranges. The bus trip might only take me 30 miles, while the plane trip would take me 500.

Americans’ confidence in air travel falls after string of plane crashes, poll shows

There were no passenger deaths for the derailment in East Palestine.

An aside from the main point here, but I haven’t read much about the Toronto Pearson crash. Does it have anything to do with US air control or regulations (like plane maintenance) or is it just being lumped it?

Thank you! I tried to make the same point in the comments of another recent article. This isn’t a reason to avoid air travel (yet).

However, it is a reason to criticize the Trump administration, and they deserve blame for the excess deaths under their watch. We should be hammering home the point that cutting regulation and oversight will nilly comes with life and death consequences. If it isn’t lack of FAA funding that kills you, it could be cuts to NIH, leaving WHO, turning a blind eye to corruption (which compromises quality - ask Russia), etc.

“[Rich people] should be caring more about the country because—the reason they should be caring about—more about country is: America falls, what do you think is going to happen to your business?”

Musk not realizing that he and Trump are bringing America closer to the brink than ever through their inept and abrupt actions.

Eric, Donna, Michael, and Kelso seem like fake names here.

Are there cisgender people who are not transphobic and use TERF to describe people? Asking for a friend.

Edit: To recap based on responses, transphobes do use TERF and so do cis non-transphobes.

Has DOGE cut funding to ITER yet?

I have only driven in 2 countries in Continental Europe, and I have mostly traveled by train otherwise. You could be right. It happens in the US but by a smaller subset of drivers. Those drivers would generally be considered assholes in the US, whereas in your example they’re probably just being Belgian.

Source, please. I can’t find a year of birth except for some sites that don’t look particularly trustworthy, and they are putting her at 52 or 53.

You think most of the leadership in federal agencies are over 80 years old?

Michelle King has got to be in her mid-50s tops.

I’m not defending Tesla or phantom braking, but German drivers could also take some lessons on safe following distance. They will ride on your ass for many km even if they don’t want to pass you.

May you live long enough to become completely unhinged.

The title asks about age-related change, but then the post body just talks about unhinged people. Are the two interchangeable?

Would it be unpopular for me to express that my opinion is that this isn’t really correct?

Something tells me the Trump Tower in Moscow deal is hanging on the US getting Ukraine to cede territory.

It’s too bad all these brave lemmings didn’t work their way up to high positions in the government. They would have fought the good fight but instead are relegated to talking big on the internet.

What tone deaf idiot wrote this headline?

Caption under the picture at the top of the article: “Tate and his brother are charged with human trafficking, sexual misconduct, and money laundering.”

Professional misogynist is a weak way to describe such a person. Misogyny isn’t even illegal.