Let’s start with you, bub.

In the 90s we had “See you on the flippity flip” - it’s almost certainly genuine and talking to folks in the language they more commonly use because that’s how pop culture pops.

Eat my shorts!

It is - though it may be fair to consider it jargon. It is a word that explicitly means “Can be set aflame” as chosen by people working with hazardous materials.

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Flammable, Imflammble, and Inflammable.

Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.

It’s not weird, and it’s not my first language, but “equivocado” is one of the funnest words to say in the world.

I agree that this is a systemic issue rather than a single bas actor but… I’d rather see one of them suffer than none.

Might I suggest Kansas Citoyennes?

Realization is not enough. If you voted for Trump you need to actively work to undo the damage you caused. This isn’t a forgive and forget situation.

Go back to sleep and wait until someone says “Wake the fuck up Samurai” - that’ll be a markedly better world to wake up in.

My original claim was that trains are safer than airplanes - I don’t know why we’re focusing on the US.

I more meant that the safety of trains in the US shouldn’t be used as an example for overall train safety. Other countries have much more stringent laws.

Ditto, with Canada, there are serious issues with how train safety is conducted since the majority of train traffic is freight.

The East Palestine derailment investigation revealed a lot of flaws in safety checks and how over worked conductors were - I mentioned that incident less as a cause of danger and more due to how awful US safety laws on trains are.

I don’t disbelieve you but you’re cherry picking one of the worst examples (possibly exceeded by Canada because of Lac-Mégantic) hell, the disaster that just happened in East Palestine, OH is an excellent study in just how awful train safety in the US is.

Bear in mind that our system is quite old and some of the ways we process information have changed so that much more of what is on trial is a “fact” rather than hearsay. However, wouldn’t what you’re suggesting put the burden of information gathering on the judges themselves? This would make trials much more expensive in terms of judge time as well as removing your ability to self-advocate.

Right now when you enter a trial there is a burden on each party to collect and present their evidence - would you prefer a system where you were barred from this and the judge made a ruling based on whatever information they happened to glean independently - potentially missing something that you consider extremely important?

Airplanes aren’t as safe as trains!

And the externalities from air travel are fucking horrendous.

From what I’ve been able to tell the Pearson crash was a fucking fluke. Actual details tend to be released slowly though so one of the theories (incorrect de-icing before take off) will take a long time to prove or disprove.

So the electoral college complicates things somewhat - a voter for Stein in California probably thought their vote would have no impact anyways - but voters for Stein in more competitive states were absolutely fine with Trump being president.

Due to the vote shenanigans in 2020 I think it was wise in this last election to vote for Harris because had their been an electoral college/popular vote split with Harris winning the college Trump would absolutely try and overturn the results again… but I know most Americans are less politically aware.

The market was significant out of whack before this election even began.

Tesla’s stock price is 99% pure (dumb) speculation.