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Gigan @ Gigan @lemmy.world
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Ukraine: NATO membership a question of 'when, not if'

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  • Probably not in the middle of the war with Russia. Once that is resolved they will be able to join.

    • acceptable screws

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  • I will also allow hex. Anything else can get fucked

    • car insurance

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  • It's surprisingly hard to take someone's license away.

    • Do fingers ever stop growing? Do they shrink as you get older?

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  • Adam Savage has a ruler tattooed on his arm. So I'd guess if it works on an arm it works on a finger.

    • How do we actually get out of this climate disaster?

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  • The most effective thing you can do is try and influence local, state, and federal policies that will reduce emissions.

    I've made several changes in my life, but I know in the grand scheme of things it won't have any effect.

    • FF Evangelists

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  • Firefox uses lots of RAM

    • What brought you over to Lemmy?

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  • Reddit being stupid. Specifically, they killed 3rd party apps. RIP RiF

    • I am the xlookup of the world

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  • However thanks to feminism women can now also experience the joys of being a wage-slave! Congratulations!

    • The Bible story of the apple was probably originally a birds-and-the-bees type talk. Probably for girls.

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  • when for thousands of years their ancestors had a much easier life?

    There was no such thing as an easy life pre-1900

    • Linux Gender?

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  • And Mac is gay

    • Israel cancels diplomatic visit to U.S. after U.N. vote demanding cease-fire

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  • Yet we give them billions of dollars

    • Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and urine, say scientists

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  • Thanks science

    • Researchers believe that corona origins in the laboratory are possible

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  • Trump said it though, so most people abandoned critical thinking at that point.

    • Humanity will shrink in the future: 97% of countries will experience negative growth by 2100

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  • This seems to assume that current trends will continue for the next 76 years, which seems like a generous assumption.

    • I thought there was no way I could hate a Cybertruck more...

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  • Now put truck nuts on it

    • Talking to normies about privacy:

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  • Everyone is a normie for some things

    • Someone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.

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  • I'm aware of the studies, but I can't get past the uneasy sensation when a 10-ton semi truck drives by me at 50mph.

    I'm not sure if it's technically legal to cycle on the sidewalk, but I've seen other people on bikes do it and I've rode past police officers and I've never been stopped or told not too.

    • Someone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.

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  • When cycling (and driving tbh) I assume everyone's an idiot and they're going to hit me until proven otherwise. I don't cross a street at full speed and assume everyone's going to see me. I make eye contact and don't cross unless they see me and start slowing down.

    Cycling directly infront of cars seems like the optimal way to generate road rage, impede traffic, and endanger your own life.

    • Someone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.

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  • Less safe how?

    • Someone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.

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  • it’s about cars turning onto side streets and it happens at a lot more than 5 MPH.

    I have mirrors, so I check behind me for cars turning right and I can see oncoming traffic for cars turning left.

    You have to factor the probability into the risk, not just the severity

    My primary concern is the severity. I feel way less safe riding in the street. All it takes is a semi-truck swerving a few feet, a drunk driver not paying attention, or someone looking at their phone at the wrong moment and it's game over for me. The stretch of my commute that I have to share the road with cars is the worst part and if I had to do that the whole way I simply wouldn't cycle anymore.

    The real problem is a lack of bike infrastructure, but until that is resolved I'm going to ride where I feel safe and that is as far away from cars as possible. And I'm not on an ebike, just a regular one. I only go 10-15 mph.