For many people, these new fear associations are so strong they can even be triggered when the threat isn’t imminent. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Myriad people are wearing masks and observing social distancing &c., simply to avoid persecution from strangers who have gone all in on pandemic panic. — Merkwurdichliebe
I wear pants for the same reason. Damn fascist prudes infringing my right to hang loose! — unenlightened
Seriously though, the seatbelt oppression needs to stop. If we don't have the right to fly through windscreens, what's the point in living? — Baden
And then the evil car manufacturers in cahoots with the fascist governments will put airbags, collision avoidance systems and automatic rescue service call systems in your car. And that's just the reality now, tomorrow if you want to kill yourself by driving off a cliff, the car will perhaps drive automatically you to see a shrink. The horror, the horror...It really is the coolest way to fly — Merkwurdichliebe
And that's just the reality now, tomorrow if you want to kill yourself by driving off a cliff, the car will perhaps drive automatically you to see a shrink. The horror, the horror... — ssu
Right! They are removing all the fun from vehicular mayhem. I'm really gonna miss the old chaos, but the new gods are calling for "safety for all". Right? — Merkwurdichliebe
Yes, the dumbing down of the consumer by making things easy and automatic also benefits the manufacturer: — ssu
Until someone has lived one hour on the receiving end of not being able to be with your loved one in their absolute hour of need?
Save it. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Even if this is going a bit off topic, I agree.Consumers are about as dumb as it comes, hard to believe they can be dumbed down even further.
I would say Apple has mastered that strategy better than any other corporation. — Merkwurdichliebe
Apple is said to be planning a major change in the top-end 2021 iPhone model. If predictions made by noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo are to be believed the Cupertino, California-based company is planning to kill the Lightning port in the highest-end 2021 iPhone model. By ditching the Lightning port, Apple will make the iPhone completely free of ports as it is only port present in the iPhone models right now after the company stopped including the 3.5mm audio jack after iPhone 6S.
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