Armok_the_bunny

u/Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world
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Genuine question, what was the last time Blizzard released an actually good game, much less a new good game? Because by my reckoning it was over a decade ago with Overwatch, and that leaves me with exactly zero expectation that anything they could make would be with the time to play it.

on Gas Rationing has Arrived? · c/economy · 13 pts · 13d

I would love for actual gas rations to be implemented, maybe that would finally be enough to get people to actually bike places.

on Nice Going Buddy · c/lemmyshitpost · 6 pts · 17d

It's a non sequitur is the problem, and seems to buy into the whole christian prosecution complex that's a huge problem in the US.

on It's Harambe all over again. · c/memes · 12 pts · 17d

Unions are very effective at protecting members, 'tis unfortunate that police unions are the last really effective ones.

Having a blind spot because it takes a moment to turn your head is way different from having a blind spot because there is a headrest and multiple metal pillars in the way at minimum. Also on a bike you can probably actually hear surrounding traffic, which helps a lot with spatial awareness.

About 15% of the US population lives in states with Idaho Stop laws, where bicyclists are allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs, and just under half of those also allow them to treat red lights as stop-then-yield signs. This has provided hard data indicating such a practice is measurably safer for cyclists, I believe at least partially because a disproportinate amount of collisions involving them happen in intersections and not needing to slow down for them means cyclists spend less time in those high danger zones. Given how much advice I was given as a driver boiled down to "drive safely, even if that means breaking the law" (especially given in regards to speed limits), I think it is perfectly justified for a biker to do the same, and act in the safer manner even if the laws says to do something else.