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Comment Re:I have an idea... (Score 1) 94

You should show them the way by example. Mail in your opinion on the subject to a newspaper editorial column, instead of using the newfangled computer on the internet. The way our ancient ancestors used to.

Cars without computer chips suck. That means no infotainment system, but more importantly, it means a *really shitty unreliable car* just like they used to be: what's wrong with it? No OBD to find out. Incredibly inefficient cars that waste fuel on every cycle because the fuel injection system isn't tuned and precisely timed as it is today.

Comment Re:Good idea. (Score 1) 191

Fantastically good idea. In the USA it would save tens of thousands of lives. Antivaxxers would disappear in nothingness.

I disagree....I'd rather err on the side of greater freedom of speech.

In a free society it is the responsibility of each person to learn to reason, research and come to their own conclusions as to what to believe and live (or not) with the consequences.

This is the responsibility you have as an adult in a free society with free speech.

And while your example is a single, well intentioned targeted one...this has much farther implications that vaccinations..

Who is granted the God Like levels of authority to be the arbiter of truth?

That's what can get dangerous....I'm more afraid of that than some idiot not getting a vaccine.

Comment Re:old again (Score 1) 176

"Ordering in" is about the worst possible food solution there is, as far as I am concerned. I'd rather cook my own meal from scratch than deal with that inevitable disappointment.

Yep...the only use I have for delivery, is when I need food on days I'm too hungover to get up and cook.....

Comment Re: old again (Score 1) 176

Ok well if you are trying to pick the women up at Applebee's rather than taking them there for a date, I think I have found part of your problem.

Well, you have to find and meet women, before you can actually date them, you know?

I never thought of Applebee's as a prime meet/pickuip spot, but hey, there's potential targets wherever you go....and always good to be in a place with alcohol...."conversation lubrication" you know.

Comment Re:old again (Score 1) 176

Why the hell would I sit in a restaurant to eat food? More often than not, the music is shitty and/or too loud, there's a baby or two screaming its head off, a toddler running around unrestrained and unparented, and a gaggle of boomers all coughing up lungfulls of covid.

Maybe you're eating at the wrong restaurants??

I mean, step up, go to something a bit more high class than McDonald's....

And near the end of 2025...are you seriously still worried about Covid??

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