• HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    20 hours ago

    I honestly … for calling me “car brained”. That insult hurt me more than any other I’ve received. I want to protect pedestrians and cyclists from people driving cars under the influence. I want to limit driving people’s freedom to make life better for everyone.

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      20 hours ago

      That’s honestly a very odd reaction, for what it’s worth I meant it lightheartedly.

      Of course I think pedestrians and cyclists also deserve safety.

      I would like to point out however that a majority of incidents are drunk drivers who do not already have a device like that in their car, so it’s a tad bit absurd to indicate your hard line for legalization is that when it would only apply after the fact anyway.

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        20 hours ago

        Sorry, that was too rude, I just got really upset… It’s odd, I’ve never really gotten angry at internet comments until now.

        I just wanted to point out my single issue with weed, which is more an issue with car centric infrastructure.

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          5 hours ago

          Sorry for making you angry!

          Yeah, it’s hard, it’s not like you’re wrong that driving while baked is more dangerous then sober, but to your point I think the way our infrastructure is built where pedestrians are an afterthought if thought about at all, definitely contributes to make it even more dangerous.

          I wish we had more walkable/bike-friendly locations, it’s just not super likely given how large the US is

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          16 hours ago

          Nothing you said was rude. In fact everything you said was correct on all counts. I think the other person was just joking

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            10 hours ago

            I edited my comment. I said that I despised them and said “fuck you”. Not that bad, but I changed it to be a little less abrasive.

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              thank you for explaining, I was a little confused about the exchange until I read this. I think the edit was valid and a positive but I just wish there was an edit history for better context sometimes.