Comment They should go back to the old Digg system (Score 1) 248
That worked so well.
If Americans were still fat, but used all electric cars instead of public transportation, would you still hate them so much? Oh wait, I shouldn't ask, you'll probably just find another reason to hate them.
As an American, I'd have to say 'yes'. They'd still be clogging up the roads, demanding newer and larger freeways, complaining about the lack of parking, using more power, and be lazier and fatter, than if they didn't mind building and using some decent public transit.
So: 1) An automobile infrastructure that hasn't been seriously upgraded in 40 years isn't worth complaining about? 2) A parking infrastructure that hasn't been upgraded isn't worth complaining about? Public transportation is just another way to get around, it's not some magical "best" method of transportation.
What the heck, this is a hilarious troll. I confess you got me.
1.88M tall, 90 kg, just like every other mutt Dutchman in the world.
Did you vote for anyone who made it illegal to refuse medical service based on income? If so, you helped contribute to this disaster.
Not that I think it's all hunky dory that your income is sized up before you get treated, but legally forcing the medical establishment to treat everyone can ONLY force everyone to pay for people who are less responsible for their health.
Dear god, why not leave your naked prejudice inside before it leaves your hands? I promise I might take you a little more seriously if you can stop hating people just because of their lifestyle.
If Americans were still fat, but used all electric cars instead of public transportation, would you still hate them so much? Oh wait, I shouldn't ask, you'll probably just find another reason to hate them.
To be pedantic, actually nuclear radiation comes in three types: gamma, alpha, and beta radiation. Only gamma radiation is EM, the others are particle decays.
Particles are waves, and waves are particles.
I could represent your body and soul with a wave, but my noise floor is too high and my frequency resolution too coarse.
..to 2 billion people when you consider India + China. That means automobile transportation is quickly becoming NORMAL in those areas. That means HORRENDOUS smog problems for the next 4-6 decades in those areas.
In short, this isn't news, it was expected when you consider how much of the world is still developing quickly.
Chance of measurable exposure to loose radioactive isotopes in the environment after 2 major nuclear accidents in the world: >0.000001%
Chance of ionizing some of your cellular chemistry from high-school-education-level TSA employees using an X-ray source to see your body before you get on a plane: 100%
...In context with Fukushima and a non-polluting energy source: RADIATION BAD!
...In context with police state enabling technology: RADIATION GOOD!
Over a hundred people die from firearms every day in America.
Nearly a hundred people die from automobile accidents in America every day. Do you want to ban the privately owned sportscar because they're built to be driven dangerously?
Freedom is never the problem, but the individual responsibility applied to protecting the freedom of all is. The person who violently murders innocents is sick. Those people don't appear in a vacuum, they manifest over time and interaction with others in our society. When you tease someone you consider a loser instead of getting to know them, you're contributing to the problem. When you bully those you consider beneath you, you're contributing to the problem. When you ignore people who are clearly suffering from a mental problem, you're contributing to the problem. When you entirely neglect and ignore your fellow free man your fellow citizen who may be hurting, you are expecting your freedom to be free. That is a fatal mistake.
Armed communities are often polite communities, but polite communities reduce the need for arms.
"May your future be limited only by your dreams." -- Christa McAuliffe
