yardratianSoma

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[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Author admits smartphones are ubiquitous, and doesn't at all consider, in a hypothetical situation where everyone unanimously agreed to stop using them, where all this e-waste will go?

Also, how do you disillusion the millions of people that use them religiously?

I get the sentiment, but only a significant technologically literate society would really appreciate the need for greater control over their devices and actually possess the skills needed to modify and configure them.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Greed isn't limited to any one economic system, I fear.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"“There is no point in building infrastructure we may or may not need for 30 years’ time,” Metrolinx deputy chief capital officer Richard Walker said in a November 2024 town hall."

More like, we should have had this infrastructure 30 years ago, so then the 401 might have not been so fucking busy.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I do think that if a family member were to drop unconscious, I would drive regardless, but not having the potential legal trouble afterwards is a nice thing to have, in case the cops got involved or something.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

thanks for the perspective. I think I will keep it. I just hate all the costs associated with driving, and I don't even drive, and have to pay this and that.

And yeah, I have been in situations where I needed to drive, like helping a buddy drive a uhaul, or when another buddy passed out, I drove him to the hospital just in case he dropped behind the wheel.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Renewal, it expires after a certain time, I think 5 years where I live, Ontario.

 

I let my folks know that I'm getting rid of my drivers licence, because I don't plan on driving for at least the next 5 years.

My parents then said things like, "you're moving backwards in life", or "what will you do if you need to transport someone in an emergency?", to which I responded, "Taxi, or ambulance".

Am I a fool? Should I retain my licence for emergencies? I'm broke ATM, but should start working again soon, and my licence is expiring in a few weeks (and my wallet fell in a river a week ago, so I don't have the card anyways, not even kidding), so I'd rather not pay the $90 to keep it, if I don't have to.

What about you? Do you still keep a license handy for situations, or no? Is living car and license free possible in Canada?

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Makes sense.

The vast majority of voters are complacent, unwilling to consider that their entire perspective needs to be updated with the times.

I'm more surprised that the green party has more say in government than the NDP right now.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unionists versus the confederates all over again, history definitely repeats itself

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

sometimes, I can relate to the local government. They make mistake, after mistake, and years later, they figure it all out.

I'm currently in the figuring it out stage, but man, I guess it's hard to think of them as just people, rather than this ideal organized group that's super efficient and well formed. It's all just people at the end of the day. Sure, I'm just joe shmoe, but have we ever proven that people of authority are immune to error?

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

oh damn, I've never seen one in person, but I don't really care about judgment by others, so if I could get some prescription lenses on those, that'd be ideal.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (6 children)

A manual focus version would be cool too. I don't like the idea of having yet another thing to charge.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Just imagine if the eloquent words of the founding fathers were the norm of the type of content you see on tik tok. If that were the case, I would have joined a long time ago.

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