You’re just making an argument for better regulations and testing. Let’s start with elderly drivers, who are no longer physically and mentally capable of the maneuvering required to operate a vehicle at speed. Anyone over 65 should have to retest on a regular schedule. And when they fail, they lose their car too.

And all of this is an argument for effective and reliable PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

If you’re gonna gatekeep Halloween, just turn off your light and be a cretin on your own. This ain’t about you.

For some people, having children is their only life accomplishment, so they perceive other people’s choices as an “attack” on their sense of identity, which makes it feel personal, to them.

The cost is to the whole world, because they consume enormous amounts of energy and produce essentially nothing. Like bitcoin miners.

Which means they’re adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.

MIT releases financials and endowment figures for 2024:

The Institute’s pooled investments returned 8.9 percent last year; endowment stands at $24.6 billion

Solid analysis

Fuck it, let’s do it. Super Mario Bros deevolve me

And all I have is this extremely sharp axe…

Not sure what happened midway through this example, but the nudity may settle my remaining questions.

Also, buy physical media. You don’t own digital movies without the file; you’re just given access to them.