The main problem with zipper merges in practice are selfish people who rush to zipper and cause even more congestion because of their erratic attempt to merge. Like traffic circles they work great when everyone is doing it right and they cam get really messed up when people do it wrong.
It would be great if zipper merging was taught as part of getting a license. Or they actually required someone to learn how to zipper merge as part of their license renewal.
Do you mean "rush to zipper" as in "using an open lane to move forward and then zipper merge into the remaining lane when that one closes?" That is precisely what you should do.
The problem is the selfish people who refuse to let those people actually zipper merge, like OP.
@Nougat
It’s hard to discuss zipper merging because people use to justify all sorts of dick behavior. Zipping through an empty left turn only lane to skip to the head of a right turn only lane for example. That’s not an example of zipper merging but there’s tons of people who I’ve seen argue that’s acceptable behavior.
This is dumb as shit. Democrats aren’t perfect but they do care. That is why they actively took steps to stop people from dying during COVID unlike the GOP. That’s why they support universal healthcare, unlike the GOP. That’s why they support public education unlike the GOP. That is why they support free and fair elections unlike the GOP.
Only few dems actually support universal Healthcare, unfortunately, and the majority don’t care about anything but lining their pockets. It’s the same with the GOP, of course.
That being said, of course vote for dems if your only other option is reps. What’s bad is better than what’s terrible. However, don’t simply vote and be done with it.
Educate yourself. Improve your life. Exercise, organize, teach. Grassroots praxis is where you can meaningfully improve the lives of your community, and carry that momentum elsewhere. The two party system isn’t going to be corrected purely via electoralism, it’s a stop-gap to prevent sliding into fascism.
Before I say anything else, if you’re voting, right now at a national level at least, Democrats are essentially the only option if you give a shit about democracy and aren’t an accelerationist.
That said: The GOP fucking up covid so hard is probably the only reason Trump didn’t get re-elected. Democrats as a collective do not support universal healthcare. They had the capability to pass whatever they wanted in Obama’s first term. They actively rejected even a public option. They fucked us (normal, non-rich people) hard, because, as a group, they ain’t us. They could have fixed a lot of the issues around public education that were introduced in the bush administration, but they didn’t. How’s that student loan debt forgiveness going? They, again as a group not individually, hate the idea of all those loans not getting paid. THINK OF THE BANKS! As far as free and fair elections go, they benefit from the FPTP system, they will never get rid of it unless they’re forced to.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS SAID: VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS WHAT WE’RE STUCK WITH UNLESS WE WANT THINGS TO GET WAY, WAY WORSE.
The alternative to these fetid dickbags is fascists and yes, some literal Fucking Nazis.
In a world where the Overton window isn’t totally fucked, Democrats are center-right. They, again as a group, give zero shits about regular people.
Yep. You can vote for the bad party or you can vote for the party that wants you dead. At least if you keep voting for the bad party the other side will get less bad to get more votes. Then you vote for the less bad party and so on until they actually start being good.
It’s so easy, but general population for some reason don’t think that way.
Mine won’t stop conflating “mom” with “mmm” I swear to fucking God I’m about to root my phone just to find a way to remove them both from the built in dictionary.
The cherry on top? It goes both ways(giggity). So if im texting “thanks mom”, it wants to say " thanks mmm". And vice versa. Of course it’s not all the time, JUST at the exact worst times in conversations.
It’s gotten terrible. So has voice to text. My work iPhone OEM voice to text is literally useless, as is Google voice to text on my iphone. My Samsung OEM is ass. And the Google one via same Samsung, is getting worse by the hour, but used to be amazing.
<span style="color:#323232;">Yeah, yeah, yeah
</span><span style="color:#323232;">You know what time it is
</span><span style="color:#323232;">It's the rap god, back with a new track
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And this time, I'm here to support the women
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Yeah, you heard me right, I'm a femineminist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And I don't care what you think, 'cause I know I'm legit
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Verse 1
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm not here to diss the ladies, I'm here to uplift them
</span><span style="color:#323232;">'Cause they deserve respect and equality, that's the system
</span><span style="color:#323232;">They're not just objects or trophies, they're human beings
</span><span style="color:#323232;">With dreams and aspirations, skills and feelings
</span><span style="color:#323232;">So don't you dare to treat them like they're less than you
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Or try to silence them when they speak the truth
</span><span style="color:#323232;">'Cause they have a voice and a choice, and they can rap too
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Just look at Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Rapsody, they're the proof
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Chorus
</span><span style="color:#323232;">So I'm a femineminist, and I'm proud to say it
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I support the women's rights, and I'm not afraid to play it
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm a femineminist, and I'm here to stay
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I rap for the women, and I rap for the day
</span><span style="color:#323232;">When we can all live in harmony, and no one has to pay
</span><span style="color:#323232;">For the sins of the past, or the crimes of today
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm a femineminist, and I'm not alone
</span><span style="color:#323232;">There's a whole army of us, and we're ready to own
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The mic and the stage, the game and the world
</span><span style="color:#323232;">We're the femineminists, and we're here to rock your world
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Verse 2
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm not here to hate the men, I'm here to educate them
</span><span style="color:#323232;">'Cause they need to understand and appreciate them
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The women in their lives, who give them love and support
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Who work hard and sacrifice, who fight and report
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The injustices and abuses, that they face every day
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The harassment and violence, that they can't get away
</span><span style="color:#323232;">So don't you dare to ignore them, or try to blame them
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Or take advantage of them, or try to shame them
</span><span style="color:#323232;">'Cause they have a power and a courage, and they can fight back
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Just look at Malala, Greta, and Beyoncé, they're the leaders of the pack
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Chorus
</span><span style="color:#323232;">So I'm a femineminist, and I'm proud to say it
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I support the women's rights, and I'm not afraid to play it
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm a femineminist, and I'm here to stay
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I rap for the women, and I rap for the day
</span><span style="color:#323232;">When we can all live in harmony, and no one has to pay
</span><span style="color:#323232;">For the sins of the past, or the crimes of today
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I'm a femineminist, and I'm not alone
</span><span style="color:#323232;">There's a whole army of us, and we're ready to own
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The mic and the stage, the game and the world
</span><span style="color:#323232;">We're the femineminists, and we're here to rock your world
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span>
The line “It’s the rap god, back with a new track” is a stylized and self-assured way to start a rap, reflecting the braggadocio often found in hip-hop culture. It’s not necessarily something I would always use, but it’s emblematic of the confidence and assertive persona many rappers adopt when performing. The phrase “rap god” could be a nod to songs by well-known artists that have used similar terms to assert their dominance in the rap game. Each rap or artist might have a unique way of introducing their work, and this is just one example.
When people talk about cursed knowledge I never think of it like the brain can’t physically handle the amount of information I’ve always thought of it like the realities of the universe are so fucked that the brain can’t handle the truth
There’s indeed knowledge like that. Like there’s knowledge that, at the moment of understanding, overloads your brain. It’s like your entire model of reality has become invalid, and it can cause physical pain as your brain burns out trying to recalculate everything you know in this new paradigm. Sometimes you go through days in a fog as your brain recovers, sometimes it can still hurt every time you think of it months later. The implications of certain understandings just start the process over all over again
Here’s a particularly grounded and well supported example that’s not transmissible enough to be an info hazard - everything is waves. There’s no particles, just waves of energy that form stable patterns
That’s what happened to me when I got attacked while homeless. The guy had me on my back in the street and was just continuing to kick my neck and head. He wasn’t stopping.
I’d never seen this guy in my life.
It only stopped because some other strangers happened to see and pulled him off me.
I’ve been close to dying before but it didn’t invalidate my whole worldview. But this guy’s rage, the willingness to kill a random stranger just for the hell of it, changed me deeply.
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