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Topic: OT-Politics Thread: please TRY to keep it civil, you damned dirty apes

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jgvol

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #42742 on: March 06, 2025, 01:08:03 PM »
I’ve gotten stuck in Atlanta rush hour traffic, so a while.

Not the same thing at all, so I'll assume you don't really want to answer that question --- because it eventually leads to you running someone down to get on your way.

And rightfully so.

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« Reply #42743 on: March 06, 2025, 01:11:08 PM »
Not the same thing at all, so I'll assume you don't really want to answer that question --- because it eventually leads to you running someone down to get on your way.

And rightfully so.
You asked how long I can stand sitting in a car blocked, and the answer is a long time as I’ve been driving for a while and dealt with traffic. 

Running over people implies they’re threatening me, and if that was the case, I would, but I’d have to be pushed pretty far. 

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« Reply #42744 on: March 06, 2025, 01:17:59 PM »
You asked how long I can stand sitting in a car blocked, and the answer is a long time as I’ve been driving for a while and dealt with traffic.

Running over people implies they’re threatening me, and if that was the case, I would, but I’d have to be pushed pretty far.
I'd think that's the case for all of us. Nobody here is going to run anyone over unless threatened in some way that makes them fear for their own life.
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« Reply #42745 on: March 06, 2025, 01:18:14 PM »
I never suggested running someone over for "convenience", that is your own fabrication. As I stated earlier, people blocking roadways don't always know the circumstances of those using said roadway. The people that are LEGALLY using the roadway may have other factors that require them to be able to get to somewhere due to emergencies or other issues.

The fact of the matter is, there are plenty of areas that these people could use to express their opinions. These protestors are simply attempting to inconvience as many people as they can to get their opinions heard. And the last I knew, you had the right to express your opinion, you don't have the right to force others to hear it.
It feels like we’re transcending treating folks like speed bumps and going toward, “should protests inconvenience at all?”

And the answer is usually going to be “sort of.” The inconvenience grabs attention. Lord knows, folks like MLK faced similar backlash all those years ago. That makes protests a double-edged sword of raising awareness but also often pissing people off. (Thankfully, you don’t have to listen, and it seems having traffic backed up doesn’t make you do so)

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #42746 on: March 06, 2025, 01:19:57 PM »
I would of course avoid any blockage if at all possible, and if I chanced across one and could not reverse, I would wait quite a while if I was not being threatened.  I might make an attempt to engage and see if they would allow me to pass if they did not appear to be violent.  Around here, I'd wait on the police.

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« Reply #42747 on: March 06, 2025, 01:23:47 PM »
You asked how long I can stand sitting in a car blocked, and the answer is a long time as I’ve been driving for a while and dealt with traffic.

Running over people implies they’re threatening me, and if that was the case, I would, but I’d have to be pushed pretty far.

How long was the question?  A long time is subjective.

Even if no one was threatening you, but you were blocked -- how long before you blow your stack, and do what is necessary to be on your way?

An hour?  4 hours?  8 hours?  Until you shit your pants?  

At some point, you ARE making the ugly choice even when under no direct threat.

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« Reply #42748 on: March 06, 2025, 01:25:35 PM »
I'd think that's the case for all of us. Nobody here is going to run anyone over unless threatened in some way that makes them fear for their own life.
That seems different than the “they’re in my way, speed bump” energy. 

Which is what it is. People often say things flippantly and then stand by it aggressively when they instead mean they’d behave pretty normally. 

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« Reply #42749 on: March 06, 2025, 01:32:05 PM »
How long was the question?  A long time is subjective.

Even if no one was threatening you, but you were blocked -- how long before you blow your stack, and do what is necessary to be on your way?

An hour?  4 hours?  8 hours?  Until you shit your pants? 

At some point, you ARE making the ugly choice even when under no direct threat.
How long would a traffic jam have to sit before you ram the cars in front of you?

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« Reply #42750 on: March 06, 2025, 01:33:36 PM »
How long would a traffic jam have to sit before you ram the cars in front of you?
Until I shit my pants.
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« Reply #42751 on: March 06, 2025, 01:37:04 PM »
Until I shit my pants.
So if you go to Miami and eat some heavy Cuban food, watch out drivers!

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« Reply #42752 on: March 06, 2025, 01:39:39 PM »
So if you go to Miami and eat some heavy Cuban food, watch out drivers!
Cuban food isn't overly spicy.  Drivers are safe.
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #42753 on: March 06, 2025, 01:47:03 PM »
How long would a traffic jam have to sit before you ram the cars in front of you?

I am asking the questions here, pal.

I can safely assume my threshold would be shorter duration than yours.  Now....

C'mon now.  Answer the question.  When do do turn into a lizard brain psychopath?  That is the hard truth you are desperately avoiding.  You don't want to say that there is any point at which you would mow people over, but that is a comforting lie.

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #42754 on: March 06, 2025, 01:47:57 PM »
I don't think I would run over human beings unless I was clearly being threatened.  

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« Reply #42755 on: March 06, 2025, 01:48:51 PM »
I don't think I would run over human beings unless I was clearly being threatened. 

A comforting lie.

 

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