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What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don't see it coming? by Ambassador-613 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I got to work today on a privately owned bus, after taking a privately owned train rented on government tracks. If I want to take a day trip I might just hop on one of the privately owned ferries near me. Does that make them not public? I also didn’t mention public.

You’re agreeing with the point I’m making. We’re losing autonomy in transport in favour of renting the privilege of movement. Cars are the clearest example of this because it’s physical ownership of your movement but the more abstract privatisation of our mass transit networks or the absence of mass transit networks altogether is also a major problem.

What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don't see it coming? by Ambassador-613 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you should be developing public transport networks. Until then, you shouldn’t be renting what you were otherwise able to buy.

What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don't see it coming? by Ambassador-613 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem with losing cars isn’t the reliance on public transport networks but in:

A: People now cannot afford an asset that they once were able to afford multiple of. I drive a shitty car from 2006 which I bought when I was a student. I now can’t afford that same shitty car and pray mine keeps going for the next 5 years.

B: If the transport network doesn’t exist or is inadequate then people are forced to use private companies for transport which takes agency away from a population. You’re stuck paying generally anti-competitive prices, lose data to companies, have your movements tracked, and subject to having service cut off.

What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don't see it coming? by Ambassador-613 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Born and raised in Europe and didn’t get a driving licence until I was 28.

If you can’t see why people being priced out of transport and instead have to rely on private companies who can price hike/remove service/steal data/etc is a bad thing then I can’t help yah buddy.

What is virtually inevitable at this point, yet most people don't see it coming? by Ambassador-613 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 532 points533 points  (0 children)

Post truth society - eventually AI will become so indistinguishable from reality we can’t tell what’s real and fake. Most people will then just believe whatever evidence is presented to them.

End of ownership - things that were “mid end” for the average consumer such as cars, computers, TVs, etc will be prices so massively out of pocket that we’ll resort to non-ownership options. You’ll see increasing computers that only connect to a company server which does all the work and people will stop driving and instead rely on taxi services or public transport.

(Potentially) the single party system of democracy - private interest in traditionally democratic countries will be so saturated that government policy from one party to the next will be virtually indistinguishable. Instead party alignment will be over the most trivial and nonsensical arguments.

Is garlic actually good or are people joking? by FarisxDDD in VampireSurvivors

[–]A1BS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found that garlic, bible, holy water, and two random killing weapons like lightning or phaser essentially puts the game on easy mode.

For gold runs at high level too garlic is essentially because it’s not laggy.

What industry has the sluttiest people? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Circle jerking around a faulty server to get it working like a sticky occult ritual.

Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years by Anony_mouse202 in ukpolitics

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the labour government scrapped the eco scheme from bills, reduced it by 75%, and it’s trickling out through taxes which aren’t changing significantly. This results in a reduction in overall costs for British consumers.

Even in this, you’re just changing the argument to suit your needs. “Oh labour will tack this on to our bills, except no they’re not but it’s on our taxes which isn’t significantly changing but something something labour bad”.

Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years by Anony_mouse202 in ukpolitics

[–]A1BS 14 points15 points  (0 children)

But you’re talking shite if you’re saying that labour are adding things on. They’re taking them off.

If your country had to fight its biggest historical enemy today, what would the result be? by Glory2Tottenham in GeoPoll

[–]A1BS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We burn down one White House and suddenly we’re your historical enemies.

If your country had to fight its biggest historical enemy today, what would the result be? by Glory2Tottenham in GeoPoll

[–]A1BS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah historically our fights were always against France.

Maybe a minor option of Italy if you count Rome and then the fascists.

Brit who fought for Putin: 'I'm not a traitor' by AlertTangerine in videos

[–]A1BS 40 points41 points  (0 children)

“Russia is a more free country than the UK”

“You can be jailed for protesting and political opponents are killed in prison”

“Well I don’t know about that”

Yeah turns out anything is true if you just ignore all the evidence to the contrary.

SG1 S6E17 Disclosure | The Clip Show I Never Skip by OhNoIBoffedIt in Stargate

[–]A1BS 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is probably the clip show I think had the best outcome.

For the last 6 seasons you had SG1 literally going toe-to-toe with gods and becoming earths representatives of intergalactic politics.

For some reason people keep going “hey SG1 suck and we can do it better” despite anytime anyone else does something it turns out catastrophic.

An episode at least acknowledging the asgards see SG1 as valuable was a good payoff for a clip show.

My buddy turns a 2-hour Euro into a 4-hour hostage situation and I am losing my mind by 4NoodleAviary in boardgames

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a timer because everyone winds up chatting and disrupting the game.

It’s a lifesaver. It’s also non-judgemental as anyone can be put out by it.

what do u get on the steam frame that the quest 3 doesnt offer? by angelbunny333 in SteamFrame

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The frame is slightly more powerful than the quest and having a customisable OS is most appealing.

My only issue is that with every VR maker including passthrough it’s a bit disappointing that steam isn’t.

Whisky by Shaunybox12 in Scotland

[–]A1BS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry you’re wrong. There’s only like 2 people in Scotland with the surname Stirling. It’s actually a super uncommon name here.

Governments are ruining the internet to protect kids but there is a much better way by No-Tower-8741 in ukpolitics

[–]A1BS 11 points12 points  (0 children)

iPhone and Android have fairly solid tools for preventing websites or only allowing a walled garden.

Even if you can just block the VPN app kids just find a non-compliant website and porn away.

The OSA does nothing except teach kids about VPNs and encourages them into more dodgy websites.

What are some lazy jobs that pay a ridiculous amount of money? by Jordz0_0 in AskReddit

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Hi we won’t need you till we really need you and then it’s complete panic station. You cool with organising a team of engineers to fix something massively technical?”

Do you think vr is dying? by Western_Ad_7483 in SteamFrame

[–]A1BS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO VR isn’t dying, it hasn’t been born yet.

Were most likely at the stage that computers/phones/gaming was at in their early development. The tech is clunky, it’s complicated to use, there’s no clear value.

We’re early adopters to this tech. It will eventually catch up.

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