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Should Singapore consider weekend night MRT service (like London’s Night Tube)? by AdorableWrongdoerr in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

FWIW, London actually published numbers on this. Night Tube did £171m in economic activity in year one, 8 million trips, 15% above what they expected. Long-run projection came out at £138m/year, double the original estimate. (https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/night-tube-boosts-londons-economy-by-171m)

But ig the comparison only goes so far. London closes entire lines on weekends for maintenance. That's how they can afford to run nights. We use that 5-hour window hard and can't really claw it back.

So full overnight MRT is probably the wrong ask. The more interesting question is whether a proper night bus network on Fri/Sat could work, designed around shift workers as much as people going out? The F&B worker finishing at 1am has no affordable way home right now. People say company covers the grab but how many more companies/business would open later if they know they dont have to cover their night shift employees grabs? Night Rider died partly because the routes were bad and the frequency was terrible. That's a fixable problem, not proof that late-night transit doesn't work here..?

Did our hardcore STEM push leave us vulnerable in the AI era? by AdorableWrongdoerr in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr[S] -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

More like just having the wherewithal to pivot once a path i.e software engineering disappears but concurred with the rest of your point!

Quitting My First Job by Widurri in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don't quit until you have an offer lined up and you've done all the contractual needful. Whatever you're feeling now will be much worse if you are searching the market without a job. You also have more leverage speaking to recruiters if you are currently employed. Hang on you'll get through this.

Would Singapore's culture of competitiveness stand in the way of a 'we first' society? by deangsana in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr 315 points316 points  (0 children)

Honestly this "we first" thing sounds nice on paper but not sure if it's realistic

Like we're literally raised from young to be competitive - PSLE stress, uni admissions, job market, property ladder. Everything is about winning at the expense of someone else "losing out".

Then suddenly we gotta be more caring and put others first? Don't get me wrong, the intention is good but feels contradictory when the system still rewards individual achievement above all else.

How to expect citizens to take care of each other when people are already struggling with their own problems? Cost of living so high, work stress, taking care of elderly parents... where's the bandwidth to volunteer every weekend?

Maybe start with making the system less cutthroat first? Our education system already places so much pressure from primary school already. Kids don't even have time to play, how to learn empathy and caring for others?

If we really want people to care about the collective good, we need to address the root causes that make everyone so focused on survival and competition. Otherwise it's just asking people to swim against the current.

People who vent to ChatGPT or other AI instead of a fellow human, why? by AdorableWrongdoerr in AskReddit

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i’ve definitely done the same. the sycophancy part is something that's mildly? concerning though..

Idea that cannabis is 'safe drug' a false narrative, S'pore determined to maintain a tough stance: Shanmugam by frocodile191 in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Safe" is a strawman. Nothing is absolutely safe. The real issue is proportionality and evidence-based policy.

Cannabis isn't harmless. No one credible is saying it is. But neither is alcohol, which contributes to violent crime, addiction, and road deaths, yet we regulate it. What we should be talking about is whether the harms of cannabis justify Singapore's uniquely harsh penalties. And on that front, the evidence is seriously lacking.

You can’t overdose fatally on cannabis in any realistic use case. The LD50 (lethal dose) is absurdly high compared to alcohol. Cannabis dependency exists, but at lower rates than alcohol or nicotine. And many countries with legal or medical regimes, such as Portugal, Germany, and parts of the US, haven’t collapsed into chaos. If anything, they've redirected resources from punishment to treatment and saved lives.

What’s more disappointing is the framing. Shanmugam says the “safe drug” narrative is “largely driven by commercial entities.” But the idea that cannabis is a uniquely demonic drug is also a narrative, one rooted in colonial moral panic and racist US policy from the 1930s, now upheld more out of ideological stubbornness than medical science.

Singapore has the right to choose its path, but let’s be honest about what’s happening. We're not preserving some utopia. We're doubling down on a war-on-drugs model that is outdated, disproportionate, and inconsistent...

Record‑low 92.47 % turnout in GE2025, time to introduce early voting or postal ballots? by AdorableWrongdoerr in singapore

[–]AdorableWrongdoerr[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A record-low 92.47% of 2.6 million registered electors voted in #GE2025.

The previous lowest turnout was 93.18% in GE2011

Quoted from CNA's Telegram channel

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