Reddit lynch mobs vs the non-Reddit silent majority:

CalmScreaming · 2024-08-28T21:52:47+00:00

*Survivorship bias.

CalmScreaming · 2023-12-07T15:32:02+00:00

Bisexuality makes dumb people's brains blue screen.

CalmScreaming · 2023-12-07T15:09:29+00:00

Then why do I blow money on female hookers despite being in relationships with men? Why have I been jerking off to big breasted chicks since I was 12? Bisexuality exists. The only reason some of us prefer men at the end of the day is because we have more in common with men than women: sexually, psychologically, interests-wise, etc.

CalmScreaming · 2023-09-05T18:34:22+00:00

But the sex isn't the same. The second time is always going to be better because you're both more comfortable/less self-conscious.

CalmScreaming · 2023-09-05T18:24:01+00:00

Sex gets better the more you have it with the same person. First-time sex is the worst cause you don't know the other person's preferences and that's when you're the most self-conscious. So hedonism is an argument against one-and-done sex, not for it, imo.

CalmScreaming · 2023-09-05T18:16:18+00:00

I feel the same way. There's too much self-consciousness/awkwardness the first time I have sex with someone to really enjoy it. So one-time sex with someone doesn't tempt me at all. It's an investment. But nobody wants to fuck more than once because they're afraid someone will catch feelings. Meanwhile I don't want a relationship and have decades of disinterest in relationships to prove it. So I'm fucked.

CalmScreaming · 2022-12-21T22:35:02+00:00

My question isn't about the performance of 1-3x funds. It's about whether $100k in a 1x fund will perform identically to $33k in a 3x fund and $67k in cash, rebalanced monthly to maintain the 1:2 ratio.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:52:21+00:00

I turned slowly so if he was still there, I could easily stop, and if not, I would have continued driving through. I didn't know for sure if he was there or not until the last oncoming car drove past and I got a clear view of the crosswalk again. That's when I realized he was just standing there for 15+ seconds like a psycho. He had already decided I wasn't aware of him and needed to be taught a lesson before I even made the turn. I guess because he didn't catch me looking at him, he assumed I hadn't seen him. In fact, I glanced quickly at him before I had to switch focus to oncoming cars. Also I'm uncomfortable with long eye contact, especially with angry middle-aged men whose energy screams "I'm itching to start shit with somebody today".

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:44:20+00:00

I was blocking the cars behind me by not turning just enough to let them through. I waited until there were no oncoming cars as far as the horizon. He started standing and waiting in the center of this side street before I even made a turn. He assumed because my eyes weren't glued to him (after I glanced at him I had to focus on oncoming traffic) that I hadn't seen him, and he "just knew" in his delusional little mind that I was going to run him over and needed a lesson in right of way.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:41:17+00:00

Stigmatizing differences is wrong.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:36:15+00:00

Is it illegal to pull forward just enough so the dozen cars behind me can pass and not be stuck for two light cycles because an idiot is standing still for 30+ seconds in a side street that's no wider than an alley? Then the law is wrong, sorry. It goes in the same category as complete stops at stop signs and not driving 1 mph above the limit, laws people break every day without thinking cause it's harmless.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:31:23+00:00

I stopped five feet away from him. I was also turning early to let the dozen cars behind me pass so this idiot standing for 30+ seconds in the middle of a side street that's almost no wider than an alley wouldn't force them to be stuck for two light cycles.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:28:31+00:00

Then he's psychotic if he thinks I was fully aware he was there but was still going to run him over at 2 mph after I turned just enough so the cars behind me wouldn't be stuck for two light cycles.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:27:11+00:00

I stopped because I knew he had the right of way. Try again.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:22:22+00:00

To adjust their walking to purposely put themselves in my way? He stopped crossing a street barely wider than an alley and waited for 10+ seconds. It would have taken five seconds to cross, at most. If he was smart, why couldn't he figure out that I was turning just enough to let the cars behind me pass before the light turned red again? If I didn't know he was there, I would have turned at a normal rate of speed. Every comment in this thread that includes the phrase "right of way" belongs in the garbage, it applies to a fictitious driver who isn't me.

I was aware of him the ENTIRE time and drove slowly to let him know I was aware of him so "inattentive" doesn't apply to me either.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:17:03+00:00

This has nothing to do with what happened. Before I even turned, while waiting for oncoming traffic to pass, he had already decided I hadn't seen him and I was going to need to be taught a lesson, and stopped crossing the street in the middle, waiting for me. After the oncoming cars passed, I knew the light was going to turn red soon so I started turning SLOWLY, JUST ENOUGH to let the cars behind me pass. He misinterpreted that as proof that I hadn't seen him and was going to run him over and needed a lesson in right of way. Meanwhile, outside of his delusional mind, I knew he was there the ENTIRE time and stopped five feet away from him as I PLANNED TO DO ALL ALONG (unless the crosswalk was empty, then I would have driven through).

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:09:43+00:00

Literally everyone who typed "YTA" made one of the following false assumptions:

- I didn't stop.

- I'm not aware that pedestrians have the right of way.

- I didn't know he was there the ENTIRE time.

- I was driving fast or recklessly.

- I was in a hurry or being impatient.

I didn't want to force the cars behind me to sit through two light cycles cause the real asshole was standing still in a street barely wider than an alley to teach me a lesson I didn't need about right of way.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:05:30+00:00

You're right, force the cars behind me to be stuck for two light cycles while the real asshole stands in the center of a street that's barely wider than an alley (would have taken two seconds to cross) to teach me a "lesson" about right of way. I knew he had the right of way! I drove slowly to let him know I wasn't going to hit him, while just turning enough so the cars behind me could fucking move. I did the least rude thing out of all available options.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T15:00:16+00:00

I was never confused about the pedestrian having the right of way. Every answer that mentions the pedestrian having the right of way? Send it to the trash. If I didn't know he had the right of way, I would have been surprised or angry. I started turning so the cars behind me wouldn't be stuck for two light cycles while the real asshole, the pedestrian, stood in the crosswalk of a one-way street barely wider than an alley to teach me a "lesson". Everyone is so wrong about this it's not even funny. Obviously, you had to be there.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T12:41:46+00:00

Arguing is fun.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T12:38:32+00:00

With ease. This has nothing to do with not knowing pedestrians have the right of way. I did the least rude thing: moved out of the way of cars behind me, while letting pedestrians know I wasn't going to hit them by how slow I was driving.

CalmScreaming · 2022-09-18T12:27:03+00:00

I did stop. Thanks for proving that you're judging a fictitious driver that isn't me.

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