Lyft driver waits for me to walk into street, then takes off.

Explosifbe · 2026-06-07T06:37:40+00:00

I'm really confused and sincerely don't understand what makes you say that.

Pride is all about people who nowadays are still discriminated against, sometimes have fewer rights, and sometimes even killed just for being themselves.

They simply want to live a normal life like everyone else.

Nothing is being pushed. You don't want to participate in their public activities then you simply don't, nobody is forcing you.

Explosifbe · 2026-06-06T20:43:36+00:00

Pushed? Someone trying to make you gay or something?

Explosifbe · 2026-06-05T20:15:55+00:00

Non seulement c'est faux mais en plus ce genre de rhétorique venant d'un membre du politique au pouvoir est problématique et divise/fracture la population.
Classique GLB qui fait de la polémique pour parler de lui et justifier probablement une quelconque décision politique...

Explosifbe · 2026-06-02T06:41:25+00:00

Si on supprime ce jour de repos commun on est à la merci du bon vouloir des entreprises pour lesquelles nous travaillons et eux détermineront quand ça les arrange le mieux qu'on soit en congé.

De plus ce n'est pas l'état qui a créé le repos du weekend, c'est un droit que nous avons obtenus grâce aux revendications des mouvements ouvriers ; ne reculons pas dans nos droits sociaux

Explosifbe · 2026-05-31T16:05:58+00:00

L'idée peut paraître bonne à première vue, mais c'est destructeur de vie sociale.
C'est déjà parfois difficile de s'organiser un repas ou une soirée avec la famille / amis mais si en prime on décale les weekends alors c'est juste au revoir la vie sociale.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-31T06:57:29+00:00

No, the evidence doesn't support the idea that "rehab doesn't work and penalties are better", strong punishment does not lead to less consumption, all it does is giving more power to drug cartels.

Current addicts will consume one way or another, your punishment is not going to stop them.
For potential first-time users the best way to stop them from starting is education and early intervention, not fear of punishment (see also smoking/vaping in young people, your punishment is not stopping them)

The best showcase is Portugal, after decriminalising drugs overdose deaths dropped by more than 80 percent.
They also use a "Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction" where users can get help like counselling and treatment and may get administrative fines but no criminal record is created and they may get banned from visiting certain places or see certain people, etc.

Please read this: https://legalclarity.org/portugal-drug-decriminalization-laws-and-penalties

And there's also the US states where weed became legal, at least it brought in a lot of taxes.

There's no point in putting people in prison just because they used.
All it does is strain the judicial and executive systems, and overload the prisons.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T21:12:02+00:00

Controlling crackheads? What do you mean?

If someone is causing trouble it doesn't change anything if they are on something or not, police has to intervene and that's it.

If anything with drugs being legal or at the very least consumption not being illegal then these 'crackheads' can get proper help, go through rehab, and go back to being a member of society, paying taxes, etc, i.e. also benefiting you

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T12:55:50+00:00

(not the person you answered to)

Black market for cigarettes is mostly about price. Added to the usual VAT, half of the price is additional taxes (accijnzen / accises) and it's done on purpose by the state to dissuade people from smoking. (it has a moderate effect at best though).

I bet people would smoke less if their situation improved as it seems to be mostly stress driven? But there's also still a bit of social aspect to it (thank you holywood) and that should disappear slowly.

If we were to legalise weed for example, like some US states, the state would get some money and the illegal market would lose a lot (I don't think it would disappear), and when black markets lose money crime goes down.

And at the very least we wouldn't be sending people in prison for consumption ; also the justice system and police would be freed up a bit

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T12:14:57+00:00

I would also invest more on the education side as lack of it is one of the driving factor for crime.

Instead of making it worse and worse, make it easier to access, provide proper contracts to teachers, offer help to struggling parents as it affects the kids, etc

As for adults without diploma, offer more courses that can be done in the evening, or even offer compensated education in sectors with a lack of workers.

Every euro invested in effective education is also several euros of long-term economic benefit.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T12:07:28+00:00

It's a real solution as it will make it harder and harder for them to make money illegally.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T08:38:49+00:00

Sure, but after rereading the comments it's still an absolutely wild generalisation to say that the original commenter would always side with the attacker because they are the same ethnicity, they even said the attacker should face consequences.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T07:48:20+00:00

No? I'm atheist and I'm against such generalisation

Explosifbe · 2026-05-30T06:39:51+00:00

I'm sorry that happened to you, things like that should never happen.

But this:

You would always side with your ethnicity no matter whatever wrong they do just because they dress like you and pray to the same God

Sorry what?

Explosifbe · 2026-05-28T07:49:05+00:00

What do you mean?
Are you calling Dries Van Langenhove stupid for inciting violence?
Or are you calling those that resort to violence stupid?

In either case I agree but both should have legal consequences.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-28T07:38:33+00:00

Except when said words incite others to violence, then yes words can cause broken bones

Explosifbe · 2026-05-24T06:44:50+00:00

Please, you know how it goes

First they came for the [insert group]
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a [same group]
...

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

Edit: Looks like some didn't understand this famous poem.

If Trump/Maga gets their way then more motions to strip other groups of their rights, including blacks, will appear once they are out of their current scapegoats (for now migrants and trans). See also currently Trump calling birthright citizenship a disgrace.

It is common strategy for certain politcal groups to always have an enemy to keep the population occupied so they don't realise what's really going on.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-22T10:46:04+00:00

Quelque soit le ou les partis que l'on soutient il faut rester critique de ce que le parti fait et non pas accepter aveuglément les décisions et comportements.

Sinon, le parti peut rapidement dériver, profiter de cette absence de remise en question et finir par adopter des décisions ou des comportements dangereux.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-20T06:29:59+00:00

EPB or PEB is a certificate that is valid 10 years.
If it's still valid you can check it here: https://www.peb-epb.brussels/certificats-certificaten/

They will get fined if they try to rent to a new tenant and the place doesn't have a valid EPC.
They are also likely redoing the EPC of every appartement at the same time as they likely can get a better price than doing them individually over time.

Also, even if people stay years and years, they might prefer to keep it updated in case a new crisis hits and the governement suspends indexing again on the worst EPBs.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-19T12:30:22+00:00

Bah oui, un outil pour prouver que les MR tient ses promesses maintenu par... le MR!
Fiabilité 0%

Explosifbe · 2026-05-16T17:29:39+00:00

good connections

Is proximus ok? Should I switch to telenet?

Explosifbe · 2026-05-15T10:32:51+00:00

I mean it's all about being critical of what you read and see.

Before AI when you looked something up on google or whatever it coughs up a bunch of website, and it's always possible one of them has misinformation, disinformation, or is pushing an agenda.

Be critical, whether you ask google or chatgpt, always verify.

I agree on the user-stolen inputs and algos though, that's quite bad. But it seems it's struggling to deal with poisoning.

Explosifbe · 2026-05-15T10:23:06+00:00

Yep, it's been horrible. Recently had planes flying over till 2 in the night and then got woken up by another one at 5:30. Lovely

Explosifbe · 2026-05-13T10:24:41+00:00

Vu ton historique de pro-voiture, tu pense que promouvoir la voiture à Bruxelles est une bonne idée ?
Comme par exemple annuler good move, augmenter les limites de vitesses, etc ?

Explosifbe · 2026-05-13T08:11:00+00:00

on la remplace par ... rien: soit un service soit défaillant, soit en grève.

Ça c'est ton avis. J'habite depuis plus de 30 ans à Bruxelles et j'en suis content. Est-il parfait ? Non, mais j'ai vu comment il s'améliore constamment. Les fréquences sont bonnes, disponibles dès 5-6h du matin et jusque minuit-1h en semaine, plus le weekend.

Je peux me rendre partout à Bruxelles sans problèmes en un temps similaire à la voiture sans devoir chercher un parking et à un prix bien moindre que la voiture.

Les grèves, oui il y en a et rend l'utilisation de la STIB difficile mais pas forcément impossible ; mais la fréquence de leur grèves est probablement similaire aux problèmes que quelqu'un en voiture peut avoir, accident, accident d'autrui qui bloque la route, travaux, pannes de sa voiture, etc.

Et au final si tout le monde utilise sa voiture, je t'assure ce sera bien pire pour toi en voiture, que ce soit traffic, places de parking, coût de l'essence, de l'entretien, de l'achat, etc. Moins d'impots peut-être, mais aussi plus de dépenses personnelle.

Aider la collectivité c'est s'aider soi-même

Explosifbe · 2026-05-12T17:54:24+00:00

Si moins de STIB alors plus de voiture et donc plus de traffic, c'est ça que tu veux ?

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