I got the reddit block about a week ago, so I’ve given this place another try (first tried it after the reddit API fiasco). I would like lemmy if it were more active. I mostly used reddit for news headlines, and I haven’t found any communities here that are nearly as quick for breaking news and whatnot. I feel like my head has been buried in the ground since leaving Reddit. Still not going back though.

I like how he got banned, exactly proving his point.

I just got here a couple days ago because Reddit makes me log in to browse and I’m not cool with that. And… holy shit. I don’t know what this has been about but that guy needs to go outside. You all need to go outside. I need to go outside too. Ultimately, I’m disappointed because I guess I have no place to go after reddit.

Because the argument is specifically driverless cars vs trains

A larger reason (though not nearly the only one) was Beverly Hills lobbying against the influx of homeless people it would be bringing in. Not to mention all the permits, beaurocracy and difficulty of burrowing beneath an active city. But sure! Whatever the reason, trains aren’t gonna extend themselves in the time I can hail a very real Waymo.

I’m not saying it wouldn’t be nice. I bike or take the train to any destination that is practical to do so. But what isn’t practical is screaming “fuck cars,” especially Waymo – an electric car that takes me safely and directly to my destination – in a city where the only other options are pies in skies.

I like Waymo. Took LA decades to build out three more stops on the D line. The argument is retarded.