Rant VIII: The Reckoning

[Bubble181]

... smells like a security guard got himself a bike, imo.

I dunno. They know there's cameras trained on the exits, and sure, local security apparently can't watch them, but Memphis can. It'd be pretty risky. There's an old piece of garbage bike abandoned near the back of our building, my guess is someone rode in on that, tailgated into the secured bike shed with a backpack, cut my locks and drove off pretending it was his own bike. We'll see.

That's rotten. Is work going to help you out with this?

I'm pretty sure work and the building management will point to one another and/or claim "at your own risk" parking rules. Unfortunately for them those rules are posted in the underground parking garage but nowhere near the bike cage. So, honestly, I'm not sure.

 

[PatrThom]

honestly, I'm not sure.

I would be right there with you until you said "secure badge access" and "locked cage." At that point, the "responsible" party either has to be negligence on the part of whomever's job it is to restrict access to that area, or else it has to be an inside job, both of which fall under the company's responsibility, n'est pas?
Like, if company plans/secrets get stolen because someone "forgot" to lock a door, they're not like, "Oh well, stuff like that happens." No, they pin that right onto dude-who-was-supposed-to-lock-door.

Downside: You might have to sue your employer for damages, or whatever the Belgique equivalent of that is.

--Patrick

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Haligonia, a local news page on Facebook: Post about gas prices going up.

Me: Maybe we, as a society should make changes to our habits so we're not so reliant on fossil fuels? Carpool, public transit, biking, work from home, etc? Maybe push for more infrastructure, services, and incentives to move away from fossil fuel reliance?

Replies: Fucking communist! Liberal idiot! Did you know your bike was transported by truck? You're ignoring people who live out in the country! You just want to eliminate cars! We'll always need fossil fuels! I say drill baby drill! Fuck your socialist propaganda! Climate change isn't even real! Trudeau is a fascist dictator!

*sigh* I don't know why I even bother making comments like this when all I get are insults and bad faith arguments.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Haligonia, a local news page on Facebook: Post about gas prices going up.

Me: Maybe we, as a society should make changes to our habits so we're not so reliant on fossil fuels? Carpool, public transit, biking, work from home, etc? Maybe push for more infrastructure, services, and incentives to move away from fossil fuel reliance?

Replies: Fucking communist! Liberal idiot! Did you know your bike was transported by truck? You're ignoring people who live out in the country! You just want to eliminate cars! We'll always need fossil fuels! I say drill baby drill! Fuck your socialist propaganda! Climate change isn't even real! Trudeau is a fascist dictator!

*sigh* I don't know why I even bother making comments like this when all I get are insults and bad faith arguments.

"I think you're a terrible person and hope you get hit by a car."

 

[PatrThom]

Is that the 2024 equivalent of "Drink bleach?"

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

Our extended family (mine really) had some super strong and odd opinions about us buying an electric car a few years ago. None of them made sense.

 

[Tress]

Social media is a megaphone for idiots. Try to remember that they are just a very vocal minority and that most people either agreed or disagreed rationally. They just didn't feel the need to tell you about it, unlike the morons who can't help but yap to everyone.

 

[Frank]

Not just a megaphone for idiots. Internet traffic is now 50% bots. A lot of social media traffic is just nonsense designed to rile people up.

 

[Cog]

I hate this country and everybody who lives here. I need to get Gaby out of here before it collapses.

 

[IronBrig4]

I hate this country and everybody who lives here. I need to get Gaby out of here before it collapses.

It's a rough situation, no doubt. Ecuador is sandwiched between two massive drug suppliers (Peru and Colombia) and it's caught in the middle of their turf wars.

Up until a few years ago, I wanted to visit Guayaquil. Now I'd rather stay away.

 

[PatrThom]

I hate this country and everybody who lives here. I need to get Gaby out of here before it collapses.

Que tenía tanta suerte con la sortie.

--Patrick

 

[MindDetective]

I hate this country and everybody who lives here. I need to get Gaby out of here before it collapses.

Is there anything we can do?

 

[Cog]

I think that the wave of crime only makes our problems more aparent. Ecuatorians just don't want to be the ones fixing our problems. Most of them believe that the goverment is a magic entity that can fix everything without cost for them. I just don't know how to save my daughter because I know the future is going to be worse.